Francesco Passaro

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Francesco Passaro
Passaro RGQ23.jpg
Passaro at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Residence Perugia, Italy
Born (2001-01-07) 7 January 2001 (age 23)
Perugia, Italy
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro2019
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachRoberto Tarpani
Prize money$531,358
Singles
Career record4–11 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 108 (13 February 2023)
Current rankingNo. 226 (19 February 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q2 (2023, 2024)
French Open Q1 (2023)
Wimbledon Q1 (2023)
US Open Q2 (2022)
Doubles
Career record0–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 256 (20 February 2023)
Current rankingNo. 561 (19 February 2024)
Medal record
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Oran Men's Singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Oran Men's Doubles
Last updated on: 22 February 2024.

Francesco Passaro (born 7 January 2001) is an Italian tennis player.

Contents

Passaro has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 108 on 13 February 2023 and doubles ranking of world 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: Masters and NextGen Finals debuts

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

He made his Masters debut at the 2022 Rome Masters 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]

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

2024: Back to top 200

He received a wildcard for the 2024 Chile Open in Santiago. He also entered main draw 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.

Grand Slam performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(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 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q2 Q2 0–0
French Open A Q1 0–0
Wimbledon A Q1 0–0
US Open Q2 Q1 0–0
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Open A Q2 A0–0
Madrid Open A Q1 0–0
Italian Open 1R 1R 0–2
Win–loss0–10–10–00–2

Challenger and World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–4)
ITF World Tennis Tour (3–2)
Titles by Surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (3–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Jul 2019M15, Gubbio, ItalyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Argentina.svg Gonzalo Villanueva 5–7, 2–6
Win1–1Apr 2021M15, Cairo, EgyptWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Italy.svg Giacomo Dambrosi6–1, 6–4
Win2–1Aug 2021M15, Xativa, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Spain.svg Iñaki Montes de la Torre 2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss2–2Jan 2022M15, Monastir, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Italy.svg Mattia Bellucci 4–6, 5–7
Win3–2Feb 2022M15, Monastir, TunisiaWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of France.svg Térence Atmane 7–6(7–3), 6–2
Loss3–3 Apr 2022 Sanremo, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Denmark.svg Holger Rune 1–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss3–4 Jun 2022 Forlì, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Musetti 6–2, 3–6, 2–6
Loss3–5 Jun 2022 Milan, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Federico Coria 6–7(2–7), 4–6
Win4–5 Jul 2022 Trieste, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Zhizhen 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss4–6 Sep 2022 Como, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Germany.svg Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 6–7(2–7), 4–6

Doubles: 6 (3–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–2)
ITF World Tennis Tour (3–1)
Finals by Surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Mar 2019M15 Murcia, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Bocchi Flag of Spain.svg Eduard Esteve Lobato
Flag of Spain.svg Álvaro López San Martín 		4–6, 4–6
Win1–1Apr 2021M15 Cairo, EgyptWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Italy.svg Daniele Capecchi Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Luke Johnson
Flag of Ukraine.svg Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi		7–5, 6–4
Win2–1Aug 2021M15 Xàtiva, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Spain.svg Imanol López Morillo Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Barroso Campos
Flag of Spain.svg Benjamín Winter López		6–4, 6–4
Win3–1Oct 2021M15 Madrid, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Spain.svg Carlos López Montagud Flag of France.svg Lucas Bouquet
Flag of North Macedonia.svg Stefan Micov		6–0, 6–3
Loss3–2 May 2022 Vicenza, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Gigante Flag of Argentina.svg Francisco Comesaña
Flag of Italy.svg Luciano Darderi 		3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss3–3 Feb 2023 Tenerife, SpainChallengerHard Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Gigante Flag of the United States.svg Christian Harrison
Flag of Japan.svg Shintaro Mochizuki 		4–6, 3–6

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References

  1. ↑ "Francesco Passaro | Overview | 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".


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