Who Will Win: Paul Vs Darderi? Prediction For ATP Omnium Banque National Présenté Par Rogers 2024

What Time Will Tommy Paul Play Against Luciano Darderi?

Paul and Darderi are on the Day 2 Schedule at Omnium Banque National Présenté Par Rogers 2024 on Wednesday 7 August 2024. 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?

Tommy Paul of the United States will be facing Luciano Darderi of Italy. Paul currently leads their head-to-head matches with a score of 1-0. Their last encounter took place at the 2024 Paris Olympics on clay, where Paul emerged victorious with a score of 6-3, 6-4.

Tommy Paul is 27 years old and holds a career-high ranking of World No. 12. In 2024, he attained a win-loss record of 34-12, and he secured titles in Dallas and Queen’s. His performance in 2023 led him to the semifinals of various events, with an overall record of 9-4. Notably, he became the first American man since Roddick in 2009 to reach the semifinals of the Australian Open.

Paul has a record of 7 wins and 12 losses against top 5 players. One of the highlights of his career was defeating the World No. 1, Alcaraz, to reach his first ATP Masters 1000 semifinals at the 2023 Toronto tournament. He also defeated his junior rivals, Fritz and Tiafoe, on his way to his first ATP Tour final and title at the 2021 Stockholm event. Additionally, Paul captured his second ATP Tour title in 2024 at Dallas and reached the semifinals of ATP Masters 1000 events in Indian Wells and Rome, where he defeated the defending champion, Medvedev.

In past tournaments, Paul caused upsets by defeating players such as Nadal, A. Zverev, and Alcaraz in the second round of ATP Masters 1000 events in Paris, Indian Wells, and Montreal, respectively. In his junior career, he won the boys’ singles title at the 2015 Roland Garros and reached the boys’ doubles final with Blumberg. He also reached the boys’ singles final at the 2015 US Open.

It should be noted that Paul achieved his first ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal at the 2022 Montreal event, where he defeated Alcaraz in the second round. He then

reached his first ATP Masters 1000 semifinals in Toronto last year, with his biggest career win coming against Alcaraz in the quarterfinals. Paul currently has a 13-match winning streak against players ranked outside the top 30, including a recent win over Darderi in the first round of the Paris Olympics.

On the other hand, Luciano Darderi is 22 years old and holds a career-high ranking of World No. 32. He has had a win-loss record of 22-15 in 2024, with his only title coming at the Cordoba tournament. Darderi started the 2024 season ranked No. 128 but climbed into the top 100 in February and the top 50 in May, eventually reaching No. 32 in August.

Darderi achieved his first ATP Tour title at the Cordoba event, where he faced fellow qualifier Bagnis in the final. This marked the third final between two qualifiers since the establishment of the ATP Tour in 1990. He also reached the semifinals of ATP Tour events in Houston and Lyon in 2024.

In the Challenger circuit, Darderi has a record of 86 wins and 58 losses, including 3 finals and 3 titles at the 2023 Todi, 2023 Lima-2, and 2024 Perugia tournaments. In his junior career, he reached a career-high ranking of No. 8 in February 2020, winning 3 singles and 3 doubles titles at the start of the season.

Born in Argentina, Darderi started playing tennis at the age of 4, guided by his father Luciano Enrique, who is a former tennis player and coach. Notably, Darderi has a 0-4 record against top 20 players and is looking for the biggest win of his career. He aims to secure his first ATP Tour win on hard courts, as his previous attempts in Acapulco and ATP Masters 1000 Miami resulted in first-round losses to McDonald and Shapovalov, respectively. This will be his debut appearance at the event.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Paul will win.
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