Luciano Darderi and Stefano Napolitano will face off in the quarter of the Como Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:00 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luciano Darderi is the pick to win this match.
Luciano Darderi -> 1.727
Stefano Napolitano -> 2.05
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Prediction and head to head Luciano Darderi vs. Stefano Napolitano
This will be the 2nd time that Luciano Darderi and Stefano Napolitano face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Darderi (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Darderi won 6-3 6-2 in the qualifications in the Barletta Challenger back in 2022.
Luciano Darderi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-15 | 1-5 | 16-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 185, Luciano reached the quarter after beating Thiago Moura Monteiro 6-3 6-2 and Mathias Bourgue 7-62 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Darderi had a good straight sets win against Bourgue (7-62 6-2). During the match, Darderi scored 78 points vs Bourgue’s 64. Luciano was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Darderi blasted 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Luciano Darderi was exceptionally effective on serve to win 83% (30/36) of his 1st serve and 53% (20/38) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Luciano broke Bourgue twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Darderi hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 58% of the points he played.
Darderi has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 62% of his matches (123-76). 26-18 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Darderi has an overall99-63 record in the last 5 years on clay.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Todi Challenger where he beat Clement Tabur in the final 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1.
Darderi has an aggregate 29-22 win-loss record in 2023, 26-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Como Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Stefano Napolitano
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5-8 | 2-3 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-17 | 10-4 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 53-23 | 9-6 | 38-13 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-24 | 1-1 | 20-15 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-17 | 1-2 | 1-9 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 297, the Italian reached the quarter after defeating Matteo Gigante 6-3 6-0 and Fabio Fognini 7-5 3-0 ret..
In the 2nd round against Fognini, Stefano had a free pass after Fognini retired on a 7-5 3-0 . scoreline.
The Italian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Frascati and M25 Biella.
The Italian has a compiled 41-16 win-loss record in 2023, 35-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Darderi | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 30 |
| Pts | 132-96 | 123-80 |
| Total Points | 228 | 203 |
| Winners | 54 | 33 |
| %Winners | 41% | 27% |
Both Darderi and Napolitano played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Darderi has played 1 set(s) less than Napolitano (4 vs 5). However, it’s interesting to notice that Darderi played 8 games more than Napolitano. Darderi scored 54 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Napolitano recorded 33 winners (27%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Darderi | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3 |
| 1st in | 65/120 | 44/91 |
| %1st in | 54% | 48% |
| 1st pts | 54/65 | 33/44 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 31/55 | 27/47 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 57% |
Darderi blasted 12 aces (6 per match). Napolitano bagged 6 aces (3 per match). Darderi won 83% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Napolitano won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Darderi | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 11 |
| Converted | 6/13 | 11/23 |
| % Converted | 46% | 48% |
| Conceded | 5 | 11 |
| Saved | 4 | 7 |
| % Saved | 80% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Luciano broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Luciano dropped his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Stefano broke his opponents 11 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Darderi | ||||
| R1 Moura Monteiro |
R2 Bourgue |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 7-62 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 | 38 | |
| pts | 54-32 | 78-64 | 132-96 | |
| Total points | 86 | 142 | 228 | |
| Winners | 24 | 30 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 38% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 29/46 | 36/74 | 65/120 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 49% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 24/29 | 30/36 | 54/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 20/38 | 31/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 53% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 2/5 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 40% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Napolitano | ||||
| R1 Gigante |
R2 Fognini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | 7-5 3-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | 30 | |
| pts | 69-41 | 54-39 | 123-80 | |
| Total points | 110 | 93 | 203 | |
| Winners | 16 | 17 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 23% | 31% | 27% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 20/43 | 24/48 | 44/91 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 50% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 16/20 | 17/24 | 33/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 71% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 13/24 | 27/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 54% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/16 | 5/7 | 11/23 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 71% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 6/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 75% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
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