Francesco Passaro
Francesco Passaro (born 7 January 2001) is an Italian tennis player.
 Passaro at the 2023 French Open | ||||||||||||
| Country (sports) |  Italy | |||||||||||
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| Residence | Perugia, Italy | |||||||||||
| Born | 7 January 2001 Perugia, Italy | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2019 | |||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | |||||||||||
| Coach | Roberto Tarpani | |||||||||||
| Prize money | $531,358 | |||||||||||
| Singles | ||||||||||||
| Career record | 4–11 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) | |||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | |||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 108 (13 February 2023) | |||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 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 record | 0–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) | |||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | |||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 256 (20 February 2023) | |||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 561 (19 February 2024) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 22 February 2024. | ||||||||||||
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.
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.
He qualified for the 2022 Next Generation ATP Finals.
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
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Singles
| Tournament | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | W–L | |||||
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| 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 | A | 0–0 | |||||
| Madrid Open | A | Q1 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Italian Open | 1R | 1R | 0–2 | ||||||
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | |||||
Challenger and World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2019 | M15, Gubbio, Italy | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Gonzalo Villanueva | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Apr 2021 | M15, Cairo, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Giacomo Dambrosi | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–1 | Aug 2021 | M15, Xativa, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Iñaki Montes de la Torre | 2–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Jan 2022 | M15, Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Mattia Bellucci | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 3–2 | Feb 2022 | M15, Monastir, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Térence Atmane | 7–6(7–3), 6–2 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Apr 2022 | Sanremo, Italy | Challenger | Clay |  Holger Rune | 1–6, 6–2, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Jun 2022 | Forlì, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Lorenzo Musetti | 6–2, 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 3–5 | Jun 2022 | Milan, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Federico Coria | 6–7(2–7), 4–6 |
| Win | 4–5 | Jul 2022 | Trieste, Italy | Challenger | Clay |  Zhang Zhizhen | 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 4–6 | Sep 2022 | Como, Italy | Challenger | Clay |  Cedrik-Marcel Stebe | 6–7(2–7), 4–6 |
Doubles: 6 (3–3)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Mar 2019 | M15 Murcia, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Lorenzo Bocchi | Eduard Esteve Lobato Álvaro López San Martín | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Apr 2021 | M15 Cairo, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Daniele Capecchi |  Luke Johnson Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–1 | Aug 2021 | M15 Xàtiva, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Imanol López Morillo | Alberto Barroso Campos Benjamín Winter López | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–1 | Oct 2021 | M15 Madrid, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Carlos López Montagud | Lucas Bouquet Stefan Micov | 6–0, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3–2 | May 2022 | Vicenza, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Matteo Gigante | Francisco Comesaña Luciano Darderi | 3–6, 6–7(4–7) |
| Loss | 3–3 | Feb 2023 | Tenerife, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Matteo Gigante |  Christian Harrison Shintaro Mochizuki | 4–6, 3–6 |
References
External links
- Francesco Passaro at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Francesco Passaro at the International Tennis Federation
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