Prediction Of Darderi Vs Shelton H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Bmw Open By Bitpanda 2025?

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Darderi and Shelton are on the Day 5 Schedule at Bmw Open By Bitpanda 2025 on Friday 18 April 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, a former top 10 junior player from Italy, started the 2024 season ranked No. 128. Throughout the year, he made significant progress and broke into the top 100 in February, top 50 in May, and achieved a career-high ranking of No. 32 in August. In Cordoba, he won his first ATP Tour title by defeating Bagnis in the final. This victory marked the third final between two qualifiers since the establishment of the ATP Tour in 1990. Additionally, Darderi earned his second ATP Tour title in Marrakech in 2025, defeating Griekspoor in the final. He also has a strong record in Challenger events, with a 90-59 record and winning titles at Todi in 2023, Lima-2 in 2023, and Perugia in 2024.

Darderi had a successful junior career, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 8 in February 2020. He won three singles and three doubles titles at the start of the season that year. Born in Argentina, Darderi began playing tennis at the age of four under the guidance of his father, Luciano Enrique, who is a former tennis player and his current coach. In the upcoming match, Darderi is seeking his fifth ATP Tour semifinal, none of which have been above the ATP 250 level. All of his previous semifinals have been on clay courts, and he holds an impressive 7-1 tour-level record against left-handers on clay. However, his only loss against a left-hander on clay was to Tabilo in 2024 Santiago. Darderi is currently on a seven-match winning streak since winning the Marrakech title earlier this month.

On the other hand, we have Ben Shelton, a 22-year-old American player currently ranked No. 15 in the world. He broke into the top 200 in August 2022, the top 100 in November 2022, and the top 20 in September 2023. Shelton reached a career-high ranking of No. 12 in March 2025 after advancing to the semifinals of the Australian Open. Notably, he defeated his countrymen Paul and Tiafoe at the 2023 US Open, becoming the youngest American man to reach the US Open semifinals since Chang in 1992. He also beat No. 4 Sinner to reach his first ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal at the 2023 Shanghai.

Shelton captured his first ATP Tour title at Tokyo in 2023, joining his father Bryan Shelton as the fourth father-son duo to win a tour-level championship in the Open Era. He also made significant achievements in Grand Slam tournaments, reaching the quarterfinals of the 2023 Australian Open at the age of 20. This made him the youngest American man to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals since Giammalva Jr. in 1982 and the youngest American man to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal since Roddick at the 2002 US Open. Shelton had an impressive college career, posting a 65-10 singles record in two seasons for the University of Florida. Under the guidance of his father Bryan, a former world No. 55 player, Shelton won the team title at the 2021 NCAA and the singles title at the 2022 NCAA.

In the upcoming match, Shelton is looking to reach his ninth tour-level semifinal, with his previous record being 3-5 in semifinals. This would also be his second semifinal on clay, as he won the Houston title last April. If he succeeds, Shelton would become the first American player to reach an ATP 500 semifinal on clay since the introduction of the series in 2009. Shelton has had previous success in ATP 500 events, with titles at Tokyo in 2023 and reaching the final in Basel in 2024. He also reached the quarterfinals in Acapulco in 2024, and in Washington in 2024. Currently, he is in the quarterfinals of the Munich tournament and will be facing Darderi.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Darderi will win.
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