Francesco Passaro and Jerome Kym will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the EFG Swiss Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:30 pm on ROY EMERSON ARENA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francesco Passaro who should win in 3 sets.
Francesco Passaro -> 1.9
Jerome Kym -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Jerome Kym
There is no head to head record between Francesco Passaro and Jerome Kym since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Francesco Passaro
24 - 13win/loss
128
89
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-26 | 8-5 | 23-14 | 10-6 | 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. 131, the Italian reached the 2nd round after beating Mika Brunold 6-3 6-2, Gonzalo Bueno 6-3 6-4 and Arthur Rinderknech 6-1 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Rinderknech (6-1 7-5). During the match, Passaro scored 61 points vs Rinderknech’s 39. Passaro was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Passaro scored 5 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Francesco Passaro was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (30/37) of his 1st serve and 86% (12/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Rinderknech 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Passaro has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (198-145). 19-9 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Passaro has a compiled161-103 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Passaro’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Sassuolo Challenger.
Passaro has a compiled 24-13 win-loss record in 2025, 19-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Gstaad
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Jerome Kym
14 - 13win/loss
184
123
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-20 | 6-3 | 17-13 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 59-20 | 14-4 | 37-11 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-9 | 0-0 | 18-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-0 |
| 2022 | 41-22 | 17-5 | 12-9 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| 2021 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 154, the Swiss got to the 2nd round after defeating Calvin Hemery 7-5 4-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, Jerome defeated Hemery (7-5 4-6 7-5). During the match Kym scored 103 points vs Hemery’s 90. Kym was exceptionally aggressive to blast 53 winners.
About the serving games, Kym struck 8 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Jerome Kym lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Kym put 67% of his first serves in, winning 88% (53/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (12/30) on the 2nd serve. Kym broke Hemery 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Kym’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Mauthausen Challenger,the Vicenza Challenger and the Modena Challenger.
Jerome has an overall 14-13 win-loss record in 2025, 12-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Gstaad
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Passaro | Kym |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 55 | 34 |
| Pts | 195-141 | 103-90 |
| Total Points | 336 | 193 |
| Winners | 84 | 53 |
| %Winners | 43% | 51% |
Passaro played 3 matches while Kym competed in 1 match. Passaro started his run from the qualifications while Kym had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Jerome Kym surrendered 1 set while Francesco Passaro hasn’t dropped a set so far. Passaro has played 3 sets more than Kym (6 vs 3). Therefore, Passaro played 21 games more than Kym. Passaro scored 84 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Kym scored 53 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Passaro | Kym |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 8 |
| 1st in | 113/180 | 60/90 |
| %1st in | 63% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 84/113 | 53/60 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 46/67 | 12/30 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 40% |
Passaro recorded 15 aces (5 per match). Kym scored 8 aces . Passaro won 74% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Kym won 88% of the points behind 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 | Passaro | Kym |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 3 |
| Converted | 9/20 | 3/9 |
| % Converted | 45% | 33% |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 75% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Francesco broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Passaro dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Swiss broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Passaro | |||||
| Q1 Brunold | Q3 Bueno | R1 Rinderknech | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 | 19 | 55 | |
| pts | 66-47 | 68-55 | 61-39 | 195-141 | |
| Total points | 113 | 123 | 100 | 336 | |
| Winners | 20 | 34 | 30 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 50% | 49% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 31/57 | 45/72 | 37/51 | 113/180 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 63% | 73% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 20/31 | 34/45 | 30/37 | 84/113 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 76% | 81% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/26 | 16/27 | 12/14 | 46/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 59% | 86% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 2/5 | 3/4 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 40% | 75% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 100% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kym | |||||
| R1 Hemery | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 4-6 7-5 | ||||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |||
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |||
| pts | 103-90 | 103-90 | |||
| Total points | 193 | 193 | |||
| Winners | 53 | 53 | |||
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |||
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |||
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |||
| 1st in | 60/90 | 60/90 | |||
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |||
| 1st pts | 53/60 | 53/60 | |||
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |||
| 2nd pts | 12/30 | 12/30 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |||
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |||
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |||
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |||
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |||
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |||
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |||
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |||
Tennis Scores in Gstaad
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- Ignacio BuseBuse – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (1-6 7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Casper RuudRuud – Dominic StrickerStricker (7-5 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
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