Francesco Passaro

Francesco Passaro

Passaro at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Perugia, Italy
Born	(2001-01-07) 7 January 2001 (age 24) Perugia, Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2019
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Roberto Tarpani
Prize money	$930,528
Singles
Career record	7–14
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 89 (17 February 2025)
Current ranking	No. 89 (17 February 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2025)
French Open	Q1 (2023)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2023, 2024)
US Open	Q2 (2022, 2024)
Doubles
Career record	0–4
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 256 (20 February 2023)
Current ranking	No. 477 (16 September 2024)
Medal record Mediterranean Games 2022 Oran Men's Singles 2022 Oran Men's Doubles
Last updated on: 20 September 2024.

Francesco Passaro (born 7 January 2001) is an Italian tennis player. He reached a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 106 on 9 September 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 256 on 20 February 2023. ^[1]

Career

2021: ATP debut

Passaro made his ATP main draw debut at the 2021 Emilia-Romagna Open after receiving a wildcard for the doubles main draw.

2022-23: Masters, NextGen Finals and top 150 debuts

He played his first ATP Challenger Tour final at the 2022 Sanremo Challenger and was defeated in three sets by the world No. 91 Holger Rune.

He made his Masters debut at the 2022 Italian Open in Rome as a wildcard.

He won his first Challenger in July 2022 in Trieste, Italy becoming the 20th #NextGenATP winner in 2022. As a result he reached a new career-high in the top 150 of world No. 144 on 25 July 2022. ^{[2] [1]}

He qualified for the 2022 Next Generation ATP Finals. ^[3]

He reached a career high ranking of No. 108 on 13 February 2023.

2024-25: First Masters third round, Major & top 100 debuts

He received a wildcard for the 2024 Chile Open in Santiago. He also entered the main draw at the ATP Challenger 125, the 2024 Tennis Napoli Cup this time as an alternate, and reached the semifinals. As a result he returned to the top 200 in the rankings on 1 April 2024. ^[1]

After reaching the main draw of his home Masters, the Italian Open, having received a wildcard for the qualifying competition, he defeated Arthur Rinderknech for his first Masters main draw win. Next, he reached the third round for the first time at a Masters level, defeating 23rd seed Tallon Griekspoor. ^[4] Following lifting his second title at the 2024 Turin Challenger as a wildcard, with a win over top seed Lorenzo Musetti in the final, he returned to the top 150 in the rankings climbing more than 100 positions back in the rankings on 20 May 2024. He became the first player since Robin Soderling in 2009 (Sunrise) to defeat five Top 100 players en route to a Challenger trophy. ^{[5] [6]} A month later, he returned to the top 130 on 17 June 2024. After winning the Genoa Challenger, he returned to the top 110 at a new career-high of No. 106 on 9 September 2024. ^[1]

Passaro made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2025 Australian Open as a lucky loser after the withdrawal of his compatriot Fabio Fognini. ^[7] He recorded his first Grand Slam win following the retirement of tenth seed Grigor Dimitrov due to a hip injury, and moved into the top 100 in the singles rankings. ^[8]

Grand Slam performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Tournament	2022	2023	2024	2025	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q2	Q2	2R	1–1
French Open	A	Q1	A		0–0
Wimbledon	A	Q1	Q1		0–0
US Open	Q2	Q1	Q2		0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Open	A	Q2	A		0–0
Madrid Open	A	Q1	A		0–0
Italian Open	1R	1R	3R		2–3
Win–loss	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–3

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (3–6)

