Alexandre Muller and Luciano Darderi will clash against each other in the quarter of the Rio De Janeiro Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 10:30 am on QUADRA CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luciano Darderi is the pick to win this match.
Luciano Darderi -> 1.88
Alexandre Muller -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Alexandre Muller vs. Luciano Darderi
There is no head to head record between Alexandre Muller and Luciano Darderi since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Alexandre Muller
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-20 | 7-8 | 14-10 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-33 | 20-13 | 18-12 | 7-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-31 | 6-6 | 27-20 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-31 | 6-7 | 16-15 | 5-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-13 | 3-2 | 15-9 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 149, the French player got to the quarter after defeating Santiago Fa Rodriguez Taverna 6-4 6-4 and Sumit Nagal 4-6 6-1 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Nagal, Muller recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-3). During the match, Muller scored 89 points vs Nagal’s 69. The French player was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Muller fired 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alexandre Muller lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Muller put 71% of his first serves in, winning 70% (39/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the 2nd serve. Muller broke Nagal 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player has surrendered 1 set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Muller has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (316-205). 26-19 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Muller has a composed193-120 record in the last 8 years on clay.
The French player best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Blois Challenger.
Alexandre has an overall 37-30 win-loss record in 2022, 26-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rio De Janeiro Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Luciano Darderi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-16 | 0-2 | 31-12 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 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. 181, the Italian got to the quarter after defeating Camilo Ugo Carabelli 4-6 6-1 6-1 and Renzo Olivo 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Olivo (6-2 6-4). During the match Darderi scored 75 points vs Olivo’s 61. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Darderi recorded 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Luciano Darderi lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Darderi put 52% of his first serves in, winning 65% (20/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Olivo 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Darderi’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Perugia Challenger,the Iasi Challenger,the San Benedetto Challenger and the Campinas Challenger.
The Italian has a composed 36-22 win-loss record in 2022, 36-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rio De Janeiro Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Muller | Darderi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 46 | 42 |
| Pts | 165-133 | 173-138 |
| Total Points | 298 | 311 |
| Winners | 73 | 57 |
| %Winners | 44% | 33% |
Both Muller and Darderi played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alexandre Muller lost 1 set, while Luciano Darderi surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Muller and Darderi have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Muller played 4 games more than Darderi. The French player scored 73 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Luciano made 57 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Muller | Darderi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4 |
| 1st in | 104/139 | 77/140 |
| %1st in | 75% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 73/104 | 57/77 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 23/35 | 33/63 |
| %2nd pts | 66% | 52% |
Muller struck 4 aces (2 per match). Darderi scored 8 aces (4 per match). Muller won 70% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Darderi won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Muller | Darderi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 10 |
| Converted | 7/15 | 10/26 |
| % Converted | 47% | 38% |
| Conceded | 11 | 16 |
| Saved | 9 | 13 |
| % Saved | 82% | 81% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The French player broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. The French player lost his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. Darderi broke his opponents 10 times with a 38% conversion rate. Luciano conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded.
| Muller | ||||
| R1 Fa Rodriguez Taverna |
R2 Nagal |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 4-6 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 26 | 46 | |
| pts | 76-64 | 89-69 | 165-133 | |
| Total points | 140 | 158 | 298 | |
| Winners | 34 | 39 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 48/60 | 56/79 | 104/139 | |
| % 1st in | 80% | 71% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 34/48 | 39/56 | 73/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/12 | 14/23 | 23/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 61% | 66% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 5/9 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 56% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 6/8 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 75% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Darderi | ||||
| R1 Ugo |
R2 Olivo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-1 6-1 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 18 | 42 | |
| pts | 98-77 | 75-61 | 173-138 | |
| Total points | 175 | 136 | 311 | |
| Winners | 37 | 20 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 27% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 46/80 | 31/60 | 77/140 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 52% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 37/46 | 20/31 | 57/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 65% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/34 | 18/29 | 33/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 62% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/18 | 4/8 | 10/26 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 50% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 6 | 16 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 5/6 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 83% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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