Luciano Darderi and Daniel Altmaier will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Perugia Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 6:00 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 -> 1.37
Daniel Altmaier -> 2.875

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Prediction and head to head Luciano Darderi vs. Daniel Altmaier

This will be the 2^nd time that Luciano Darderi and Daniel Altmaier square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Altmaier (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Altmaier won 6-4 6-2 in the 2^nd round in the Cordenons Challenger back in 2020.

Luciano Darderi

Ranked no. 41, the Italian got to the semifinal after beating Federico Cina 6-3 6-0, Andrea Pellegrino 6-3 6-3 and Fabio Fognini 6-1 6-2.

In the quarter, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Fognini (6-1 6-2). During the match, Darderi scored 52 points vs Fognini’s 26. Darderi was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Talking about the service games, Darderi fired 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Luciano Darderi was quite efficient on serve to win 82% (18/22) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Darderi broke Fognini 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Darderi hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 62% of the points he played.

Darderi has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (171-99). 29-12 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Darderi has an overall147-84 record in the last 6 years on clay.

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

Darderi has a composed 29-14 win-loss record in 2024, 29-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Perugia Challenger

Daniel Altmaier

Ranked no. 89, Daniel got to the semifinal after defeating Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 6-2 6-3

, Stefano Travaglia 6-3 7-6⁴ and Francesco Passaro 6-2 7-5.

In the quarter, Daniel had a good straight sets win against Passaro (6-2 7-5). During the match Altmaier scored 62 points vs Passaro’s 53. Altmaier was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.

About the serving games, Altmaier scored 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Daniel Altmaier lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Altmaier put 55% of his first serves in, winning 73% (24/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Passaro 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Daniel hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

Daniel has a composed 14-18 win-loss record in 2024, 9-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Perugia Challenger

Altmaier has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Darderi	Altmaier
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	6	6
Tot Games	48	59
Pts	175-108	203-156
Total Points	283	359
Winners	61	81
%Winners	35%	40%

Both Darderi and Altmaier played 3 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Darderi and Altmaier have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Darderi played 11 games less than Altmaier. The Italian scored 61 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The German struck 81 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Darderi	Altmaier
Aces	18	16
Avg per match	6	5.3
1st in	75/135	101/169
%1st in	56%	60%
1st pts	61/75	81/101
%1st pts	81%	80%
2nd pts	40/60	38/68
%2nd pts	67%	56%

Darderi fired 18 aces (6 per match). Altmaier struck 16 aces (5.3 per match). Darderi won 81% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Altmaier won 80% 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	Darderi	Altmaier
Won	12	10
Converted	12/20	10/23
% Converted	60%	43%
Conceded	5	9
Saved	4	6
% Saved	80%	67%
Times Broken	1	3

Darderi broke his opponents 12 times with a 60% conversion rate. Darderi surrendered his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Daniel broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. Daniel conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Darderi
	R1 Cina	R2 Pellegrino	1/4 Fognini	Total
Score	6-3 6-0	6-3 6-3	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	15	18	15	48
pts	60-35	63-47	52-26	175-108
Total points	95	110	78	283
Winners	23	20	18	61
%Winners	38%	32%	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	7	7	4	18
Double Faults	0	0	1	1
1st in	28/45	25/48	22/42	75/135
% 1st in	62%	52%	52%	56%
1st pts	23/28	20/25	18/22	61/75
% 1st pts	82%	80%	82%	81%
2nd pts	12/17	16/23	12/20	40/60
% 2nd pts	71%	70%	60%	67%
Breaks
Won	4	3	5	12
Converted	4/7	3/5	5/8	12/20
Converted %	57%	60%	63%	60%
Conceded	2	0	3	5
Saved	2/2	0/0	2/3	4
Saved %	100%	–	67%	56%
Times Broken	0	0	1	1

Altmaier
	R1 Sanchez-Izquierdo	R2 Travaglia	1/4 Passaro	Total
Score	6-2 6-3	6-3 7-64	6-2 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	17	22	20	59
pts	64-42	77-61	62-53	203-156
Total points	106	138	115	359
Winners	27	30	24	81
%Winners	42%	39%	39%	40%
SERVE
Aces	9	4	3	16
Double Faults	0	1	1	2
1st in	31/44	37/65	33/60	101/169
% 1st in	70%	57%	55%	60%
1st pts	27/31	30/37	24/33	81/101
% 1st pts	87%	81%	73%	80%
2nd pts	9/13	16/28	13/27	38/68
% 2nd pts	69%	57%	48%	56%
Breaks
Won	3	2	5	10
Converted	3/8	2/6	5/9	10/23
Converted %	38%	33%	56%	43%
Conceded	0	3	6	9
Saved	0/0	2/3	4/6	6
Saved %	–	67%	67%	45%
Times Broken	0	1	2	3

Tennis Scores in Perugia Challenger

• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Francesco PassaroPassaro (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Sumit NagalNagal – Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Laslo DjereDjere (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Luciano DarderiDarderi – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• N.Sriram Balaji/Andre BegemannBalaji/Andre Begemann – Luis David Martinez/Cristian RodriguezDavid Martinez/Cristian Rodriguez (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Luciano DarderiDarderi – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-1 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Sumit NagalNagal – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (0-2) – H2H and prediction