Karen Khachanov and Francesco Passaro will face off in the 3rd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 6:00 pm on GRAND STAND ARENA. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karen Khachanov who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Karen Khachanov is the pick to win this match.
Karen Khachanov -> 1.31
Francesco Passaro -> 3.45
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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Francesco Passaro
There is no head to head record between Karen Khachanov and Francesco Passaro since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Karen Khachanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-11 | 5-6 | 6-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-22 | 14-12 | 8-4 | 14-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-18 | 18-10 | 10-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-25 | 17-11 | 9-7 | 6-5 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-24 | 17-9 | 5-6 | 8-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 24, Karen got to the 3rd round after beating Roman Andres Burruchaga 6-4 5-7 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Russian defeated Andres Burruchaga (6-4 5-7 6-1). During the match, Khachanov scored 105 points vs Andres Burruchaga’s 94. Karen was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about the service games, Khachanov struck 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Karen Khachanov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Khachanov put 73% of his first serves in, winning 64% (48/75) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Andres Burruchaga 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Khachanov has good record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (326-224). 5-3 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Khachanov has an aggregate 90-59 record in the last years on clay.
Khachanov’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Barcelona.
Khachanov has an overall 10-10 win-loss record in 2025, 5-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Francesco Passaro
11 - 5win/loss
140
89
LWWLWWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13-7 | 5-3 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-25 | 4-5 | 35-19 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-35 | 8-11 | 18-20 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 49-28 | 12-6 | 35-18 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-27 | 4-5 | 39-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 101, Francesco got to the 3rd round after defeating Chun Hsin Tseng 6-0 2-6 6-3 and Grigor Dimitrov 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Francesco had a good straight sets win against Dimitrov (7-5 6-3). During the match Passaro scored 75 points vs Dimitrov’s 60. Francesco was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Passaro scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Francesco Passaro lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Passaro put 71% of his first serves in, winning 83% (34/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (7/17) on the 2nd serve. Francesco broke Dimitrov 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Francesco has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Italian has an overall 11-5 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Khachanov | Passaro |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 44 |
| Pts | 105-94 | 164-132 |
| Total Points | 199 | 296 |
| Winners | 48 | 76 |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% |
Khachanov played 1 match while Passaro competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Karen Khachanov dropped 1 set, while Francesco Passaro dropped 1 set. Khachanov has played 2 set(s) less than Passaro (3 vs 5). Therefore, Khachanov played 15 games less than Passaro. Khachanov scored 48 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Passaro struck 76 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Khachanov | Passaro |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 75/103 | 97/142 |
| %1st in | 73% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 48/75 | 76/97 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 18/45 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 40% |
Khachanov bagged 5 aces . Passaro blasted 9 aces (4.5 per match). Khachanov won 64% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Passaro won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Khachanov | Passaro |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 8 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 8/27 |
| % Converted | 60% | 30% |
| Conceded | 10 | 8 |
| Saved | 7 | 4 |
| % Saved | 70% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
The Russian broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Karen surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Passaro broke his opponents 8 times with a 30% conversion rate. Passaro conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Khachanov | |||
| R2 Andres |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 5-7 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 105-94 | 105-94 | |
| Total points | 199 | 199 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 75/103 | 75/103 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 48/75 | 48/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 15/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Passaro | ||||
| R1 Hsin |
R2 Dimitrov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 2-6 6-3 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 21 | 44 | |
| pts | 89-72 | 75-60 | 164-132 | |
| Total points | 161 | 135 | 296 | |
| Winners | 42 | 34 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 45% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 56/84 | 41/58 | 97/142 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 71% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 42/56 | 34/41 | 76/97 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 83% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/28 | 7/17 | 18/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 41% | 40% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/14 | 8/27 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 29% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 1/3 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 33% | 93% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWWLWWL Tennis Scores in Rome
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- Marcos GironGiron – Taylor FritzFritz (7-64 7-63) – See score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Learner TienTien (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (6-4 7-60) – See score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Nicolas JarryJarry (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Andrey RublevRublev (7-5 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Alexander BublikBublik (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-2 6-72 6-3) – See score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Holger RuneRune – Francisco ComesanaComesana (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Sebastian BaezBaez (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga (6-4 5-7 6-1) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-2 7-63) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Arthur FilsFils – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Vilius GaubasGaubas – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Laslo DjereDjere – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Jordan ThompsonThompson (w/o) – See score progression
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-3 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Nicolas JarryJarry (7-6(4) 6-3) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-2 6-7(2) 6-3) – See score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (6-4 7-6(0)) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Alexander BublikBublik (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (7-6(4) 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Matteo GiganteGigante (7-6(4) 7-5) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Andrey RublevRublev (7-5 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Learner TienTien (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Mariano NavoneNavone (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo DellienDellien – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (5-3) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Sebastian OfnerOfner (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Casper RuudRuud (3-4) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Tomas MachacMachac (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – Vit KoprivaKopriva (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Laslo DjereDjere – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (1-3) – H2H and prediction
