Facundo Diaz Acosta and Luciano Darderi will play each other in the quarter of the Sao Paulo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 10:00 am on QUADRA 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.7
Facundo Diaz Acosta -> 2.15
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Luciano Darderi
There is no head to head record between Facundo Diaz Acosta and Luciano Darderi since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Facundo Diaz Acosta
Ranked no. 349, the Argentine reached the quarter after defeating Gonzalo Villanueva 7-5 6-1 and Thiago Seyboth Wild 6-3 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Seyboth Wild (6-3 7-5). During the match, Diaz Acosta scored 69 points vs Seyboth Wild’s 51. The Argentine was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Diaz Acosta scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Facundo Diaz Acosta was very effective on serve to win 78% (25/32) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Diaz Acosta broke Seyboth Wild 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Facundo started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Diaz Acosta has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 61% of his matches (98-62). 35-24 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Diaz Acosta has a composed81-50 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
Facundo’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Prostejov and M25 Eupen.
Diaz Acosta has an aggregate 42-27 win-loss record in 2021, 35-24 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sao Paulo Challenger
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
Luciano Darderi
Ranked no. 443 (career-high), the Italian reached the quarter after beating Rafael Matos 6-3 6-3, Martin Cuevas 6-3 3-6 6-4, Mateus Alves 6-1 6-1 and Nicolas Alvarez Varona 6-4 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Luciano had a good straight sets win against Alvarez Varona (6-4 6-1). During the match Darderi scored 59 points vs Alvarez Varona’s 46. Luciano was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Darderi struck 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Luciano Darderi was extremely effective on serve to win 82% (23/28) of his 1st serve and 57% (21/37) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Darderi broke Alvarez Varona 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Darderi started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Italian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Novi Sad.
The Italian has a compiled 46-16 win-loss record in 2021, 26-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Diaz Acosta | Darderi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 77 |
| Pts | 137-102 | 263-212 |
| Total Points | 239 | 475 |
| Winners | 50 | 87 |
| %Winners | 36% | 33% |
Diaz Acosta played 2 matches while Darderi competed in 4 matches. Darderi started his run from the qualifications while Diaz Acosta had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Luciano Darderi surrendered 1 set while Facundo Diaz Acosta hasn’t dropped a set so far. Diaz Acosta has played 5 set(s) less than Darderi (4 vs 9). Therefore, Diaz Acosta played 37 games less than Darderi. Facundo scored 50 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Luciano scored 87 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Diaz Acosta | Darderi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 62/112 | 116/246 |
| %1st in | 55% | 47% |
| 1st pts | 50/62 | 87/116 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 29/50 | 80/130 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 62% |
Diaz Acosta recorded 7 aces (3.5 per match). Darderi made 18 aces (4.5 per match). Diaz Acosta won 81% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Darderi won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Diaz Acosta | Darderi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 14 |
| Converted | 8/18 | 14/27 |
| % Converted | 44% | 52% |
| Conceded | 4 | 13 |
| Saved | 1 | 11 |
| % Saved | 25% | 85% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
The Argentine broke his opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. Diaz Acosta surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. Darderi broke his opponents 14 times with a 52% conversion rate. Darderi conceded his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded.
| Diaz Acosta | ||||
| R1 Villanueva |
R2 Seyboth Wild |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 21 | 40 | |
| pts | 68-51 | 69-51 | 137-102 | |
| Total points | 119 | 120 | 239 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 30/58 | 32/54 | 62/112 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 59% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 25/32 | 50/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 78% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 14/22 | 29/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 64% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/8 | 8/18 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 50% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 0/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 0% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Darderi | ||||||
| Q1 Matos |
Q3 Cuevas |
R1 Alves |
R2 Alvarez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 3-6 6-4 | 6-1 6-1 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 28 | 14 | 17 | 77 | |
| pts | 58-44 | 87-89 | 59-33 | 59-46 | 263-212 | |
| Total points | 102 | 176 | 92 | 105 | 475 | |
| Winners | 24 | 28 | 12 | 23 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 32% | 20% | 39% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 26/47 | 45/87 | 17/47 | 28/65 | 116/246 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 52% | 36% | 43% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 24/26 | 28/45 | 12/17 | 23/28 | 87/116 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 62% | 71% | 82% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 26/42 | 21/30 | 21/37 | 80/130 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 62% | 70% | 57% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/9 | 5/7 | 3/5 | 14/27 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 33% | 71% | 60% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 13 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 9/9 | 11 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | – | 100% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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