Luciano Darderi and Luca Potenza will square off in the quarter of the Perugia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luciano Darderi is the pick to win this match.
Luciano Darderi -> 1.27
Luca Potenza -> 3.76
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Prediction and head to head Luciano Darderi vs. Luca Potenza
There is no head to head record between Luciano Darderi and Luca Potenza 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 | 37-27 | 1-9 | 34-15 | 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. 277, Luciano reached the quarter after beating Massimo Giunta 6-3 6-0, Andrey Chepelev 4-6 6-4 6-3, Gastao Elias 6-3 6-2 and Luca Nardi 6-74 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Nardi, Luciano recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-4 6-2). During the match, Darderi scored 109 points vs Nardi’s 96. Darderi was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Darderi scored 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Luciano Darderi was quite effective on serve to win 72% (43/60) of his 1st serve and 57% (26/46) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Darderi broke Nardi 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Luciano started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 2 set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Darderi has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 66% of his matches (76-40). 19-11 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Darderi has an overall55-32 record in the last 4 years on clay.
The Italian has an aggregate 19-11 win-loss record in 2022, 19-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Perugia Challenger
Luciano has never competed in this tournament before.
Luca Potenza
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-14 | 10-6 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-28 | 6-9 | 13-18 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-26 | 10-9 | 13-11 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-25 | 27-13 | 6-7 | 6-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 26-7 | 23-6 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 564, the Italian got to the quarter after beating Elias Ymer 6-4 3-6 6-4 and Roberto Carballes Baena 6-1 2-1 ret..
In the 2nd round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Carballes Baena (6-1 2-1 ret.). During the match Potenza scored 40 points vs Carballes Baena’s 23. Potenza was pretty aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about serving, Potenza struck 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Luca Potenza was very efficient on serve to win 89% (17/19) of his 1st serve and 60% (6/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Luca broke Carballes Baena 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Potenza has a compiled 7-9 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Darderi | Potenza |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 92 | 39 |
| Pts | 331-263 | 128-105 |
| Total Points | 594 | 233 |
| Winners | 129 | 66 |
| %Winners | 39% | 52% |
Darderi played 4 matches while Potenza competed in 2 matches. Darderi started his run from the qualifications while Potenza had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Luciano Darderi dropped 2 sets, while Luca Potenza lost 1 set. Darderi has played 4 sets more than Potenza (10 vs 6). Therefore, Darderi played 53 games more than Potenza. Darderi scored 129 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian managed to score 66 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Darderi | Potenza |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 179/288 | 84/119 |
| %1st in | 62% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 129/179 | 66/84 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 63/109 | 21/35 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 60% |
Darderi fired 20 aces (5 per match). Potenza recorded 3 aces (1.5 per match). Darderi won 72% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Potenza won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Darderi | Potenza |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 18 | 5 |
| Converted | 18/41 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 44% | 45% |
| Conceded | 24 | 8 |
| Saved | 18 | 7 |
| % Saved | 75% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 1 |
Luciano broke his opponents 18 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Italian dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Luca broke his opponents 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Potenza conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Darderi | ||||||
| Q1 Giunta |
Q3 Chepelev |
R1 Elias |
R2 Nardi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | 4-6 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-74 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 29 | 17 | 31 | 92 | |
| pts | 59-29 | 100-93 | 63-45 | 109-96 | 331-263 | |
| Total points | 88 | 193 | 108 | 205 | 594 | |
| Winners | 20 | 38 | 28 | 43 | 129 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 38% | 44% | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 22/32 | 60/95 | 37/55 | 60/106 | 179/288 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 63% | 67% | 57% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 20/22 | 38/60 | 28/37 | 43/60 | 129/179 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 63% | 76% | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/10 | 21/35 | 11/18 | 26/46 | 63/109 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 60% | 61% | 57% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 18 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 4/13 | 3/11 | 5/8 | 18/41 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 31% | 27% | 63% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 24 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 7/10 | 1/1 | 9/11 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 70% | 100% | 82% | 76% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| Potenza | ||||||
| R1 Ymer |
R2 Carballes Baena |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-4 | 6-1 2-1 ret. | ||||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Tot Games | 29 | 10 | 39 | |||
| pts | 88-82 | 40-23 | 128-105 | |||
| Total points | 170 | 63 | 233 | |||
| Winners | 49 | 17 | 66 | |||
| %Winners | 56% | 43% | 52% | |||
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 1st in | 65/90 | 19/29 | 84/119 | |||
| % 1st in | 72% | 66% | 71% | |||
| 1st pts | 49/65 | 17/19 | 66/84 | |||
| % 1st pts | 75% | 89% | 79% | |||
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 6/10 | 21/35 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | 60% | |||
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
| Converted | 2/6 | 3/5 | 5/11 | |||
| Converted % | 33% | 60% | 45% | |||
| Conceded | 8 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Saved | 7/8 | 0/0 | 7 | |||
| Saved % | 88% | – | 22% | |||
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
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