Luciano Darderi and Matteo Arnaldi will face off in the qualifications of the Zadar Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
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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
Matteo Arnaldi -> 2.1
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Prediction and head to head Luciano Darderi vs. Matteo Arnaldi
There is no head to head record between Luciano Darderi and Matteo Arnaldi since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Luciano Darderi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-17 | 0-2 | 31-12 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2021 | 48-19 | 20-6 | 27-12 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 313 (career-high), Luciano got to the qualifications after defeating David Pichler 1-6 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications against Pichler, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-4 7-5).During the match, Darderi scored less points (2) than Pichler. In fact, the world no. 313 won 94 points vs Pichler’s. That means that Darderi was more focused during the important points. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Regarding the service games, Darderi bagged 14 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Luciano Darderi lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Darderi put 58% of his first serves in, winning 76% (45/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (18/42) on the 2nd serve. Darderi broke Pichler twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Darderi has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 65% of his matches (62-33). 5-4 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Darderi has a composed41-25 match record in the last 4 years on clay.
The Italian has an overall 5-4 win-loss record in 2022, 5-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Luciano has never competed in this tournament before.
Matteo Arnaldi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-16 | 10-8 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-26 | 21-15 | 23-7 | 4-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-35 | 9-3 | 37-20 | 4-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 56-24 | 2-1 | 51-18 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-9 | 16-4 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 335 (career-high), Matteo got to the qualifications after beating Bozo Barun 6-3 7-5.
In the qualifications, Arnaldi had a good straight sets win against Barun (6-3 7-5). During the match Arnaldi scored 91 points vs Barun’s 73. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Arnaldi blasted 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Matteo Arnaldi lost the serve 3 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Arnaldi put 68% of his first serves in, winning 67% (41/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (12/29) on the 2nd serve. Matteo broke Barun 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Arnaldi has a compiled 6-8 win-loss record in 2022, 5-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Darderi | Arnaldi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 21 |
| Pts | 94-96 | 91-73 |
| Total Points | 190 | 164 |
| Winners | 45 | 41 |
| %Winners | 48% | 45% |
Both Darderi and Arnaldi played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Luciano Darderi conceded 1 set while Matteo Arnaldi hasn’t dropped a set so far. Darderi has played 1 set more than Arnaldi (3 vs 2). Therefore, Darderi played 8 games more than Arnaldi. Luciano scored 45 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian struck 41 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Darderi | Arnaldi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 14 | 4 |
| 1st in | 59/101 | 61/90 |
| %1st in | 58% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 45/59 | 41/61 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 18/42 | 12/29 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 41% |
Darderi fired 14 aces . Arnaldi blasted 4 aces . Darderi won 76% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Arnaldi won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Darderi | Arnaldi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 5 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 40% | 45% |
| Conceded | 11 | 14 |
| Saved | 8 | 11 |
| % Saved | 73% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Luciano broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Darderi surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Matteo broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Matteo conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
| Darderi | |||
| Q1 Pichler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 94-96 | 94-96 | |
| Total points | 190 | 190 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 59/101 | 59/101 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 45/59 | 45/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/42 | 18/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Arnaldi | |||
| Q1 Barun |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 91-73 | 91-73 | |
| Total points | 164 | 164 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 61/90 | 61/90 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 41/61 | 41/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/29 | 12/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 11/14 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 79% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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