
Luciano Darderi and Kyrian Jacquet will play each other in the 2nd round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 pm on Court 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luciano Darderi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luciano Darderi is the pick to win this match.
Luciano Darderi -> 1.64
Kyrian Jacquet -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Luciano Darderi vs. Kyrian Jacquet
There is no head to head record between Luciano Darderi and Kyrian Jacquet since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Luciano Darderi

35 - 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, Luciano got to the 2nd round after beating Casper Ruud 7-6(3) 6-3.
In the 1st round, Luciano had a good straight sets win against Ruud (7-63 6-3). During the match, Darderi scored 84 points vs Ruud’s 64. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Darderi blasted 13 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Luciano Darderi was quite efficient on serve to win 86% (32/37) of his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Luciano broke Ruud 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Darderi has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (253-168). 12-9 on hard in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Darderi has an aggregate42-39 record in the last 8 years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title in Santiago where he defeated Yannick Hanfmann in the final 7-6(6) 7-5.
Darderi has an overall 35-22 win-loss record in 2026, 12-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2025. See his history.
Kyrian Jacquet

31 - 17win/loss
76
76
LWLWWLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33-19 | 18-9 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 37-24 | 20-8 | 7-9 | 8-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 23-17 | 8-5 | 12-8 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-22 | 11-5 | 27-15 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-25 | 9-5 | 19-13 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 86 (career-high), Jacquet reached the 2nd round after defeating Holger Rune 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Rune (6-3 6-1). During the match Jacquet scored 52 points vs Rune’s 32. Jacquet was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Jacquet recorded 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Kyrian Jacquet was extremely efficient on serve to win 100% (19/19) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jacquet broke Rune 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Manama Challenger where he defeated Luca Nardi in the final 7-5 3-6 6-4.
The French player has a composed 31-17 win-loss record in 2026, 16-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Jacquet has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Darderi | Jacquet |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 16 |
| Pts | 84-64 | 52-32 |
| Total Points | 148 | 84 |
| Winners | 32 | 19 |
| %Winners | 38% | 37% |
Both Darderi and Jacquet played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Darderi and Jacquet have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Darderi played 6 games more than Jacquet. Darderi scored 32 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The French player struck 19 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Darderi | Jacquet |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 13 | 3 |
| 1st in | 37/66 | 19/44 |
| %1st in | 56% | 43% |
| 1st pts | 32/37 | 19/19 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 100% |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 14/25 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 56% |
Darderi scored 13 aces . Jacquet struck 3 aces . Darderi won 86% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Jacquet won 100% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Darderi | Jacquet |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 38% | 67% |
| Conceded | 8 | 0 |
| Saved | 6 | 0 |
| % Saved | 75% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Darderi broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Luciano dropped his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Kyrian broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Jacquet was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Darderi | |||
| R1 Ruud |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 84-64 | 84-64 | |
| Total points | 148 | 148 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 37/66 | 37/66 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 32/37 | 32/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 15/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Jacquet | |||
| R1 Rune |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 52-32 | 52-32 | |
| Total points | 84 | 84 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 19/44 | 19/44 | |
| % 1st in | 43% | 43% | |
| 1st pts | 19/19 | 19/19 | |
| % 1st pts | 100% | 100% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 14/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Casper RuudRuud (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Zizou BergsBergs (6-3 6-7(3) 6-3) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jaime FariaFaria – Arthur FeryFery (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Taylor FritzFritz (6-77 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Holger RuneRune (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – Alexander BlockxBlockx (7-62 7-64) – See score progression
- Arthur FilsFils – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Tommy PaulPaul (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Rei SakamotoSakamoto (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-7(7) 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jaime FariaFaria – Arthur FeryFery (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Holger RuneRune (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Casper RuudRuud (7-6(3) 6-3) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Zizou BergsBergs (6-3 6-7(3) 6-3) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – (0-0) – H2H and prediction