Finals by Surface Hard (0–0) Clay (3–6) Grass (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2022	Sanremo, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Holger Rune	1–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Jun 2022	Forlì, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Lorenzo Musetti	6–2, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–3	Jun 2022	Milan, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Federico Coria	6–7(2–7), 4–6
Win	1–3	Jul 2022	Trieste, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Zhang Zhizhen	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	1–4	Sep 2022	Como, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Cedrik-Marcel Stebe	6–7(2–7), 4–6
Loss	1–5	Jul 2023	Trieste, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Hugo Gaston	3–6, 7–5, 2–6
Win	2–5	May 2024	Turin, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Lorenzo Musetti	6–3, 7–5
Win	3–5	Sep 2024	Genoa, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Jaume Munar	7–5, 6–3
Loss	3–6	Nov 2024	Maia, Portugal	Challenger	Clay (i)	Damir Džumhur	3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (0–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2022	Vicenza, Italy	Clay	Matteo Gigante	Francisco Comesaña Luciano Darderi	3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	0–2	Feb 2023	Tenerife II, Spain	Hard	Matteo Gigante	Christian Harrison Shintaro Mochizuki	4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Sep 2023	Bad Waltersdorf, Austria	Clay	Marco Bortolotti	Hendrik Jebens Constantin Frantzen	1–6, 2–6

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend ITF WTT (3–2)

Finals by Surface Hard (1–1) Clay (2–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2019	M15 Gubbio, Italy	WTT	Clay	Gonzalo Villanueva	5–7, 2–6
Win	1–1	Apr 2021	M15 Cairo, Egypt	WTT	Clay	Giacomo Dambrosi	6–1, 6–4
Win	2–1	Aug 2021	M15 Xàtiva, Spain	WTT	Clay	Iñaki Montes de la Torre	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	2–2	Jan 2022	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Mattia Bellucci	4–6, 5–7
Win	3–2	Feb 2022	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Térence Atmane	7–6(7–3), 6–2

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend ITF WTT (3–1)

Finals by Surface Hard (0–0) Clay (3–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2019	M15 Murcia, Spain	WTT	Clay	Lorenzo Bocchi	Eduard Esteve Lobato Álvaro López San Martín	4–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Apr 2021	M15 Cairo, Egypt	WTT	Clay	Daniele Capecchi	Luke Johnson Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi	7–5, 6–4
Win	2–1	Aug 2021	M15 Xàtiva, Spain	WTT	Clay	Imanol López Morillo	Alberto Barroso Campos Benjamín Winter López	6–4, 6–4
Win	3–1	Oct 2021	M15 Madrid, Spain	WTT	Clay	Carlos Lopez Montagud	Lucas Bouquet Stefan Micov	6–0, 6–3

Wins against top 10 players

• Passaro has a 1–0 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10. ^[9]

Season	2025	Total
Wins	1	1

#	Player	Rk	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	Rk	Ref
2025
1.	Grigor Dimitrov	10	Australian Open, Australia	Hard	1R	7–5, 2–1 ret.	104	[10]

• Key: (Rk) first use, opponent rank; (Rd) round; (Rk) 2nd use, player rank; (Ref) reference; (F) final; (SF) semifinal; (QF) quarterfinal; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage

References

1. "Francesco Passaro | Ranking | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
2. "Wu Yibing Surges to Career High After Indianapolis Challenger Title | ATP Tour | Tennis".
3. "Passaro-next-gen-atp-finals-2022-qualification | Next Gen ATP Finals | Tennis".
4. "Rome Masters: Qualifier Passaro reaches third round". 10 May 2024.
5. "Fils finishes 'perfect week' with Bordeaux Challenger title; Passaro joins Soderling in slice of Challenger history". 19 May 2024.
6. "Challenger Q2: #NextGenATP teens Schwaerzler, Debru shine". ATPTour. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
7. "Fognini withdraws from the Australian Open replaced by Passaro". 13 January 2025.
8. "Men's wrap: Tiafoe digs deep, Dimitrov forced out". 13 January 2025.
9. "Francesco Passaro Match Results, Splits, and Analysis". Tennis Abstract. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
10. Gill, Aarav Singh (13 January 2025). "Heartbreaking Scenes as Former Australian Open Semi-Finalist Retires Mid-Match Due to Injury". EssentiallySports. Retrieved 16 January 2025.

External links

• Francesco Passaro at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Francesco Passaro at the International Tennis Federation