Luciano Darderi and Santiago Rodriguez Taverna will face off in the quarter of the Buenos Aires Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on CANCHA CENTRAL. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luciano Darderi is the pick to win this match.
Luciano Darderi -> 1.59
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna -> 2.29
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Prediction and head to head Luciano Darderi vs. Santiago Rodriguez Taverna
This will be the 2nd time that Luciano Darderi and Santiago Rodriguez Taverna fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Darderi (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Darderi won 6-3 7-5 in the final in M15 Monastir back in 2021.
Luciano Darderi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-11 | 0-2 | 22-9 | 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. 190, the Italian reached the quarter after beating Maxime Janvier 6-3 6-4 and Conner Huertas Del Pino 6-2 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Darderi had a good straight sets win against Huertas Del Pino (6-2 6-0). During the match, Darderi scored 60 points vs Huertas Del Pino’s 32. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 13 winners.
Talking about the service games, Darderi was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Luciano Darderi was very efficient on serve to win 81% (13/16) of his 1st serve and 72% (18/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Luciano broke Huertas Del Pino 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 61% of the points he played.
Darderi has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 62% of his matches (105-63). 8-6 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Darderi has an overall81-51 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
Luciano has a composed 11-9 win-loss record in 2023, 8-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-14 | 3-3 | 9-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-35 | 7-7 | 34-27 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-27 | 0-2 | 35-24 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 67-26 | 40-16 | 26-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 233, Rodriguez reached the quarter after defeating Alex Barrena 6-0 6-4 and Valerio Aboian 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Aboian (6-3 6-4). During the match Rodriguez scored 62 points vs Aboian’s 44. Santiago was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Rodriguez scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Santiago Rodriguez Taverna was quite effective on serve to win 80% (33/41) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Argentine was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Aboian twice.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Rodriguez’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Tucuman and the Barletta Challenger.
Rodriguez has a compiled 15-10 win-loss record in 2023, 13-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Buenos Aires 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 | Darderi | Rodriguez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 35 |
| Pts | 130-82 | 120-88 |
| Total Points | 212 | 208 |
| Winners | 39 | 61 |
| %Winners | 30% | 51% |
Both Darderi and Rodriguez played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Darderi and Rodriguez have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Darderi played 2 games less than Rodriguez. Luciano scored 39 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine scored 61 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Darderi | Rodriguez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 46/89 | 77/104 |
| %1st in | 52% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 39/46 | 61/77 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 32/43 | 15/27 |
| %2nd pts | 74% | 56% |
Darderi bagged 3 aces (1.5 per match). Rodriguez scored 1 ace (0.5 per match). Darderi won 85% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 74% of the points. On the other side, Rodriguez won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Darderi | Rodriguez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 6 |
| Converted | 7/14 | 6/11 |
| % Converted | 50% | 55% |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The Italian broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Italian pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Santiago broke his opponents 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Argentine was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Darderi | ||||
| R1 Janvier |
R2 Huertas Del Pino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 14 | 33 | |
| pts | 70-50 | 60-32 | 130-82 | |
| Total points | 120 | 92 | 212 | |
| Winners | 26 | 13 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 22% | 30% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/48 | 16/41 | 46/89 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 39% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 26/30 | 13/16 | 39/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 81% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/18 | 18/25 | 32/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 72% | 74% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 5/10 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rodriguez | ||||
| R1 Barrena |
R2 Aboian |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 | 35 | |
| pts | 58-44 | 62-44 | 120-88 | |
| Total points | 102 | 106 | 208 | |
| Winners | 28 | 33 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 53% | 51% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 36/47 | 41/57 | 77/104 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 72% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 28/36 | 33/41 | 61/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 80% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/11 | 10/16 | 15/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 63% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 2/2 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 100% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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