Luca Nardi and Luciano Darderi will play each other in the 2nd round of the Perugia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luca Nardi who should win in 3 sets.
Luca Nardi -> 1.56
Luciano Darderi -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Luca Nardi vs. Luciano Darderi
There is no head to head record between Luca Nardi and Luciano Darderi since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Luca Nardi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30-30 | 14-13 | 8-9 | 8-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-27 | 14-14 | 8-5 | 9-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-36 | 20-10 | 8-13 | 12-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-20 | 5-2 | 11-10 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-24 | 3-3 | 26-13 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 199, Luca reached the 2nd round after beating Gianluca Mager 7-65 6-72 6-4.
In the 1st round, Luca defeated Mager (7-65 6-72 6-4). During the match, Nardi scored 109 points vs Mager’s 104. Nardi was very aggressive to blast 63 winners.
Regarding the service games, Nardi scored 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Luca Nardi was very efficient on serve to win 78% (63/81) of his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Luca broke Mager twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Nardi has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 59% of his matches (66-45). 9-5 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Nardi has a compiled41-24 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.
The Italian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Forli 1 Challenger and the Lugano Challenger.
Luca has an overall 19-8 win-loss record in 2022, 9-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Perugia Challenger
Nardi has never competed in this tournament before.
Luciano Darderi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2021 | 48-19 | 20-6 | 27-12 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 277, Luciano reached the 2nd round after beating Massimo Giunta 6-3 6-0, Andrey Chepelev 4-6 6-4 6-3 and Gastao Elias 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Darderi had a good straight sets win against Elias (6-3 6-2). During the match Darderi scored 63 points vs Elias’s 45. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Darderi fired 2 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Luciano Darderi was very effective on serve to win 76% (28/37) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Darderi broke Elias 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
The Italian has an overall 18-11 win-loss record in 2022, 18-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nardi | Darderi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 61 |
| Pts | 109-104 | 222-167 |
| Total Points | 213 | 389 |
| Winners | 63 | 86 |
| %Winners | 58% | 39% |
Nardi played 1 match while Darderi competed in 3 matches. Darderi started his run from the qualifications while Nardi had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Luca Nardi lost 1 set, while Luciano Darderi surrendered 1 set. Nardi has played 4 set(s) less than Darderi (3 vs 7). Therefore, Nardi played 25 games less than Darderi. Nardi scored 63 winners (58% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian made 86 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nardi | Darderi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 5 |
| 1st in | 81/108 | 119/182 |
| %1st in | 75% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 63/81 | 86/119 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 17/27 | 37/63 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 59% |
Nardi made 12 aces . Darderi bagged 15 aces (5 per match). Nardi won 78% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Darderi won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nardi | Darderi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 13 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 13/33 |
| % Converted | 33% | 39% |
| Conceded | 6 | 13 |
| Saved | 5 | 9 |
| % Saved | 83% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Luca broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Nardi surrendered his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Luciano broke his opponents 13 times with a 39% conversion rate. Darderi conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nardi | |||
| R1 Mager | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-72 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 109-104 | 109-104 | |
| Total points | 213 | 213 | |
| Winners | 63 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 58% | 58% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 81/108 | 81/108 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 63/81 | 63/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/27 | 17/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Darderi | |||||
| Q1 Giunta | Q3 Chepelev | R1 Elias | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | 4-6 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 29 | 17 | 61 | |
| pts | 59-29 | 100-93 | 63-45 | 222-167 | |
| Total points | 88 | 193 | 108 | 389 | |
| Winners | 20 | 38 | 28 | 86 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 38% | 44% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 8 | 2 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 22/32 | 60/95 | 37/55 | 119/182 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 63% | 67% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 20/22 | 38/60 | 28/37 | 86/119 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 63% | 76% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/10 | 21/35 | 11/18 | 37/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 60% | 61% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 4/13 | 3/11 | 13/33 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 31% | 27% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 10 | 1 | 13 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 7/10 | 1/1 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 70% | 100% | 220% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
Tennis Scores in Perugia Challenger
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-74 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Carlos TabernerTaberner (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Giovanni OradiniOradini (6-4 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Giorgio TabaccoTabacco (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Ivan Sabanov/Matej SabanovSabanov/Matej Sabanov – Marco Cecchinato/Flavio CobolliCecchinato/Flavio Cobolli (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Luca PotenzaPotenza – Elias YmerYmer (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Filippo BaldiBaldi (7-5 3-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Nerman FaticFatic (7-5 0-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Cristian RodriguezRodriguez – Matteo GiganteGigante (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Gastao EliasElias (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (2-6 7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Timofey SkatovSkatov (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Gianluca MagerMager (7-65 6-72 6-4) – See score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Giovanni OradiniOradini (6-4 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Cristian RodriguezRodriguez – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Borna CoricCoric (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Flavio CobolliCobolli (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Luca PotenzaPotenza – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (1-0) – H2H and prediction