Luciano Darderi and Andrea Pellegrino will face off in the 2^nd round of the Perugia Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Luciano Darderi is the pick to win this match.
Luciano Darderi -> 1.23
Andrea Pellegrino -> 3.88

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Prediction and head to head Luciano Darderi vs. Andrea Pellegrino

There is no head to head record between Luciano Darderi and Andrea Pellegrino since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Luciano Darderi

Ranked no. 41, the Italian got to the 2^nd round after beating Federico Cina 6-3 6-0.

In the 1^st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Cina (6-3 6-0). During the match, Darderi scored 60 points vs Cina’s 35. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about the service games, Darderi recorded 7 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Luciano Darderi was pretty efficient on serve to win 82% (23/28) of his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Luciano broke Cina 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Darderi has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (169-99). 27-12 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Darderi has an overall145-84 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.

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

Luciano has a compiled 27-14 win-loss record in 2024, 27-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Perugia Challenger

Andrea Pellegrino

Ranked no. 161, Andrea got to the 2^nd round after defeating Giovanni Fonio 6-3 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Pellegrino had a good straight sets win against Fonio (6-3 7-5). During the match Pellegrino scored 72 points vs Fonio’s 60. Andrea was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Pellegrino made 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Andrea Pellegrino lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Pellegrino put 77% of his first serves in, winning 69% (34/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the 2nd serve. Andrea broke Fonio 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

The Italian has a compiled 11-13 win-loss record in 2024, 11-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Perugia Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2019 and 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Darderi	Pellegrino
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	21
Pts	60-35	72-60
Total Points	95	132
Winners	23	34
%Winners	38%	47%

Both Darderi and Pellegrino played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Darderi and Pellegrino have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Darderi played 6 games less than Pellegrino. Luciano scored 23 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Pellegrino recorded 34 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Darderi	Pellegrino
Aces	7	3
Avg per match	7	3
1st in	28/45	49/64
%1st in	62%	77%
1st pts	23/28	34/49
%1st pts	82%	69%
2nd pts	12/17	8/15
%2nd pts	71%	53%

Darderi fired 7 aces . Pellegrino struck 3 aces . Darderi won 82% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Pellegrino won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Darderi	Pellegrino
Won	4	4
Converted	4/7	4/8
% Converted	57%	50%
Conceded	2	4
Saved	2	2
% Saved	100%	50%
Times Broken	0	2

Darderi broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Darderi pretty solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Italian broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Andrea conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Darderi
	R1 Cina	Total
Score	6-3 6-0
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	60-35	60-35
Total points	95	95
Winners	23	23
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	28/45	28/45
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	23/28	23/28
% 1st pts	82%	82%
2nd pts	12/17	12/17
% 2nd pts	71%	71%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/7	4/7
Converted %	57%	57%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Pellegrino
	R1 Fonio	Total
Score	6-3 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	72-60	72-60
Total points	132	132
Winners	34	34
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	49/64	49/64
% 1st in	77%	77%
1st pts	34/49	34/49
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	8/15	8/15
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/8	4/8
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	2/4	2
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

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