Carlos Taberner and Francesco Passaro will face off in the semifinal of the Sassuolo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francesco Passaro who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Francesco Passaro is the pick to win this match.
Francesco Passaro -> 1.53
Carlos Taberner -> 2.375

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Prediction and head to head Carlos Taberner vs. Francesco Passaro

There is no head to head record between Carlos Taberner and Francesco Passaro since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Carlos Taberner

Carlos Taberner

26 - 13win/loss

Hard
1-2
I Hard
0-0
Clay
25-11
Rank
102
High
85
WLWWWWWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 28-14 1-2 27-11 0-0 0-1 0-0
2024 47-36 0-3 46-31 1-2 0-0 0-0
2023 25-23 3-4 22-19 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 31-33 1-2 29-27 1-2 0-2 0-0
2021 40-25 3-4 33-15 3-5 1-1 0-0

Ranked no. 130, Carlos got to the semifinal after defeating Jozef Kovalik 6-4 6-0, Federico Bondioli 6-4 6-1 and Luca Van Assche 6-4 4-6 7-5.

In the quarter, The Spaniard defeated Van Assche (6-4 4-6 7-5).During the match, Taberner scored less points (5) than Van Assche. In fact, the world no. 130 won 100 points vs Van Assche’s. That means that Taberner was more focused during the important points. Taberner was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Regarding the service games, Taberner scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 8 double faults. Carlos Taberner lost the serve 7 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Taberner put 48% of his first serves in, winning 59% (27/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (19/50) on the 2nd serve. Carlos broke Van Assche 8 times after converting 57% of his break points (8/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Spaniard has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Taberner has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (381-244). 24-11 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Taberner has a composed 348-195 record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Murcia Challenger where he beat Jesper De Jong in the final 7-6(3) 4-6 6-2.

Carlos has a compiled 25-13 win-loss record in 2025, 24-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sassuolo Challenger

Taberner has never competed in this tournament before.

Sassuolo Challenger
Taberner's Record

Francesco Passaro

Francesco Passaro

20 - 11win/loss

Hard
5-3
I Hard
0-0
Clay
15-8
Rank
131
High
89
LLWWWLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 20-12 5-3 15-8 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 semifinal after beating Oleg Prihodko 6-3 4-6 6-1, Oriol Roca Batalla 7-6(2) 6-3 and Elias Ymer 6-3 2-6 7-6(2).

In the quarter, Passaro defeated Ymer (6-3 2-6 7-62). During the match Passaro scored 109 points vs Ymer’s 103. Passaro was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about serving, Passaro scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Francesco Passaro lost the serve 6 times and he saved 15 break points. Furthermore, Passaro put 65% of his first serves in, winning 57% (40/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (20/37) on the 2nd serve. Francesco broke Ymer 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Francesco has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Francesco has an aggregate 20-10 win-loss record in 2025, 15-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Sassuolo Challenger
Passaro's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

C.Taberner
F.Passaro
6h:01
6h:01
Time on court​
6h:38
6h:38
!
3h:15
3h:15
Last match​
!
3h:01
3h:01
3
3
Match played
3
3
65
65
Games Played​
78
78
7
7
Set played​​
8
8
214
214
Total points​
280
280
71.3
71.3
Avg point​
93.3
93.3
62
62
Winners
106
106
20.7
20.7
Avg Winners​
35.3
35.3
29%
29%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
10
10
0.7
0.7
Avg Aces
3.3
3.3
12
12
Double Faults
6
6
4
4
Avg Double Faults
2
2
62/92
62/92
1st won total​
106/169
106/169
67%
67%
1st won %
63%
63%
46/90
46/90
2nd won total​
55/89
55/89
51%
51%
2nd won %
!
62%
62%
-- Break Points --
18/34
18/34
BP won
13/26
13/26
6/11.3
6/11.3
Avg BP won
4.3/8.7
4.3/8.7
!
53%
53%
Won
50%
50%
14
14
Conceded
29
29
4.7
4.7
Avg Conceded
9.7
9.7
9
9
Broken
9
9
3
3
Avg Broken
3
3
5
5
Saved
20
20

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Taberner Passaro
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 7 8
Tot Games 65 78
Pts 214-173 280-241
Total Points 387 521
Winners 62 106
%Winners 29% 38%

Both Taberner and Passaro played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Carlos Taberner surrendered 1 set, while Francesco Passaro conceded 2 sets. Taberner has played 1 set(s) less than Passaro (7 vs 8). Therefore, Taberner played 13 games less than Passaro. Carlos scored 62 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Francesco made 106 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Taberner Passaro
Aces 2 10
Avg per match 0.7 3.3
1st in 92/182 169/258
%1st in 51% 66%
1st pts 62/92 106/169
%1st pts 67% 63%
2nd pts 46/90 55/89
%2nd pts 51% 62%

Taberner recorded 2 aces (0.7 per match). Passaro bagged 10 aces (3.3 per match). Taberner won 67% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Passaro won 63% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Taberner Passaro
Won 18 13
Converted 18/34 13/26
% Converted 53% 50%
Conceded 14 29
Saved 5 20
% Saved 36% 69%
Times Broken 9 9

Taberner broke his opponents 18 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Spaniard lost his serve 9 times and he saved 36% of the break points that he conceded. Francesco broke his opponents 13 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.

Taberner
R1
Kovalik
R2
Bondioli
1/4
Van
Total
Score 6-4 6-0 6-4 6-1 6-4 4-6 7-5
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 16 17 32 65
pts 56-33 58-35 100-105 214-173
Total points 89 93 205 387
Winners 21 14 27 62
%Winners 38% 24% 27% 29%
SERVE
Aces 0 1 1 2
Double Faults 0 4 8 12
1st in 27/42 19/44 46/96 92/182
% 1st in 64% 43% 48% 51%
1st pts 21/27 14/19 27/46 62/92
% 1st pts 78% 74% 59% 67%
2nd pts 10/15 17/25 19/50 46/90
% 2nd pts 67% 68% 38% 51%
Breaks
Won 5 5 8 18
Converted 5/8 5/12 8/14 18/34
Converted % 63% 42% 57% 53%
Conceded 2 3 9 14
Saved 1/2 2/3 2/9 5
Saved % 50% 67% 22% 46%
Times Broken 1 1 7 9
Passaro
R1
Prihodko
R2
Roca Batalla
1/4
Ymer
Total
Score 6-3 4-6 6-1 7-62 6-3 6-3 2-6 7-62
Tot Set 3 2 3 8
Tot Games 26 22 30 78
pts 86-71 85-67 109-103 280-241
Total points 157 152 212 521
Winners 33 33 40 106
%Winners 38% 39% 37% 38%
SERVE
Aces 4 5 1 10
Double Faults 1 4 1 6
1st in 54/76 45/75 70/107 169/258
% 1st in 71% 60% 65% 66%
1st pts 33/54 33/45 40/70 106/169
% 1st pts 61% 73% 57% 63%
2nd pts 17/22 18/30 20/37 55/89
% 2nd pts 77% 60% 54% 62%
Breaks
Won 5 2 6 13
Converted 5/9 2/7 6/10 13/26
Converted % 56% 29% 60% 50%
Conceded 4 4 21 29
Saved 2/4 3/4 15/21 20
Saved % 50% 75% 71% 65%
Times Broken 2 1 6 9

Tennis Scores in Sassuolo Challenger

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