Luciano Darderi

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Luciano Darderi
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Country (sports)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Born (2002-02-14) 14 February 2002 (age 23)
Villa Gesell, Argentina
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2023
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachLuciano Enrique Darderi
Prize moneyUS $2,480,622 [1]
Singles
Career record52–48
Career titles4
Highest rankingNo. 32 (5 August 2024)
Current rankingNo. 35 (28 July 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (2025)
French Open 2R (2024)
Wimbledon 3R (2025)
US Open 3R ( 2025 )
Other tournaments
Olympic Games 1R (2024)
Doubles
Career record9–23
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 104 (8 August 2022)
Current rankingNo. 148 (21 July 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2025)
French Open 1R (2024, 2025)
Wimbledon 1R (2024)
US Open 1R (2024)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games 1R (2024)
Last updated on: 21 July 2025.

Luciano Tadeo Darderi (born 14 February 2002) is an Argentine-born Italian professional tennis player. Darderi has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 32, achieved on 5 August 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 104, achieved on 8 August 2022. He has won four singles titles on the ATP Tour. He is currently the No. 4 player from Italy. [2]

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Early life

Luciano Darderi was born in Villa Gesell, Argentina, and is the son of former tennis player Gino. He has dual Argentine and Italian citizenship thanks to the citizenship of his Italian grandfather, originally from Fano, who emigrated to Argentina at the age of 22. He picked up a racket for the first time at two years old and took his first lessons at five. At 10 years old he moved with his family to Italy and, with the support of the FIT, began training in Arezzo and Rome. His brother Vito Antonio, born in 2008, also plays tennis and was the Italian under-12 champion. [3]

Career

2021: First ATP Challenger singles final

Darderi won his maiden ATP Challenger title at the 2021 Challenger de Buenos Aires in doubles partnering with Juan Bautista Torres. Darderi reached his first singles ATP Challenger Tour final at the 2021 São Paulo Challenger de Tênis as a qualifier. [4]

2023: ATP debut, Maiden Challenger title, top 125 debut

Darderi made his ATP debut at the 2023 Córdoba Open as a qualifier where he recorded his first ATP win against Hugo Gaston. He entered the main draw of the 2023 Mexican Open as a lucky loser following the withdrawal of top seed Carlos Alcaraz. In August, he won his first Challenger title in Todi. He won his second Challenger title in Lima. [5] As a result he made his top 125 debut on 13 November 2023.

2024: First ATP title, Masters debut and third round, top 35

Ranked No. 136, he qualified for the main draw and recorded his next five ATP wins at the 2024 Córdoba Open. He defeated Tomás Barrios Vera and stunned fourth seed Sebastian Ofner [6] and seventh seed Yannick Hanfmann to reach his first ATP semifinal. [7] Next he defeated defending champion and second seed Sebastián Báez, his first top 30 win, to reach his first ATP career final where he faced fellow qualifier Facundo Bagnis and won the title in straight sets. It was the third time since the inception of the ATP Tour in 1990 that two qualifiers met in an ATP 250 tournament final, after 2015 Sydney and 2018 Kitzbuhel. [8] [9] As a result he moved up 60 positions and reached the top 80 in the rankings on 12 February 2024. [10] [11] [12] He entered the next Golden swing tournament, the 2024 Argentina Open with a special exempt (SE) status. [13] For the next tournament, the 2024 Chile Open, he received a wildcard [14] where he also reached the quarterfinals defeating again two Argentines, Facundo Bagnis [15] and this time qualifier Juan Manuel Cerúndolo.

