Francesco Passaro and Matej Dodig will play each other in the 1st round of the Plava Laguna Croatia Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 9:00 pm on G IVANISEVIC STADIUM. 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 -> 1.67
Matej Dodig -> 2.2

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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Matej Dodig

There is no head to head record between Francesco Passaro and Matej Dodig since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Francesco Passaro

Francesco Passaro

24 - 14win/loss

Hard
5-3
I Hard
0-0
Clay
19-10
Grass
0-1
Rank
118
High
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. 131, Passaro will start his run in Umag after he played his last match in Gstaad where he lost 7-6(3) 7-6(3) to Kym in the 2nd round on the 17th of July.

The Italian has a composed 24-14 win-loss record in 2025, 19-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Passaro’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Sassuolo Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, Francesco has an overall 198-146 record. He has a positive 161-104 record on clay.

Previously in Umag

Francesco has never competed in this tournament before.

Umag
Passaro's Record

Matej Dodig

Matej Dodig

20 - 19win/loss

Clay
20-15
Rank
255
High
242
LLWWWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 20-20 0-0 20-16 0-4 0-0 0-0
2024 46-26 14-5 30-20 2-1 0-0 0-0
2023 43-16 1-2 38-12 2-1 0-0 2-1

Ranked no. 246 (career-high), the Croatian will start his run in Umag after he played his last match in the Bunschoten Challenger where he lost 6-4 7-5

to Choinski in the 2nd round on the 16th of July.

Dodig has a composed 20-19 win-loss record in 2025, 20-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Trieste Challenger where he overcame Thiago Agustin Tirante in the final 6-3 6-4.

In terms of his career, Dodig has an overall 109-61 record. He has a positive 88-47 record on clay.

Previously in Umag

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.

Umag
Dodig's Record

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