Francesco Passaro and Robert Strombachs will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Mouilleron for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. 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 2 sets.
Francesco Passaro -> 1.3
Robert Strombachs -> 3.28
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Robert Strombachs
This will be the 2nd time that Francesco Passaro and Robert Strombachs play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Passaro (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Passaro won 6-1 7-5 in the 2nd round in M15 Monastir back in 2022.
Francesco Passaro
32 - 20win/loss
123
89
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-27 | 8-5 | 23-14 | 10-7 | 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. 139, Francesco got to the 2nd round after beating Chris Rodesch 6-3 7-6(6).
In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Rodesch (6-3 7-66). During the match, Passaro scored 73 points vs Rodesch’s 63. Francesco was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Passaro fired 4 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Francesco Passaro was exceptionally effective on serve to win 79% (38/48) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Rodesch once.
Passaro has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (206-152). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Passaro has an aggregate5-7 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Francesco’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Sassuolo Challenger.
Passaro has a compiled 32-20 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
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Passaro has never competed in this tournament before.
Robert Strombachs
35 - 18win/loss
382
321
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-23 | 31-12 | 3-7 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2024 | 52-31 | 32-9 | 13-15 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2023 | 54-33 | 44-21 | 6-8 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 68-30 | 47-21 | 15-4 | 6-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-26 | 18-15 | 1-3 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 349, Robert reached the 2nd round after defeating Maxence Beauge 7-5 7-5, Hamish Stewart 6-3 6-4 and Federico Cina 7-6(6) 6-4.
In the 1st round, Robert had a good straight sets win against Cina (7-66 6-4). During the match Strombachs scored 91 points vs Cina’s 80. Strombachs was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Strombachs fired 6 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Robert Strombachs lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Strombachs put 71% of his first serves in, winning 70% (42/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (10/25) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Cina 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Robert’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and M15 Monastir.
The German has a composed 35-18 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)
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Robert has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Passaro | Strombachs |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 47 |
| Pts | 73-63 | 167-145 |
| Total Points | 136 | 312 |
| Winners | 38 | 82 |
| %Winners | 52% | 49% |
Passaro played 1 match while Strombachs competed in 2 matches. Strombachs started his run from the qualifications while Passaro had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Passaro has played 2 set(s) less than Strombachs (2 vs 4). Therefore, Passaro played 25 games less than Strombachs. The Italian scored 38 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Strombachs struck 82 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Passaro | Strombachs |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 6 |
| 1st in | 48/67 | 115/157 |
| %1st in | 72% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 38/48 | 82/115 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 23/42 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 55% |
Passaro fired 4 aces . Strombachs managed to score 12 aces (6 per match). Passaro won 79% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Strombachs won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Passaro | Strombachs |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 6 |
| Converted | 1/1 | 6/13 |
| % Converted | 100% | 46% |
| Conceded | 1 | 12 |
| Saved | 1 | 9 |
| % Saved | 100% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Passaro broke his opponent once with a 100% conversion rate. Passaro quite strong on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. The German broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Robert conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Passaro | |||
| R1 Rodesch | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 73-63 | 73-63 | |
| Total points | 136 | 136 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 48/67 | 48/67 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 38/48 | 38/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/1 | 1/1 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Strombachs | |||||
| Q1 Beauge | Q3 Stewart | R1 Cina | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | 6-3 6-4 | 7-66 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 19 | 23 | 66 | |
| pts | 76-65 | – | 91-80 | 167-145 | |
| Total points | 141 | 0 | 171 | 312 | |
| Winners | 40 | 42 | 82 | ||
| %Winners | 53% | 0% | 46% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 1st in | 55/72 | / | 60/85 | 115/157 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 0% | 71% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 40/55 | / | 42/60 | 82/115 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 0% | 70% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/17 | / | 10/25 | 23/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | 0% | 40% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| Converted | 2/3 | / | 4/10 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 0% | 40% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 | 12 | ||
| Saved | 3/3 | 0/ | 6/9 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 67% | 167% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
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