Ben Shelton and Luciano Darderi will fight against each other in the quarter of the BMW Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Luciano Darderi who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Luciano Darderi is the pick to win this match.
Luciano Darderi -> 1.71
Ben Shelton -> 2.14

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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Luciano Darderi

There is no head to head record between Ben Shelton and Luciano Darderi since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Ben Shelton

Ranked no. 15, Shelton reached the quarter after defeating Borna Gojo 4-6 7-6(6) 7-6(3) and Botic Van De Zandschulp 7-6(1) 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Van De Zandschulp (7-6¹ 6-3). During the match, Shelton scored 71 points vs Van De Zandschulp’s 56. Shelton was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shelton struck 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Ben Shelton was pretty efficient on serve to win 83% (33/40) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Van De Zandschulp 3 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Shelton has lost 1 set in this event to win 52% of the points he played.

Shelton has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 65% of his matches (140-77). 2-1 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shelton has a compiled19-15 match record in the last 5 years on clay.

The American’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal at the Australian Open .

Shelton has an aggregate 12-7 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Munich

Shelton has never competed in this tournament before.

Luciano Darderi

Ranked no. 47, the Italian got to the quarter after beating Christopher O Connell 7-6(3) 7-6(3)

and Miomir Kecmanovic 2-6 7-6(4) 6-4.

In the 2^nd round against Kecmanovic, Luciano recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-6⁴ 6-4). During the match Darderi scored 103 points vs Kecmanovic’s 102. Luciano was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.

About the serving games, Darderi scored 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Luciano Darderi lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Darderi put 54% of his first serves in, winning 77% (41/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (22/45) on the 2nd serve. Darderi broke Kecmanovic 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Luciano has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.

His best result of the season was conquering the title in Marrakech where he overcame Tallon Griekspoor in the final 7-6(3) 7-6(4).

The Italian has an aggregate 13-9 win-loss record in 2025, 12-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Shelton	Darderi
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	58	57
Pts	175-163	192-182
Total Points	338	374
Winners	81	83
%Winners	46%	43%

Both Shelton and Darderi played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Ben Shelton conceded 1 set, while Luciano Darderi surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Shelton and Darderi have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Shelton played 1 game more than Darderi. Shelton scored 81 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian struck 83 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Shelton	Darderi
Aces	12	18
Avg per match	6	9
1st in	102/173	108/180
%1st in	59%	60%
1st pts	81/102	83/108
%1st pts	79%	77%
2nd pts	47/71	41/72
%2nd pts	66%	57%

Shelton struck 12 aces (6 per match). Darderi blasted 18 aces (9 per match). Shelton won 79% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Darderi won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Shelton	Darderi
Won	3	3
Converted	3/6	3/12
% Converted	50%	25%
Conceded	11	12
Saved	9	8
% Saved	82%	67%
Times Broken	2	4

Shelton broke his opponents 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Shelton lost his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. Darderi conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Shelton
	R1 Gojo	R2 Van De Zandschulp	Total
Score	4-6 7-66 7-63	7-61 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	36	22	58
pts	104-107	71-56	175-163
Total points	211	127	338
Winners	48	33	81
%Winners	46%	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	9	3	12
Double Faults	5	2	7
1st in	62/114	40/59	102/173
% 1st in	54%	68%	59%
1st pts	48/62	33/40	81/102
% 1st pts	77%	83%	79%
2nd pts	36/52	11/19	47/71
% 2nd pts	69%	58%	66%
Breaks
Won	0	3	3
Converted	0/3	3/3	3/6
Converted %	0%	100%	50%
Conceded	10	1	11
Saved	9/10	0/1	9
Saved %	90%	0%	45%
Times Broken	1	1	2

Darderi
	R1 O	R2 Kecmanovic	Total
Score	7-63 7-63	2-6 7-64 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	26	31	57
pts	89-80	103-102	192-182
Total points	169	205	374
Winners	42	41	83
%Winners	47%	40%	43%
SERVE
Aces	12	6	18
Double Faults	2	2	4
1st in	55/82	53/98	108/180
% 1st in	67%	54%	60%
1st pts	42/55	41/53	83/108
% 1st pts	76%	77%	77%
2nd pts	19/27	22/45	41/72
% 2nd pts	70%	49%	57%
Breaks
Won	0	3	3
Converted	0/2	3/10	3/12
Converted %	0%	30%	25%
Conceded	3	9	12
Saved	3/3	5/9	8
Saved %	100%	56%	78%
Times Broken	0	4	4

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