Luciano Darderi and Tom Gentzsch will square off in the semifinal of the Genova Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 8:30 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 -> 1.09
Tom Gentzsch -> 6.35

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Prediction and head to head Luciano Darderi vs. Tom Gentzsch

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

Luciano Darderi

Ranked no. 34, the Italian got to the semifinal after defeating Federico Arnaboldi 6-2 6-4, Dmitry Popko 6-3 6-3 and Thiago Moura Monteiro 7-5 6-2.

In the quarter, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Moura Monteiro (7-5 6-2). During the match, Darderi scored 72 points vs Moura Monteiro’s 57. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Regarding the service games, Darderi made 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Luciano Darderi was quite effective on serve to win 74% (25/34) of his 1st serve and 53% (19/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian broke Moura Monteiro 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Luciano hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Darderi has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (214-139). 28-11 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Darderi has a compiled180-98 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title in Marrakech where he overcame Tallon Griekspoor in the final 7-6(3) 7-6(4) and in Bastad where he defeated Jesper De Jong in the final 6-4 3-6 6-3 and in Umag where he beat Carlos Taberner in the final 6-3 6-3.

Luciano has an aggregate 34-23 win-loss record in 2025, 28-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Genova Challenger

Luciano has never competed in this tournament before.

Tom Gentzsch

Ranked no. 370 (career-high), Gentzsch reached the semifinal after beating Gregoire Jacq 6-1 7-6(4), Federico Bondioli 6-4 6-1, Gabriele Pennaforti 6-3 6-3, Francesco Forti 7-5 6-4 and Kilian Feldbausch 6-4 7-6(5).

In the quarter, The German had a good straight sets win against Feldbausch (6-4 7-6⁵). During the match Gentzsch scored 70 points vs Feldbausch’s 62. The German was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about serving, Gentzsch managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Tom Gentzsch lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Gentzsch put 62% of his first serves in, winning 70% (28/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the 2nd serve. Tom broke Feldbausch 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The German started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Gentzsch’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir,M15 Bastad,M15 Kotka,M15 Ystad and M25 Ueberlingen.

Gentzsch has an overall 44-21 win-loss record in 2025, 33-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Darderi	Gentzsch
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	6	10
Tot Games	56	100
Pts	210-170	365-296
Total Points	380	661
Winners	56	140
%Winners	27%	38%

Darderi played 3 matches while Gentzsch competed in 5 matches. Gentzsch started his run from the qualifications while Darderi had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Darderi has played 4 set(s) less than Gentzsch (6 vs 10). Therefore, Darderi played 44 games less than Gentzsch. The Italian scored 56 winners (27% of the total points). On the other side, Gentzsch blasted 140 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Darderi	Gentzsch
Aces	15	19
Avg per match	5	3.8
1st in	81/182	183/300
%1st in	45%	61%
1st pts	56/81	140/183
%1st pts	69%	77%
2nd pts	54/101	62/117
%2nd pts	53%	53%

Darderi struck 15 aces (5 per match). Gentzsch made 19 aces (3.8 per match). Darderi won 69% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Gentzsch won 77% 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	Gentzsch
Won	14	18
Converted	14/30	18/51
% Converted	47%	35%
Conceded	18	17
Saved	13	11
% Saved	72%	65%
Times Broken	5	6

Luciano broke his opponents 14 times with a 47% conversion rate. Darderi lost his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded. The German broke his opponents 18 times with a 35% conversion rate. Tom conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.

Darderi
	R1 Arnaboldi	R2 Popko	1/4 Moura Monteiro	Total
Score	6-2 6-4	6-3 6-3	7-5 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	18	18	20	56
pts	82-69	56-44	72-57	210-170
Total points	151	100	129	380
Winners	17	14	25	56
%Winners	21%	25%	35%	27%
SERVE
Aces	4	3	8	15
Double Faults	1	0	4	5
1st in	24/64	23/48	34/70	81/182
% 1st in	38%	48%	49%	45%
1st pts	17/24	14/23	25/34	56/81
% 1st pts	71%	61%	74%	69%
2nd pts	23/40	12/25	19/36	54/101
% 2nd pts	58%	48%	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	4	6	4	14
Converted	4/15	6/7	4/8	14/30
Converted %	27%	86%	50%	47%
Conceded	6	3	9	18
Saved	5/6	0/3	8/9	13
Saved %	83%	0%	89%	57%
Times Broken	1	3	1	5

Gentzsch
	Q1 Jacq	Q3 Bondioli	R1 Pennaforti	R2 Forti	1/4 Feldbausch	Total
Score	6-1 7-64	6-4 6-1	6-3 6-3	7-5 6-4	6-4 7-65
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	2	10
Tot Games	20	17	18	22	23	100
pts	77-62	68-47	67-53	83-72	70-62	365-296
Total points	139	115	120	155	132	661
Winners	24	24	31	33	28	140
%Winners	31%	35%	46%	40%	40%	38%
SERVE
Aces	2	4	4	5	4	19
Double Faults	5	1	0	3	3	12
1st in	33/60	29/46	42/64	39/65	40/65	183/300
% 1st in	55%	63%	66%	60%	62%	61%
1st pts	24/33	24/29	31/42	33/39	28/40	140/183
% 1st pts	73%	83%	74%	85%	70%	77%
2nd pts	16/27	12/17	10/22	9/26	15/25	62/117
% 2nd pts	59%	71%	45%	35%	60%	53%
Breaks
Won	4	3	4	4	3	18
Converted	4/13	3/12	4/8	4/13	3/5	18/51
Converted %	31%	25%	50%	31%	60%	35%
Conceded	3	0	4	7	3	17
Saved	2/3	0/0	3/4	5/7	1/3	11
Saved %	67%	–	75%	71%	33%	82%
Times Broken	1	0	1	2	2	6

Tennis Scores in Genova Challenger

• Luciano DarderiDarderi – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Federico BondioliBondioli (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Andrea PicchionePicchione (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Tom GentzschGentzsch – Kilian FeldbauschFeldbausch (6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Mick Veldheer/Szymon WalkowVeldheer/Szymon Walkow – Federico Bondioli/Stefano TravagliaBondioli/Stefano Travaglia (w/o) – See score progression
• August Holmgren/Johannes IngildsenHolmgren/Johannes Ingildsen – Patrick Kaukovalta/Eero VasaKaukovalta/Eero Vasa (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Luciano DarderiDarderi – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Tom GentzschGentzsch – Kilian FeldbauschFeldbausch (6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
• Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Andrea PicchionePicchione (6-3 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (5-3) – H2H and prediction