Marcos Giron and Luciano Darderi will face off in the quarter of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:00 pm on STADIUM 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 Marcos Giron who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marcos Giron is the pick to win this match.
Marcos Giron -> 1.71
Luciano Darderi -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Marcos Giron vs. Luciano Darderi
There is no head to head record between Marcos Giron and Luciano Darderi since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Marcos Giron
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-13 | 4-6 | 3-6 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-30 | 17-15 | 7-6 | 5-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-31 | 11-13 | 3-9 | 6-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-24 | 12-10 | 5-5 | 11-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-15 | 12-8 | 1-2 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 51, Marcos got to the quarter after beating Denis Shapovalov 6-2 7-5 and Jeff Wolf 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Wolf (6-4 6-3). During the match, Giron scored 77 points vs Wolf’s 65. Marcos was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Giron managed to score 9 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Marcos Giron lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Giron put 59% of his first serves in, winning 66% (27/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Wolf 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Giron has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (295-217). 2-0 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Giron has a composed 27-31 match record in the last years on clay.
The American’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Dallas.
Marcos has a compiled 10-7 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Houston
Luciano Darderi
14 - 6win/loss
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LWWWLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-12 | 0-2 | 23-10 | 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. 72 (career-high), the Italian reached the quarter after beating Denis Kudla 3-6 7-63 6-2 and Francisco Cerundolo 6-4 2-6 7-64.
In the 2nd round, The Italian defeated Cerundolo (6-4 2-6 7-64). During the match Darderi scored 105 points vs Cerundolo’s 100. Luciano was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Darderi fired 3 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Luciano Darderi lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Darderi put 61% of his first serves in, winning 67% (39/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (22/37) on the 2nd serve. Darderi broke Cerundolo 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Luciano has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in Cordoba where he overcame Facundo Bagnis in the final 6-1 6-4.
Luciano has an overall 13-6 win-loss record in 2024, 13-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Houston
Darderi has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Giron | Darderi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 61 |
| Pts | 141-113 | 200-183 |
| Total Points | 254 | 383 |
| Winners | 55 | 81 |
| %Winners | 39% | 41% |
Both Giron and Darderi played 2 matches. At the moment, Luciano Darderi conceded 2 sets while Marcos Giron hasn’t conceded a set so far. Giron has played 2 set(s) less than Darderi (4 vs 6). Therefore, Giron played 22 games less than Darderi. The American scored 55 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Darderi made 81 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Giron | Darderi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 77/126 | 113/184 |
| %1st in | 61% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 55/77 | 81/113 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 31/49 | 40/71 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 56% |
Giron bagged 12 aces (6 per match). Darderi blasted 11 aces (5.5 per match). Giron won 71% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Darderi won 72% of the points behind 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 | Giron | Darderi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/17 | 6/16 |
| % Converted | 35% | 38% |
| Conceded | 8 | 21 |
| Saved | 7 | 14 |
| % Saved | 88% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 7 |
Giron broke his opponents 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. Darderi broke his opponents 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Darderi conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Giron | ||||
| R1 Shapovalov |
R2 Wolf |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 19 | 39 | |
| pts | 64-48 | 77-65 | 141-113 | |
| Total points | 112 | 142 | 254 | |
| Winners | 28 | 27 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 35% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 9 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 36/56 | 41/70 | 77/126 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 59% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 28/36 | 27/41 | 55/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 66% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 18/29 | 31/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 62% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/11 | 6/17 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 27% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 6/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 86% | 93% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Darderi | ||||
| R1 Kudla |
R2 Cerundolo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-63 6-2 | 6-4 2-6 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 31 | 61 | |
| pts | 95-83 | 105-100 | 200-183 | |
| Total points | 178 | 205 | 383 | |
| Winners | 42 | 39 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 37% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 55/89 | 58/95 | 113/184 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 42/55 | 39/58 | 81/113 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 67% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/34 | 22/37 | 40/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 59% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 9 | 21 | |
| Saved | 9/12 | 5/9 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 56% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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