Luciano Darderi and Juan Manuel Cerundolo will square off in the qualifications of the Rio Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 6:30 pm on QUADRA 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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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 -> 1.42
Juan Manuel Cerundolo -> 2.73
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Prediction and head to head Luciano Darderi vs. Juan Manuel Cerundolo
This will be the 4th time that Luciano Darderi and Juan Manuel Cerundolo face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Darderi (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Darderi won 6-3 7-5 in the quarter in the Buenos Aires Challenger back in 2023.
Luciano Darderi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38-30 | 6-11 | 30-11 | 0-4 | 2-4 | 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. 76 (career-high), the Italian will start his run in Rio de Janeiro after he played his last match in Buenos Aires where he lost 6-4 7-5 to Baez in the 2nd round on the 15th of February.
Luciano has an overall 9-3 win-loss record in 2024, 9-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title in Cordoba where he defeated Facundo Bagnis in the final 6-1 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Luciano has an overall 151-88 record. He has a positive 127-74 record on clay.
Previously in Rio de Janeiro
Darderi has never competed in this tournament before.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49-30 | 10-9 | 39-19 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 46-28 | 0-3 | 46-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-32 | 4-2 | 37-28 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-17 | 3-6 | 24-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-26 | 0-0 | 53-22 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 163, Manuel will start his run in Rio De Janeiro after he played his last match in Buenos Aires where he lost 4-6 6-4 6-2 to Moura Monteiro in the qualifications on the 10th of February.
The Argentine has an aggregate 2-5 win-loss record in 2024, 2-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, The Argentine has an overall 201-126 record. He has a positive 192-107 record on clay.
Previously in Rio de Janeiro
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
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