

What Time Will Luciano Darderi Play Against Francisco Cerundolo?
Darderi and Cerundolo are on the Day 2 Schedule at Ieb+ Argentina Open 2025 on Tuesday 11 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?
Luciano Darderi from Italy and Francisco Cerundolo from Argentina will face off in the upcoming match. Darderi currently leads the head-to-head record 1-0. The match will take place in Houston, USA, on clay in the round of 16.
Darderi, aged 22, is ranked 59th in the world with a career-high ranking of 32nd. In 2025, he has had a slow start with a 0-3 record in the first round. In 2024, he made impressive progress, starting the season as the 128th-ranked player and breaking into the top 100 in February and the top 50 in May. He achieved his career-high ranking of 32nd in August. Darderi won his first ATP Tour title in Cordoba, where he defeated Bagnis. This was the third final between two qualifiers in ATP Tour history. He also reached the semifinals in Houston and Lyon in 2024. In the Challenger circuit, he has a record of 86-58 and has won three titles. In his junior career, he reached a ranking of 8th in the world in February 2020.
Cerundolo, aged 26, is currently ranked 28th in the world with a career-high ranking of 19th. He had a breakthrough year in 2022, breaking into the top 100 and achieving a career-high ranking 11 times. In June 2023, he reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time at Roland Garros. He also had notable victories over top-ranked players, including defeating Ruud and Rublev in consecutive weeks to win his first ATP Tour title in Bastad. He reached the top 25 in July 2022 and won his second title in Eastbourne on grass. Cerundolo made history at the 2022 Miami tournament as the lowest-ranked semi-finalist in its history. He ended the last clay season with a 6-1 record and won his third ATP title in Umag. He also reached the third round of the Paris Olympics.
Francisco Cerundolo
Ben Shelton
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Arthur Fils
Cori Gauff
Jasmine Paolini
Jelena Ostapenko
Iga Swiatek
Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah
Suzan Lamens
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Jessica Pegula
Elina Svitolina
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
Aryna Sabalenka
Elise Mertens
Fabian Marozsan
Zizou Bergs
Karen Khachanov
Holger Rune
Darderi aims to record his first ATP Tour win since defeating Thiem in the first round of the Vienna tournament in October. He has had significant success on clay, with 21 of his 25 career tour-level wins coming on this surface. Cerundolo is one of the remaining former finalists in the draw, having lost to Schwartzman in the 2021 final. He finished last yearโs clay season on a high note with a 6-1 record, winning the title in Umag and reaching the third round of the Paris Olympics.
Overall, this match promises to be an exciting clash between two talented players with impressive achievements in their careers.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Darderi will win.
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