Francesco Passaro | Bio | ATP Tour

Nickname is ‘El Face’. Speaks Italian, English and Spanish.
Began playing tennis aged six in his hometown of Perugia. Has been with coach Roberto Tarpani since the age of 10.
Was inspired by Juan Martin Del Potro and Roger Federer.
Favourite shot is drop shot, surface is clay, tournament is Rome and city on Tour is New York.
Tennis idol is Roger Federer and hero is Rambo.
Outside of tennis, likes football. Favourite sports team is Internazionale FC and athlete is Lionel Messi.
Favourite superhero is Batman, book is The Secret, TV show is Prison Break.
Favourite music is reggaeton and hobby is playing cards.
Favourite food is pizza and pasta. Cooking pizza and pasta is his best quality.
Guilty pleasure is watching Netflix all day.
Dream job is to own a big hotel.

(UPDATED 24 MAY 2025)

In 2022, broke into Top 500 in March, Top 200 in July and qualified for 2022 Next Gen ATP Finals, before breaking into Top 100 in January 2025 and achieving career-high No. 89 in February.
Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2025 Australian Open as LL, defeating No. 10 Dimitrov in 1R via RET for biggest win of his career and defeated No. 15 Dimitrov en route to 2025 ATP Masters 1000 Rome 3R.
Saved 2 MPs vs. Rinderknech en route to 3R of 2024 ATP Masters 1000 Rome and earned wins over countrymen Sonego and Musetti to capture his 2nd Challenger title in Turin in back-to-back weeks.
Advanced to 8 of his 9 Challenger finals on Italian clay, including titles at 2022 Trieste, 2024 Turin and 2024 Genoa.
Defeated Zhang for both 1st Challenger title at 2022 Trieste and 1st ATP Tour win at 2022 Florence.
Peaked at No. 31 in juniors, posting 64-33 singles record with 3 titles and 37-22 doubles records with 4 titles.