Luciano Darderi and Casper Ruud will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on Court 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Casper Ruud who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.28
Luciano Darderi -> 3.64
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Prediction and head to head Luciano Darderi vs. Casper Ruud
This will be the 2nd time that Luciano Darderi and Casper Ruud face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Ruud won 6-1 6-1 in the semifinal in Rome back in May 2026.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs Luciano Darderi – Rome 15-May-2026
Luciano Darderi
34 - 22win/loss
21
16
LLWLWWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35-24 | 12-11 | 22-11 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 38-30 | 6-11 | 30-11 | 0-4 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-31 | 1-9 | 34-15 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-31 | 3-3 | 45-27 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-25 | 0-1 | 37-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 19, the Italian will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 6-2 6-2 7-6(3) to Zverev in the 4th round on the 7th of September.
Darderi has an aggregate 34-22 win-loss record in 2026, 11-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was conquering the title in Santiago where he overcame Yannick Hanfmann in the final 7-6(6) 7-5.
Talking about his overall career, Luciano has an overall 252-168 record. He has a positive 41-39 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2025. See his history.
Casper Ruud
28 - 16win/loss
24
2
WLWWWLLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29-17 | 9-10 | 19-6 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 39-16 | 12-8 | 14-5 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-25 | 21-9 | 24-7 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-23 | 12-12 | 22-8 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-22 | 18-8 | 25-7 | 7-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 21, will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in the Laver Cup where he overcame 6-7(4) 6-4 10-8 to Cerundolo in the round robin on the 25th of September.
Ruud has a compiled 28-16 win-loss record in 2026, 8-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Casper’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Rome.
In terms of his career, Ruud has an overall 471-250 record. He has a positive 126-87 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2025. See his history.
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