He made his Masters debut at the 2024 Miami Open where he lost to Denis Shapovalov. Following a second career semifinal showing at the 2024 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships he reached the top 65 in the singles rankings on 8 April 2024, where he defeated en route local wildcard Denis Kudla and two seeds, second seed Francisco Cerúndolo and seventh seed Marcos Giron. [16]

Following his home tournament in Rome where he reached the third round of a Masters for the first time with wins over Denis Shapovalov and 31st seed Mariano Navone, before losing to fifth seed and eventual champion Alexander Zverev, he also reached the semifinals of the next home tournament in Turin as a wildcard, losing to top seed Lorenzo Musetti. As a result he reached the top 50 at world No. 47 on 20 May 2024. By reaching his second ATP semifinal of the season at the 2024 ATP Lyon Open after a walkover from Arthur Rinderknech, he entered the top 40 in the rankings the following week. [17]

2025: Three more ATP titles

In April, Darderi won his second ATP Tour title at the Grand Prix Hassan II, defeating Tallon Griekspoor in the final.

In July, Darderi won his third title on the ATP Tour at the Swedish Open, defeating second seed Francisco Cerundolo in the semifinal [18] and Jesper de Jong in the final. [19] The following week, Darderi won his fourth title at the Croatia Open Umag, defeating Carlos Taberner in the final. [20]

Grand Slam performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Current through the 2025 US Open.

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 2025 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q3 Q1 1R 0 / 10–10%
French Open A Q1 2R 1R 0 / 21–233%
Wimbledon A Q1 2R 3R 0 / 23–260%
US Open Q1 A 1R 3R 0 / 12–20%
Win–loss0–00–02–34–40 / 66–740%

ATP Tour finals

Singles: 4 (4 titles)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 (0–0)
ATP 250 (4–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (4–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (4–0)
Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Feb 2024 Córdoba Open, ArgentinaATP 250Clay Flag of Argentina.svg Facundo Bagnis 6–1, 6–4
Win2–0 Apr 2025 Grand Prix Hassan II, MoroccoATP 250Clay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tallon Griekspoor 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4)
Win3–0 Jul 2025 Swedish Open, SwedenATP 250Clay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jesper de Jong 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win4–0 Jul 2025 Croatia Open, CroatiaATP 250Clay Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Taberner 6–3, 6–3

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (3–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (3–3)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Nov 2021 São Paulo Challenger, BrazilChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Pablo Ficovich 3–6, 5–7
Loss0–2 Apr 2023 Challenger AAT, ArgentinaChallengerClay Flag of Brazil.svg Thiago Seyboth Wild 3–6, 3–6
Win1–2 Aug 2023 Internazionali Città di Todi, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of France.svg Clément Tabur 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–1
Win2–2 Nov 2023 Lima Challenger II, PeruChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Mariano Navone 4–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win3–2 Jun 2024 Internazionali Città di Perugia, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of India.svg Sumit Nagal 6–1, 6–2
Loss3–3 Mar 2025 Napoli Tennis Cup, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vít Kopřiva 6–3, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)

Doubles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (4–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (4–7)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Oct 2021 Challenger de Buenos Aires, ArgentinaChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Bautista Torres Flag of Argentina.svg Hernán Casanova
Flag of Argentina.svg Santiago Rodríguez Taverna
7–6(7–5), 7–6(12–10)
Loss1–1 Nov 2021 Uruguay Open, UruguayChallengerClay Flag of Uruguay.svg Ignacio Carou Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael Matos
Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Meligeni Alves
4–6, 4–6
Loss1–2 Nov 2021 Aberto da República, BrazilChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Genaro Alberto Olivieri Flag of Brazil.svg Mateus Alves
Flag of Brazil.svg Gustavo Heide
3–6, 3–6
Loss1–3 Mar 2022 Gran Canaria Challenger, SpainChallengerClay Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Arnaldi Flag of France.svg Sadio Doumbia
Flag of France.svg Fabien Reboul
7–5, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss1–4 Apr 2022 Challenger de Tigre II, ArgentinaChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Bautista Torres Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermo Durán
Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Meligeni Alves
6–3, 4–6, [3–10]
Win2–4 May 2022 Internazionali Città di Vicenza, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Francisco Comesaña Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Gigante
Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Passaro
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win3–4 Jun 2022 Emilia-Romagna Open, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Brazil.svg Fernando Romboli Flag of Ukraine.svg Denys Molchanov
Flag of Slovakia.svg Igor Zelenay
6–2, 6–3
Win4–4 Jun 2022 Aspria Tennis Cup, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Brazil.svg Fernando Romboli Flag of Ecuador.svg Diego Hidalgo
Flag of Colombia.svg Cristian Rodríguez
6–4, 2–6, [10–5]
Loss4–5 Jan 2023 Challenger Concepción, ChileChallengerClay Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleg Prihodko Flag of Argentina.svg Guido Andreozzi
Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermo Durán
6–7(1–7), 7–6(7–3), [7–10]
Loss4–6 Mar 2023 Viña Challenger, ChileChallengerClay Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Vavassori Flag of Ecuador.svg Diego Hidalgo
Flag of Colombia.svg Cristian Rodríguez
4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss4–7 Sep 2023 Antofagasta Challenger, ChileChallengerClay Flag of Bolivia.svg Murkel Dellien Flag of Bolivia.svg Boris Arias
Flag of Bolivia.svg Federico Zeballos
7–5, 4–6, [8–10]

