Luciano Darderi and Joao Sousa will clash against each other in the quarter of the Prague 3 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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.
Luciano Darderi -> 1.69
Joao Sousa -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Luciano Darderi vs. Joao Sousa
This will be the 2nd time that Luciano Darderi and Joao Sousa face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sousa (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Sousa won 3-6 6-3 6-1 in the qualifications in Rome back in 2020.
Luciano Darderi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 194, Darderi got to the quarter after defeating Maxime Janvier 6-3 6-77 7-65 and Michael Vrbensky 6-4 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Luciano had a good straight sets win against Vrbensky (6-4 6-1). During the match, Darderi scored 62 points vs Vrbensky’s 41. Darderi was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Darderi managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Luciano Darderi was extremely efficient on serve to win 95% (20/21) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Darderi broke Vrbensky 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian has conceded 1 set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Darderi has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 62% of his matches (121-75). 24-17 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Darderi has an overall97-62 record in the last 5 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Todi Challenger where he defeated Clement Tabur in the final 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1.
Luciano has an overall 27-21 win-loss record in 2023, 24-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 3 Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Joao Sousa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-33 | 6-8 | 10-20 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 25-34 | 10-12 | 10-11 | 5-7 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-31 | 11-9 | 4-11 | 11-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-13 | 0-5 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 269, Joao got to the quarter after beating Valentin Royer 6-4 6-1 and Jonas Forejtek 6-0 4-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Joao defeated Forejtek (6-0 4-6 6-4). During the match Sousa scored 107 points vs Forejtek’s 93. The Portuguese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Sousa was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Joao Sousa lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Sousa put 52% of his first serves in, winning 67% (33/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (21/46) on the 2nd serve. Sousa broke Forejtek 7 times after converting 47% of his break points (7/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Portuguese has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The Portuguese’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Porto Challenger.
Sousa has a composed 11-22 win-loss record in 2023, 6-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Darderi | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 43 |
| Pts | 173-147 | 170-135 |
| Total Points | 320 | 305 |
| Winners | 75 | 57 |
| %Winners | 43% | 34% |
Both Darderi and Sousa played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Luciano Darderi lost 1 set, while Joao Sousa conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Darderi and Sousa have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Darderi played 9 games more than Sousa. Luciano scored 75 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Joao struck 57 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Darderi | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 92/156 | 77/137 |
| %1st in | 59% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 75/92 | 57/77 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 38/64 | 29/60 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 48% |
Darderi fired 10 aces (5 per match). Sousa managed to score 1 ace (0.5 per match). Darderi won 82% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Sousa won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Darderi | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 12 |
| Converted | 6/15 | 12/26 |
| % Converted | 40% | 46% |
| Conceded | 7 | 13 |
| Saved | 6 | 8 |
| % Saved | 86% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
Darderi broke his opponents 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Italian dropped his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Sousa broke his opponents 12 times with a 46% conversion rate. Sousa conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.
| Darderi | ||||
| R1 Janvier | R2 Vrbensky | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-77 7-65 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 17 | 52 | |
| pts | 111-106 | 62-41 | 173-147 | |
| Total points | 217 | 103 | 320 | |
| Winners | 55 | 20 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 32% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 71/113 | 21/43 | 92/156 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 49% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 55/71 | 20/21 | 75/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 95% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/42 | 14/22 | 38/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 64% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 4/11 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 36% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 2/2 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 100% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sousa | ||||
| R1 Royer | R2 Forejtek | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 6-0 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 26 | 43 | |
| pts | 63-42 | 107-93 | 170-135 | |
| Total points | 105 | 200 | 305 | |
| Winners | 24 | 33 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 31% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 28/42 | 49/95 | 77/137 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 52% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 33/49 | 57/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 67% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 21/46 | 29/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 46% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 7/15 | 12/26 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 47% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 11 | 13 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 7/11 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 64% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
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