Prediction Of Dodig Vs Passaro H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag 2025?

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Dodig and Passaro are on the Day 1 Schedule at Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag 2025 on Sunday 20 July 2025. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.

Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?

Matej Dodig from Croatia, aged 20 and ranked World No. 246 (his career-high), will face Francesco Passaro from Italy for the first time. In 2025, Dodig’s record stands at 0-1 in the Davis Cup Qualifier and 1-1 in Umag in 2024 (reaching the second round).

Dodig achieved his first ranking points in March 2023, entered the Top 500 in November 2023, and made it to the Top 300 by July 2024. By July 2025, he reached his career-high ranking of No. 246. His ATP Tour debut was in 2024 in Umag, where he secured his first ATP Tour win against Couacaud in the first round. Dodig’s Challenger record is 28-29, and he won his first title at the 2025 Trieste as a qualifier.

The Croatian player’s biggest career win was against No. 114 Svrcina at the 2025 Trieste Challenger. In January 2023, Dodig achieved a career-high ITF world junior ranking of No. 30. Now 20, Dodig aims to secure his second ATP Tour victory after capturing his first Challenger title in Trieste earlier in the same month.

Francesco Passaro, aged 24, is ranked World No. 131 with a career high of No. 89. In 2025, he holds a 4-5 record (reaching the third round in Rome) and is making his Umag debut. Passaro entered the Top 500 in March 2022, the Top 200 in July 2022, and qualified for the 2022 Next Gen ATP Finals. By January 2025, he broke into the Top 100 and achieved his career-high singles ranking in February at No. 89.

Passaro’s Grand Slam main draw debut was at the 2025 Australian Open as a Lucky Loser, where he defeated No. 10 Dimitrov in the first round due to a retirement, marking his biggest career win. In the same year, Passaro reached the third round of the 2025 ATP Masters 1000 in Rome after defeating No. 15 Dimitrov. Notably, he saved two match points against Rinderknech on his way to the third round of the 2024 ATP Masters 1000 in Rome.

The Italian player earned wins over his compatriots Sonego and Musetti to secure his second Challenger title in Turin in consecutive weeks. Passaro’s successes have been predominantly on Italian clay, with eight out of nine of his Challenger finals being on this surface, including titles in Trieste in 2022, Turin in 2024, and Genoa in 2024. Passaro clinched his first Challenger title at the 2022 Trieste, where he also secured his first ATP Tour win in 2022 at Florence.

Passaro’s tour-level wins, totaling 10, include seven victories on clay courts. The highlight of his career so far was his triumph over No. 10 Dimitrov via retirement in the first round of the Australian Open in January 2025.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Dodig will win.
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