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF WTT (2–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Jun 2021M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of Argentina.svg Santiago Rodríguez Taverna 6–3, 7–5
Loss1–1Jun 2021M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of the United States.svg Omni Kumar 6–7(6–8), 3–6
Loss1–2Jul 2021M15 Novi Sad, SerbiaWTTClay Flag of Austria.svg Filip Misolic 4–6, 4–6
Win2–2Aug 2021M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of Portugal (official).svg Duarte Vale 6–2, 6–2

References

  1. "Luciano Darderi". ATP World Tour.
  2. "Italy | ATP Rankings (Singles)". ATP Tour.
  3. Riccardo Bisti (July 2022). "Welcome to the Darderi Family".
  4. "Ficovich Clinches First Challenger Crown, Winning In Sao Paulo". 6 December 2021.
  5. "#NextGenATP Trio Michelsen, Darderi, & Nardi Claim Challenger Titles". 13 November 2023. Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  6. "Darderi & rain the only winners Thursday in Cordoba".
  7. "Baez completes double duty to reach Cordoba SFs". 9 February 2024. Archived from the original on 19 May 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  8. "CORDOBA OPEN – ATP MEDIA NOTES DAY 7 – SUNDAY 11 FEBRUARY 2024" (PDF). 11 February 2024.
  9. @RelevantTennis (February 11, 2024). "21-year-old Luciano Darderi is into his MAIDEN ATP Final in Cordoba, where he will face Bagnis. It will be the third final on ATP Tour between two players coming from the qualies (since 1990)" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  10. "Darderi, Bagnis set all-qualifier final in Cordoba". Archived from the original on 2024-02-12. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  11. "Italy's Darderi, 21, captures first ATP Tour title in Cordoba". 11 February 2024. Archived from the original on 12 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  12. "First-time Winner Spotlight: Luciano Darderi". Archived from the original on 2024-02-14. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  13. "Darderi's surprise congratulatory message from Alcaraz". Archived from the original on 2024-02-16. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  14. "¡Darderi y Fonseca confirmados como las wild cards para el main draw!" (in Spanish).
  15. "Tirante follows Top 100 debut with Fonseca win in Santiago". 28 February 2024.
  16. "Berrettini bursts back into Top 100, Mover of Week". 8 April 2024.
  17. "Etcheverry continues chase for first title in Lyon; Darderi advances after Rinderknech withdraws". 23 May 2024. Archived from the original on 23 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  18. "Darderi downs Cerundolo in ding-dong Bastad SF, faces De Jong for title". ATPTour. 19 July 2025.
  19. "Darderi downs De Jong in Bastad, stays perfect in ATP Tour finals". ATPTour. 20 July 2025.
  20. "Darderi captures Umag title, survives late ankle scare to triumph". ATPTour. 26 July 2025.