Francesco Passaro and Matej Dodig will square off in the 2^nd round of the Roanne Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on CENTRAL A.VACHERESSE. In the following lines 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Francesco Passaro is the pick to win this match.
Francesco Passaro -> 1.57
Matej Dodig -> 2.3

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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Matej Dodig

This will be the 2^nd time that Francesco Passaro and Matej Dodig square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Passaro (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they squared off, Passaro won 4-6 6-1 6-2 in the 1^st round in Umag back in July 2025.

Francesco Passaro

Ranked no. 139, the Italian got to the 2^nd round after beating Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg 6-4 3-6 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Francesco defeated Gueymard Wayenburg (6-4 3-6 6-4).During the match, Passaro scored less points (5) than Gueymard Wayenburg. In fact, the world no. 139 won 92 points vs Gueymard Wayenburg’s. That means that Passaro was more focused during the important points. Passaro was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about the service games, Passaro bagged 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Francesco Passaro lost the serve once and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Passaro put 55% of his first serves in, winning 69% (36/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (25/42) on the 2nd serve. Francesco broke Gueymard Wayenburg twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Passaro has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (208-153). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Passaro has a compiled7-8 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

The Italian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Sassuolo Challenger.

The Italian has an aggregate 34-21 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Roanne Challenger

Francesco has never competed in this tournament before.

Matej Dodig

Ranked no. 278, Matej reached the 2^nd round after defeating Christopher Eubanks 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Eubanks (6-4 6-4). During the match Dodig scored 69 points vs Eubanks’s 56. Dodig was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Dodig managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Matej Dodig was very efficient on serve to win 74% (32/43) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Dodig broke Eubanks 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

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

Matej has an overall 25-26 win-loss record in 2025, 1-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Passaro	Dodig
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	29	20
Pts	92-97	69-56
Total Points	189	125
Winners	36	32
%Winners	39%	46%

Both Passaro and Dodig played 1 match. At the moment, Francesco Passaro dropped 1 set while Matej Dodig hasn’t dropped a set so far. Passaro has played 1 set more than Dodig (3 vs 2). Therefore, Passaro played 9 games more than Dodig. Passaro scored 36 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Matej scored 32 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Passaro	Dodig
Aces	9	6
Avg per match	9	6
1st in	52/94	43/61
%1st in	55%	70%
1st pts	36/52	32/43
%1st pts	69%	74%
2nd pts	25/42	10/18
%2nd pts	60%	56%

Passaro bagged 9 aces . Dodig bagged 6 aces . Passaro won 69% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Dodig won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Passaro	Dodig
Won	2	3
Converted	2/6	3/4
% Converted	33%	75%
Conceded	11	3
Saved	10	2
% Saved	91%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

The Italian broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The Italian surrendered his serve once and he saved 91% of the break points that he conceded. Matej broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Passaro
	R1 Gueymard	Total
Score	6-4 3-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	92-97	92-97
Total points	189	189
Winners	36	36
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	52/94	52/94
% 1st in	55%	55%
1st pts	36/52	36/52
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	25/42	25/42
% 2nd pts	60%	60%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/6	2/6
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	10/11	10
Saved %	91%	91%
Times Broken	1	1

Dodig
	R1 Eubanks	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	69-56	69-56
Total points	125	125
Winners	32	32
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	43/61	43/61
% 1st in	70%	70%
1st pts	32/43	32/43
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	10/18	10/18
% 2nd pts	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/4
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Roanne Challenger

• Borna GojoGojo – Clement ChidekhChidekh (6-0 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Francesco PassaroPassaro – Sascha Gueymard WayenburgGueymard Wayenburg (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Dominic StrickerStricker – Chris RodeschRodesch (6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Matteo MartineauMartineau – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Matteo MartineauMartineau – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Calvin HemeryHemery – Daniil GlinkaGlinka (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Mika BrunoldBrunold – Justin EngelEngel (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Henry BernetBernet – Filip MisolicMisolic (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Tom ParisParis (6-3 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Matej DodigDodig – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Dominic StrickerStricker – Chris RodeschRodesch (6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
• Francesco PassaroPassaro – Sascha Gueymard WayenburgGueymard Wayenburg (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Borna GojoGojo – Clement ChidekhChidekh (6-0 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Matteo MartineauMartineau – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Mika BrunoldBrunold – Justin EngelEngel (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Calvin HemeryHemery – Daniil GlinkaGlinka (6-3 6-4) – See score progression

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