Francesco Passaro (born 7 January 2001) is an Italian

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player. Passaro has a career high

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singles ranking of world No. 108 on 13 February 2023 and doubles ranking of world No. 293 on 26 September 2022.

Career

Passaro made his ATP main draw debut at the

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after receiving a wildcard for the doubles main draw. 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

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. He won his first Challenger in July 2022 in

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, 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

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Challenger and World Tennis Tour Finals

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

Doubles: 6 (3–3)

References

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* * 2001 births Living people Italian male tennis players Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis Sportspeople from Perugia 21st-century Italian people {{Italy-tennis-bio-stub