Francisco Cerundolo and Luciano Darderi will square off in the 2^nd round of the Rio Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 7:00 pm on QUADRA GUGA KUERTEN. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francisco Cerundolo who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Francisco Cerundolo is the pick to win this match.
Francisco Cerundolo -> 1.38
Luciano Darderi -> 3.04

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Prediction and head to head Francisco Cerundolo vs. Luciano Darderi

This will be the 3^rd time that Francisco Cerundolo and Luciano Darderi fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Cerundolo and Darderi (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Cerundolo won 6-4 6-4 in the 1^st round in Buenos aires back in February 2025.

Highlights Francisco Cerundolo vs Luciano Darderi – Buenos aires 11-February-2025

Francisco Cerundolo

Ranked no. 26, Cerundolo got to the 2^nd round after defeating Hugo Gaston 7-6(9) 6-0.

In the 1^st round, Francisco had a good straight sets win against Gaston (7-6⁹ 6-0). During the match, Cerundolo scored 81 points vs Gaston’s 67. The Argentine was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Cerundolo fired 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Francisco Cerundolo lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Cerundolo put 57% of his first serves in, winning 70% (28/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. Francisco broke Gaston 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).

Cerundolo has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (320-170). 5-1 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Cerundolo has a compiled 260-111 match record in the last years on clay.

Cerundolo’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Buenos Aires.

Cerundolo has an overall 7-3 win-loss record in 2025, 5-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rio de Janeiro

Luciano Darderi

Ranked no. 61, the Italian got to the 2^nd round after beating Hugo Dellien 7-6(2) 2-2 ret..

In the 1^st round against Dellien, Darderi had a free pass after Dellien retired on a 7-6² 2-2 . scoreline.

The Italian has a compiled 1-4 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in Rio de Janeiro

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cerundolo	Darderi
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	19	17
Pts	81-67	60-53
Total Points	148	113
Winners	28	23
%Winners	35%	38%

Both Cerundolo and Darderi played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Cerundolo has played 1 set(s) less than Darderi (2 vs 3). However, it’s interesting to notice that Cerundolo played 2 games more than Darderi. The Argentine scored 28 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Luciano recorded 23 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cerundolo	Darderi
Aces	4	11
Avg per match	4	11
1st in	40/70	36/57
%1st in	57%	63%
1st pts	28/40	23/36
%1st pts	70%	64%
2nd pts	14/30	14/21
%2nd pts	47%	67%

Cerundolo made 4 aces . Darderi recorded 11 aces . Cerundolo won 70% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Darderi won 64% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cerundolo	Darderi
Won	6	2
Converted	6/14	2/5
% Converted	43%	40%
Conceded	9	2
Saved	6	0
% Saved	67%	0%
Times Broken	3	2

The Argentine broke his opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Cerundolo conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Cerundolo
	R1 Gaston	Total
Score	7-69 6-0
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	81-67	81-67
Total points	148	148
Winners	28	28
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	40/70	40/70
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	28/40	28/40
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	14/30	14/30
% 2nd pts	47%	47%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/14	6/14
Converted %	43%	43%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	6/9	6
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	3	3

Darderi
	R1 Dellien	Total
Score	7-62 2-2 ret.
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	60-53	60-53
Total points	113	113
Winners	23	23
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	11	11
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	36/57	36/57
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	23/36	23/36
% 1st pts	64%	64%
2nd pts	14/21	14/21
% 2nd pts	67%	67%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/5	2/5
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	0/2	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Rio De Janeiro

• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Nicolas JarryJarry (7-6⁴ 6-7¹ 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-4 1-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexander ZverevAlexander – Alexander ShevchenkoAlexander (7-6(1) 7-6(6)) – See score progression

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