Francesco Passaro and Oriol Roca Batalla will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Sassuolo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:30 pm on COURT 5. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francesco Passaro who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francesco Passaro is the pick to win this match.
Francesco Passaro -> 1.26
Oriol Roca Batalla -> 3.55
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Oriol Roca Batalla
There is no head to head record between Francesco Passaro and Oriol Roca Batalla since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Francesco Passaro
19 - 10win/loss
121
89
LWLWWWLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-15 | 5-3 | 20-11 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 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. 143, Passaro reached the 2nd round after defeating Oleg Prihodko 6-3 4-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Italian defeated Prihodko (6-3 4-6 6-1). During the match, Passaro scored 86 points vs Prihodko’s 71. Passaro was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Passaro blasted 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Francesco Passaro lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Passaro put 71% of his first serves in, winning 61% (33/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 77% (17/22) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Prihodko 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Passaro has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (192-142). 13-7 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Passaro has a composed155-101 record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Italian has an overall 18-10 win-loss record in 2025, 13-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sassuolo Challenger
Francesco has never competed in this tournament before.
Oriol Roca Batalla
13 - 15win/loss
341
150
LWWWLWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20-18 | 0-1 | 20-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-34 | 5-7 | 27-25 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-38 | 8-4 | 42-34 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-26 | 0-0 | 50-25 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-21 | 0-1 | 25-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 346, Oriol reached the 2nd round after beating Ryan Seggerman 6-1 6-0, Giovanni Fonio 6-4 6-4 and Giovanni Fonio 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Fonio (6-2 6-2). During the match Roca Batalla scored 64 points vs Fonio’s 38. Oriol was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Roca Batalla scored 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Oriol Roca Batalla was extremely efficient on serve to win 86% (25/29) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Roca Batalla broke Fonio 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Roca Batalla’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Ostrava Challenger.
Roca Batalla has an overall 13-14 win-loss record in 2025, 13-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Passaro | Roca Batalla |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 29 |
| Pts | 86-71 | 117-57 |
| Total Points | 157 | 174 |
| Winners | 33 | 45 |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% |
Passaro played 1 match while Roca Batalla competed in 2 matches. Roca Batalla started his run from the qualifications while Passaro had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Francesco Passaro dropped 1 set while Oriol Roca Batalla hasn’t lost a set so far. Passaro has played 1 set(s) less than Roca Batalla (3 vs 4). Therefore, Passaro played 3 games less than Roca Batalla. Passaro scored 33 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard scored 45 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Passaro | Roca Batalla |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 6.5 |
| 1st in | 54/76 | 52/81 |
| %1st in | 71% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 33/54 | 45/52 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 87% |
| 2nd pts | 17/22 | 19/29 |
| %2nd pts | 77% | 66% |
Passaro blasted 4 aces . Roca Batalla managed to score 13 aces (6.5 per match). Passaro won 61% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 77% of the points. On the other side, Roca Batalla won 87% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Passaro | Roca Batalla |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 9 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 9/16 |
| % Converted | 56% | 56% |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Passaro broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Italian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Oriol broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Spaniard was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Passaro | |||
| R1 Prihodko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 86-71 | 86-71 | |
| Total points | 157 | 157 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 54/76 | 54/76 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 33/54 | 33/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/22 | 17/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 77% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Roca Batalla | |||||
| Q1 Seggerman |
Q3 Fonio |
R1 Fonio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 20 | 16 | 49 | |
| pts | 53-19 | 38-64 | 64-38 | 155-121 | |
| Total points | 72 | 102 | 102 | 276 | |
| Winners | 20 | 21 | 25 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 55% | 39% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 23/33 | 39/54 | 29/48 | 91/135 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 72% | 60% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 20/23 | 21/39 | 25/29 | 66/91 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 54% | 86% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/10 | 5/15 | 11/19 | 24/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 80% | 33% | 58% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 0/1 | 4/9 | 9/17 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 0% | 44% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 5/9 | 1/1 | 6 | |
| Saved % | – | 56% | 100% | 156% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLWWWLW Tennis Scores in Sassuolo Challenger
- Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez – Vilius GaubasGaubas (6-0 7-5) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Giovanni FonioFonio (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Michael GeertsGeerts (7-63 6-75 6-1) – See score progression
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Daniel RinconRincon – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (7-5 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko (6-3 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Federico BondioliBondioli – Sascha Gueymard WayenburgGueymard Wayenburg (6-4 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (7-65 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Taro DanielDaniel (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Ryan NijboerNijboer (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Giovanni FonioFonio (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Dusan LajovicLajovic (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Elias YmerYmer (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (0-0) – H2H and prediction
