Luciano Darderi and Hugo Gaston will face off in the 2nd round of the Grand Prix Hassan II for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luciano Darderi who should win in 3 sets.
Luciano Darderi -> 1.73
Hugo Gaston -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Luciano Darderi vs. Hugo Gaston
This will be the 3rd time that Luciano Darderi and Hugo Gaston play each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Gaston won 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Indian wells back in March 2025.
Highlights Hugo Gaston vs Luciano Darderi – Indian wells 06-March-2025
Luciano Darderi
| 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. 57, the Italian got to the 2nd round after defeating Tristan Boyer 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Darderi had a good straight sets win against Boyer (6-4 6-4). During the match, Darderi scored 72 points vs Boyer’s 63. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Darderi made 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Luciano Darderi was very efficient on serve to win 73% (30/41) of his 1st serve and 59% (19/32) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Darderi broke Boyer twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Darderi has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (187-125). 6-4 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Darderi has an aggregate158-91 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
Darderi’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Naples Challenger.
Darderi has a compiled 7-9 win-loss record in 2025, 6-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Marrakech
Darderi has never competed in this tournament before.
Hugo Gaston
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30-31 | 9-12 | 6-14 | 15-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-31 | 5-12 | 15-11 | 8-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-32 | 6-5 | 30-18 | 8-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-31 | 4-9 | 4-8 | 16-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-30 | 2-3 | 32-16 | 10-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 84, Gaston got to the 2nd round after beating Juan Manuel Cerundolo 5-7 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Manuel Cerundolo, Hugo recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-4). During the match Gaston scored 105 points vs Manuel Cerundolo’s 98. The French player was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Gaston struck 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Hugo Gaston lost the serve 5 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Gaston put 52% of his first serves in, winning 69% (34/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (21/46) on the 2nd serve. Hugo broke Manuel Cerundolo 6 times after converting 35% of his break points (6/17).
The French player has an aggregate 9-10 win-loss record in 2025, 1-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Marrakech
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Darderi | Gaston |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 31 |
| Pts | 72-63 | 105-98 |
| Total Points | 135 | 203 |
| Winners | 30 | 34 |
| %Winners | 42% | 32% |
Both Darderi and Gaston played 1 match. At the moment, Hugo Gaston lost 1 set while Luciano Darderi hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Darderi has played 1 set(s) less than Gaston (2 vs 3). Therefore, Darderi played 11 games less than Gaston. Darderi scored 30 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Gaston blasted 34 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Darderi | Gaston |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 5 |
| 1st in | 41/73 | 49/95 |
| %1st in | 56% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 34/49 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 19/32 | 21/46 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 46% |
Darderi struck 2 aces . Gaston struck 5 aces . Darderi won 73% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Gaston won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Darderi | Gaston |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 6 |
| Converted | 2/9 | 6/17 |
| % Converted | 22% | 35% |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 38% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
The Italian broke his opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. The Italian quite strong on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 4 break points. Gaston broke his opponent 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded.
| Darderi | |||
| R1 Boyer | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 72-63 | 72-63 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 41/73 | 41/73 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 30/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/32 | 19/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/9 | 2/9 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 22% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Gaston | |||
| R1 Manuel | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 105-98 | 105-98 | |
| Total points | 203 | 203 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 49/95 | 49/95 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 34/49 | 34/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/46 | 21/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/17 | 6/17 | |
| Converted % | 35% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/8 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 38% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Tennis Scores in Marrakech
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Hugo DellienDellien (6-75 6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Jesper De JongDe Jong (7-63 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
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