Francesco Passaro

Francesco Passaro (born 7 January 2001) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 89 achieved on 17 February 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 256, reached on 20 February 2023. Passaro plays on the ATP Challenger Tour, where he has won three titles in singles.

Career

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

2022–23: Masters debut, NextGen Finals and top 150 debuts In April 2022, playing as a qualifier, Passaro reached his first ATP Challenger final at the Sanremo Challenger, where he was defeated by top-seed Holger Rune in three sets.

The next month, he made his Masters debut at the Italian Open in Rome as a wildcard.

At the Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria, Passaro won the gold medal in men's singles and, with Matteo Arnaldi, the gold medal in men's doubles. He thus shares the record of winning both the singles and doubles titles at the same Mediterranean Games edition with Konstantinos Oikonomidis (2001 Tunis), Nicolás Almagro (2005 Almería), and Blaž Rola (2013 Mersin).

Passaro won his first Challenger title in July 2022 at the Internazionali di Trieste. With this trophy, he became the 20th #NextGenATP winner that season. As a result, he entered top 150, with a singles ranking of world No. 144. He reached a career high ranking of No. 108 on 13 February 2023.

2024–25: First Masters third round, Major & top 100 debuts Passaro received a wildcard for the Chile Open in Santiago. He also entered the main draw at the 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. Next, he reached the third round for the first time at a Masters level, defeating 23rd seed Tallon Griekspoor.

Following lifting his second title at the 2024 Turin Challenger as a wildcard, with a win over top seed Lorenzo Musetti in the final, Passaro 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. 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. He recorded his first Grand Slam win and first top-20 win, following the retirement of tenth seed Grigor Dimitrov due to a hip injury, and moved into the top 100 in the singles rankings at world No. 90 on 27 January 2025. He again defeated Dimitrov, his second top-20 win, at the 2025 Italian Open, to reach back-to-back third rounds at his home Masters.

Performance timeline

Singles Current through the 2026 Chile Open.

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (3–6)Finals by surfaceHard (–)Clay (3–6)

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (0–3)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–2)

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendITF WTT (3–2)Finals by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (2–1)

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendITF WTT (3–1)Finals by surfaceHard (–)Clay (3–1)

Wins against top 10 players Passaro has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Season 2025 Total Wins 1 1