Francesco Passaro and Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez will play each other in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:30 pm on Court 10. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francesco Passaro who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Francesco Passaro is the pick to win this match.
Francesco Passaro -> 1.666
Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez -> 2.16

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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez

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

Francesco Passaro

Ranked no. 121, Francesco reached the qualifications after beating Yu Hsiou Hsu 6-3 1-6 6-4.

In the qualifications, Francesco defeated Hsiou Hsu (6-3 1-6 6-4).During the match, Passaro scored less points (1) than Hsiou Hsu. In fact, the world no. 121 won 78 points vs Hsiou Hsu’s. That means that Passaro was more focused during the important points. Francesco was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about the service games, Passaro scored 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Francesco Passaro was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (30/42) of his 1st serve and 54% (20/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Francesco broke Hsiou Hsu 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Passaro has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (200-148). 6-4 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Passaro has a compiled34-33 record in the last 8 years on hard.

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

Passaro has an aggregate 26-16 win-loss record in 2025, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez

Ranked no. 226, Rodrigo reached the qualifications after beating Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg 6-7(2) 6-3 6-1.

In the qualifications against Gueymard Wayenburg, Pacheco recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7² 6-3 6-1). During the match Pacheco scored 104 points vs Gueymard Wayenburg’s 90. Pacheco was quite aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about serving, Pacheco recorded 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Pacheco put 68% of his first serves in, winning 66% (44/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the 2nd serve. Rodrigo broke Gueymard Wayenburg 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).

Pacheco’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Antalya and the Sassuolo Challenger.

Rodrigo has an overall 21-23 win-loss record in 2025, 5-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

The Mexican has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Passaro	Pacheco
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	26	29
Pts	78-79	104-90
Total Points	157	194
Winners	30	44
%Winners	38%	42%

Both Passaro and Pacheco played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Francesco Passaro lost 1 set, while Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Passaro and Pacheco have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Passaro played 3 games less than Pacheco. Francesco scored 30 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Pacheco scored 44 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Passaro	Pacheco
Aces	6	4
Avg per match	6	4
1st in	42/79	67/98
%1st in	53%	68%
1st pts	30/42	44/67
%1st pts	71%	66%
2nd pts	20/37	16/31
%2nd pts	54%	52%

Passaro made 6 aces . Pacheco made 4 aces . Passaro won 71% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Pacheco won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Passaro	Pacheco
Won	3	6
Converted	3/6	6/13
% Converted	50%	46%
Conceded	9	8
Saved	6	6
% Saved	67%	75%
Times Broken	3	2

The Italian broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Italian dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Mexican broke his opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Pacheco conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Passaro
	Q1 Hsiou	Total
Score	6-3 1-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	26	26
pts	78-79	78-79
Total points	157	157
Winners	30	30
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	42/79	42/79
% 1st in	53%	53%
1st pts	30/42	30/42
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	20/37	20/37
% 2nd pts	54%	54%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/6	3/6
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	6/9	6
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	3	3

Pacheco
	Q1 Gueymard Wayenburg	Total
Score	6-72 6-3 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	104-90	104-90
Total points	194	194
Winners	44	44
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	67/98	67/98
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	44/67	44/67
% 1st pts	66%	66%
2nd pts	16/31	16/31
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/13	6/13
Converted %	46%	46%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	6/8	6
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	2	2

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