Mariano Navone and Luciano Darderi will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on GRAND STAND ARENA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mariano Navone who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mariano Navone is the pick to win this match.
Mariano Navone -> 1.69
Luciano Darderi -> 2.18

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Prediction and head to head Mariano Navone vs. Luciano Darderi

This will be the 6th time that Mariano Navone and Luciano Darderi fight against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Navone (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Navone won 6-3 7-5 in the semifinal in the Cagliari Challenger back in May 2024.

Mariano Navone

Mariano Navone

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Rank
72
High
29
LWWLWWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 38-31 5-12 30-16 1-1 2-2 0-0
2024 30-28 2-7 27-14 1-4 0-3 0-0
2023 40-23 0-1 40-21 0-0 0-1 0-0
2022 44-25 0-1 44-24 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 40-24 0-0 40-24 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 31 (career-high), Navone will start his run in Rome after he won the title in the Cagliari Challenger after beating 7-5 6-1 Musetti in the final.

The Argentine has a compiled 24-9 win-loss record in 2024, 24-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Cagliari Challenger where he overcame Lorenzo Musetti in the final 7-5 6-1.

Talking about his overall career, Mariano has an overall 214-113 record. He has a positive 210-107 record on clay.

Previously in Rome

Navone has never competed in this tournament before.

Rome
Navone's Record

Luciano Darderi

Luciano Darderi

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Rank
26
High
26
LLLLLWLWLW
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. 54 (career-high), the Italian got to the 2nd round after defeating Denis Shapovalov 6-74 6-3 7-64.

In the 1st round against Shapovalov, Darderi recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-3 7-64). During the match Darderi scored 125 points vs Shapovalov’s 117. Darderi was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.

About the serving games, Darderi managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Luciano Darderi lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Darderi put 54% of his first serves in, winning 64% (43/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (28/56) on the 2nd serve. Darderi broke Shapovalov 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

His best result of the current year was winning the title in Cordoba where he overcame Facundo Bagnis in the final 6-1 6-4.

The Italian has an aggregate 19-10 win-loss record in 2024, 19-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Rome
Darderi's Record

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