Luciano Darderi and Denis Kudla will clash against each other in the 1st round of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:00 pm on COURT 3. 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 2 sets.
Luciano Darderi -> 1.42
Denis Kudla -> 2.875
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Prediction and head to head Luciano Darderi vs. Denis Kudla
There is no head to head record between Luciano Darderi and Denis Kudla since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
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. 72 (career-high), Luciano will start his run in Houston after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 6-3 6-7(3) 6-4 to Shapovalov in the 1st round on the 20th of March.
Luciano has an overall 11-6 win-loss record in 2024, 11-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title in Cordoba where he beat Facundo Bagnis in the final 6-1 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Luciano has an overall 153-91 record. He has a positive 129-76 record on clay.
Previously in Houston
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Denis Kudla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-23 | 9-7 | 6-6 | 7-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 13-17 | 1-3 | 11-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-33 | 21-19 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-27 | 20-14 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 12-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-9 | 13-6 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 160, Denis will start his run in Houston after he played his last match in the San Luis Potosi Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4
to Mejia in the semifinal on the 30th of March.The American has an overall 13-7 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Denis’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Cleveland Challenger and the San Luis Potosi Challenger.
In terms of his career, Kudla has an overall 504-387 record. He has a negative 72-75 record on clay.
Previously in Houston
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2016, 2018 and 2023. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Houston
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jeff WolfWolf – Alexander RitschardRitschard (6-3 2-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Zizou BergsBergs – Patrick KypsonKypson (7-65 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-64 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marcos GironGiron – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Yibing WuWu (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Benoit PairePaire (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael MmohMmoh – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-0) – H2H and prediction