Francesco Passaro and Luka Pavlovic will face off in the 2nd round of the Bad Waltersdorf Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Francesco Passaro is the pick to win this match.
Francesco Passaro -> 1.47
Luka Pavlovic -> 2.53

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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Luka Pavlovic

There is no head to head record between Francesco Passaro and Luka Pavlovic since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Francesco Passaro

Francesco Passaro

30 - 19win/loss

Hard
8-5
I Hard
0-0
Clay
22-13
Grass
0-1
Rank
128
High
89
WWLLWWLLWW
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. 145, the Italian got to the 2nd round after defeating Dusan Lajovic 6-1 5-7 6-4.

In the 1st round, Passaro defeated Lajovic (6-1 5-7 6-4). During the match, Passaro scored 92 points vs Lajovic’s 79. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Regarding the service games, Passaro fired 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Francesco Passaro was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 71% (36/51) of his 1st serve and 57% (20/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Passaro broke Lajovic 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Passaro has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (204-151). 22-13 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Passaro has a composed164-107 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.

Francesco’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Sassuolo Challenger.

Passaro has an aggregate 30-19 win-loss record in 2025, 22-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bad Waltersdorf Challenger

Bad Waltersdorf Challenger
Passaro's Record

Luka Pavlovic

Luka Pavlovic

31 - 18win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
0-0
Clay
29-16
Grass
2-1
Rank
221
High
184
LLWLWLLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 33-23 1-2 30-19 0-1 2-1 0-0
2024 44-18 0-0 42-16 2-2 0-0 0-0
2023 39-12 0-1 38-10 1-1 0-0 0-0
2022 11-12 3-2 8-10 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 16-14 1-1 15-13 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 193, Pavlovic reached the 2nd round after beating Tadeas Paroulek 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3.

In the 1st round, Luka defeated Paroulek (6-4 6-76 6-3). During the match Pavlovic scored 124 points vs Paroulek’s 112. Pavlovic was pretty aggressive to blast 49 winners.

About the serving games, Pavlovic struck 15 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Luka Pavlovic lost the serve once and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Pavlovic put 48% of his first serves in, winning 77% (49/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (34/68) on the 2nd serve. Pavlovic broke Paroulek 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).

The French player best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Mexico City Challenger and the Brasov Challenger.

Pavlovic has a compiled 31-18 win-loss record in 2025, 29-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bad Waltersdorf Challenger

The French player has never competed in this tournament before.

Bad Waltersdorf Challenger
Pavlovic's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

F.Passaro
L.Pavlovic
2h:00
2h:00
Time on court​
2h:47
2h:47
2h:00
2h:00
Last match​
!
2h:47
2h:47
1
1
Match played
1
1
29
29
Games Played​
32
32
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
92
92
Total points​
124
124
92
92
Avg point​
124
124
36
36
Winners
49
49
36
36
Avg Winners​
49
49
39%
39%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
15
15
5
5
Avg Aces
!
15
15
3
3
Double Faults
6
6
3
3
Avg Double Faults
!
6
6
36/51
36/51
1st won total​
49/64
49/64
!
71%
71%
1st won %
!
77%
77%
20/35
20/35
2nd won total​
34/68
34/68
57%
57%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
5/8
5/8
BP won
3/11
3/11
5/8
5/8
Avg BP won
3/11
3/11
!
63%
63%
Won
!
27%
27%
4
4
Conceded
13
13
4
4
Avg Conceded
13
13
3
3
Broken
1
1
3
3
Avg Broken
1
1
1
1
Saved
12
12

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Passaro Pavlovic
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 29 32
Pts 92-79 124-112
Total Points 171 236
Winners 36 49
%Winners 39% 40%

Both Passaro and Pavlovic played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Francesco Passaro surrendered 1 set, while Luka Pavlovic lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Passaro and Pavlovic have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Passaro played 3 games less than Pavlovic. The Italian scored 36 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The French player made 49 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve Passaro Pavlovic
Aces 5 15
Avg per match 5 15
1st in 51/86 64/132
%1st in 59% 48%
1st pts 36/51 49/64
%1st pts 71% 77%
2nd pts 20/35 34/68
%2nd pts 57% 50%

Passaro fired 5 aces . Pavlovic made 15 aces . Passaro won 71% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Pavlovic won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Passaro Pavlovic
Won 5 3
Converted 5/8 3/11
% Converted 63% 27%
Conceded 4 13
Saved 1 12
% Saved 25% 92%
Times Broken 3 1

The Italian broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. Pavlovic broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve once and he saved 92% of the break points that he conceded.

Passaro
R1
Lajovic
Total
Score 6-1 5-7 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 29 29
pts 92-79 92-79
Total points 171 171
Winners 36 36
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 51/86 51/86
% 1st in 59% 59%
1st pts 36/51 36/51
% 1st pts 71% 71%
2nd pts 20/35 20/35
% 2nd pts 57% 57%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/8 5/8
Converted % 63% 63%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 1/4 1
Saved % 25% 25%
Times Broken 3 3
Pavlovic
R1
Paroulek
Total
Score 6-4 6-76 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 32 32
pts 124-112 124-112
Total points 236 236
Winners 49 49
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 15 15
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 64/132 64/132
% 1st in 48% 48%
1st pts 49/64 49/64
% 1st pts 77% 77%
2nd pts 34/68 34/68
% 2nd pts 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/11 3/11
Converted % 27% 27%
Conceded 13 13
Saved 12/13 12
Saved % 92% 92%
Times Broken 1 1

Tennis Scores in Bad Waltersdorf Challenger

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