Luciano Darderi and Denis Shapovalov will square off in the 1st round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.66
Denis Shapovalov -> 2.23
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Prediction and head to head Luciano Darderi vs. Denis Shapovalov
This will be the 2nd time that Luciano Darderi and Denis Shapovalov play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shapovalov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Shapovalov won 6-3 6-7(3) 6-4 in the 1st round in Miami back in March 2024.
Highlights Denis Shapovalov vs Luciano Darderi – Miami 20-March-2024
Luciano Darderi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35-22 | 12-9 | 22-11 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 54 (career-high), Darderi will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in the Cagliari Challenger where he lost 6-3 7-5 to Navone in the semifinal on the 4th of May.
Darderi has a compiled 18-10 win-loss record in 2024, 18-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
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.
Talking about his overall career, Darderi has an overall 160-95 record. He has a positive 136-80 record on clay.
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2020. See his history.
Denis Shapovalov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19-19 | 13-10 | 2-5 | 3-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 26-22 | 14-11 | 2-5 | 9-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-25 | 9-10 | 5-6 | 16-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-13 | 6-6 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-26 | 22-12 | 4-4 | 7-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 126, Shapovalov will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in Madrid where he lost 6-4 7-5 to Zverev in the 3rd round on the 28th of April.
The Canadian has an overall 8-11 win-loss record in 2024, 2-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Shapovalov has an overall 284-193 record. He has a positive 72-42 record on clay.
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Rome
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (7-65 6-76 7-63) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Radu AlbotAlbot (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Jeff WolfWolf (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Juncheng ShangShang (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Harold MayotMayot (6-3 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Diego SchwartzmanSchwartzman – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves (6-3 7-67) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Radu AlbotAlbot (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Jeff WolfWolf (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Juncheng ShangShang (6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Daniel EvansEvans – Fabio FogniniFognini (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Pedro CachinCachin (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Gael MonfilsMonfils (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Aleksandar VukicVukic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Flavio CobolliCobolli (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Terence AtmaneAtmane (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Francesco PassaroPassaro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Marcos GironGiron (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – Rafael NadalNadal (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pavel KotovKotov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas MachacMachac – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – Borna CoricCoric (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
