Luciano Darderi and Ernests Gulbis will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Milan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luciano Darderi is the pick to win this match.
Luciano Darderi -> 1.39
Ernests Gulbis -> 3
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Prediction and head to head Luciano Darderi vs. Ernests Gulbis
There is no head to head record between Luciano Darderi and Ernests Gulbis since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Luciano Darderi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-9 | 0-2 | 16-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 235 (career-high), Luciano reached the 2nd round after defeating Inigo Cervantes 4-6 6-3 3-0 ret..
In the 1st round against Cervantes, Darderi recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 3-0 ret.). During the match, Darderi scored 76 points vs Cervantes’s 65. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Darderi blasted 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Luciano Darderi lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Darderi put 53% of his first serves in, winning 67% (22/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the 2nd serve. Darderi broke Cervantes 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Darderi has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 66% of his matches (78-41). 21-12 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Darderi has a composed57-33 record in the last 4 years on clay.
Darderi’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Perugia Challenger.
Luciano has a compiled 21-12 win-loss record in 2022, 21-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Milan Challenger
Darderi has never competed in this tournament before.
Ernests Gulbis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-21 | 3-2 | 17-13 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 13-21 | 2-4 | 6-9 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-13 | 9-4 | 3-6 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2019 | 8-30 | 3-9 | 1-9 | 4-8 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 362, Gulbis got to the 2nd round after defeating Julian Lenz 5-7 7-61 6-4.
In the 1st round against Lenz, Ernests recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-61 6-4). During the match Gulbis scored 100 points vs Lenz’s 99. Ernests was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Gulbis struck 8 aces and he was not very solid on his 2nd serve to score 14 double faults. Ernests Gulbis lost the serve 6 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Gulbis put 54% of his first serves in, winning 65% (36/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (22/47) on the 2nd serve. Gulbis broke Lenz 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Gulbis’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Cherbourg Challenger.
Ernests has an overall 15-13 win-loss record in 2022, 7-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Darderi | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 35 |
| Pts | 76-65 | 100-99 |
| Total Points | 141 | 199 |
| Winners | 22 | 36 |
| %Winners | 29% | 36% |
Both Darderi and Gulbis played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Luciano Darderi surrendered 1 set, while Ernests Gulbis surrendered 1 set. Darderi has played 1 set more than Gulbis (4 vs 3). However, it’s interesting to notice that Darderi played 13 games less than Gulbis. Darderi scored 22 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Ernests made 36 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Darderi | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 8 |
| 1st in | 33/62 | 55/102 |
| %1st in | 53% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 22/33 | 36/55 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 22/47 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 47% |
Darderi recorded 3 aces . Gulbis bagged 8 aces . Darderi won 67% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Gulbis won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Darderi | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/14 | 6/9 |
| % Converted | 36% | 67% |
| Conceded | 4 | 11 |
| Saved | 1 | 5 |
| % Saved | 25% | 45% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 6 |
Luciano broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Darderi surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. Gulbis broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Latvian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded.
| Darderi | |||
| R1 Cervantes |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 3-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 76-65 | 76-65 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/62 | 33/62 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 22/33 | 22/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 17/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Gulbis | |||
| R1 Lenz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 7-61 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 100-99 | 100-99 | |
| Total points | 199 | 199 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 14 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 55/102 | 55/102 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 36/55 | 36/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/47 | 22/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 5/11 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 45% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Milan Challenger
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexey VatutinVatutin – Benoit PairePaire (7-66 0-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Matteo MartineauMartineau (6-3 7-66) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Leandro RiediRiedi (7-67 6-4) – See score progression
- Treat Conrad Huey/Franko SkugorConrad Huey/Franko Skugor – Vlad Victor Cornea/Adam PavlasekVictor Cornea/Adam Pavlasek (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Grigoriy Lomakin/Vladyslav ManafovLomakin/Vladyslav Manafov – Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow (6-712 6-3 10-8) – See score progression
- Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Georgii KravchenkoKravchenko (3-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Andrew PaulsonPaulson (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Filip PeliwoPeliwo (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Inigo CervantesCervantes (4-6 6-3 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Joris De LooreDe Loore – Robin HaaseHaase (6-1 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Aldin SetkicSetkic (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Federico CoriaCoria – Pedja KrstinKrstin (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Gianmarco FerrariFerrari – Maxime JanvierJanvier (1-6 7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Ernests GulbisGulbis – Julian LenzLenz (5-7 7-61 6-4) – See score progression
- Matteo GiganteGigante – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Ernests GulbisGulbis – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Alexey VatutinVatutin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (0-0) – H2H and prediction
