Prediction Of Cerundolo Vs Darderi H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Rio Open Presented By Claro 2025?

What Time Will Francisco Cerundolo Play Against Luciano Darderi?

Cerundolo and Darderi are on the Day 4 Schedule at Rio Open Presented By Claro 2025 on Thursday 20 February 2025. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.

Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?

In the match between Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) and Luciano Darderi (ITA), the series is tied at 1-1. Their previous matches took place in different locations and on different surfaces. In the first match at the 24 Houston tournament in the USA, Darderi won a tough battle, defeating Cerundolo 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(4) on clay. In their second encounter at the 25 Buenos Aires tournament in Argentina, Cerundolo emerged victorious, defeating Darderi 6-4, 6-4 on clay.

Francisco Cerundolo, age 26, is currently ranked 26th in the world and has reached a career-high rank of 19. In 2025, he has a win-loss record of 7-3, including reaching the final in Buenos Aires and the semifinals in Rio in 2022 and 2024 respectively. Cerundolo’s breakthrough came in 2022 when he entered the Top 100 and achieved a new career-high ranking 11 times. He reached his career-high rank of 19 in June 2023, shortly after reaching the fourth round of the 2023 Roland Garros where he defeated world No. 8 Fritz in the third round. Cerundolo also made significant progress in July 2022, breaking into the Top 25 after defeating No. 5 Ruud on his way to winning his first ATP Tour title in Bastad and No. 8 Rublev en route to reaching the semifinals in Hamburg. He also became the first Argentine ATP Tour champion on grass since Frana in 1995 by winning his second title at the 2023 Eastbourne tournament. Cerundolo has had notable achievements, such as becoming the lowest-ranked semifinalist in the 37-year history of the 2022 Miami tournament when he was ranked 103rd. He was also the first player to reach the semifinals in his ATP Masters 1000 main draw debut since Janowicz did it in 2012. In his family, his father Alejandro also played professional tennis, his younger brother Juan Manuel won the 2021 Cordoba title, and his sister Constanza played for the Argentine field hockey team that won gold at the 2018 Youth Olympics. Cerundolo aims to reach his 24th ATP Tour quarterfinal, with 12 of them having been achieved on clay courts and two in Rio de Janeiro in his previous appearances there (2022, 2024 semifinals). He has a clay court record of 13-3 since July, including winning the Umag title and reaching the Buenos Aires final, where he lost to Fonseca.

Luciano Darderi, age 23, is currently ranked 61st in the world and has reached a career-high rank of 32. In 2025, he has a win-loss record of 1-4, with his only win coming against Dellien via RET in Rio. Darderi had a remarkable rise in the rankings, starting the 2024 season ranked 128th and breaking into the Top 100 in February, the Top 50 in May, and achieving his career-high rank of 32 in August. He captured his first ATP Tour title in Cordoba, where he defeated Bagnis in the third final between two qualifiers since the ATP Tour was established in 1990. Darderi also reached the semifinals at the 2024 Houston and 2024 Lyon tournaments. In addition to his ATP Tour performances, he has had success in Challenger events, with a record of 86-58 and winning titles in Todi in 2023, Lima-2 in 2023, and Perugia in 2024. As a junior player, Darderi reached No. 8 in the rankings in February 2020 after winning three singles and three doubles titles at the beginning of the season. Darderi, who was born in Argentina, started playing tennis at the age of 4 with his father Luciano Enrique, who is a former tennis player and his current coach. Darderi’s last ATP Tour win came in October, defeating Thiem in Vienna in the first round. He is looking for his first Top 50 win since defeating Tabilo, ranked No. 21, at the ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati in August. Darderi has reached the quarterfinals of an ATP Tour event five times, with his second-best result above the ATP 250 level being a semifinal appearance in Hamburg in July last year, where he lost to Baez.

In summary, Cerundolo and Darderi are facing each other in a match with the series tied at 1-1. Cerundolo has achieved significant breakthroughs in his career, reaching a career-high rank of 19 and winning ATP Tour titles, while Darderi has shown steady progress and won his first ATP Tour title in 2024. Both players have notable achievements to their name and are hoping for success in this match.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Cerundolo will win.
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