Prediction Of Thiem Vs Darderi H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Erste Bank Open 2024?

What Time Will Dominic Thiem Play Against Luciano Darderi?

Thiem and Darderi are on the Day 2 Schedule at Erste Bank Open 2024 on Tuesday 22 October 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?

[WC] Dominic Thiem (AUT) will face Luciano Darderi (ITA) in their first-ever meeting. Tennis Data Innovations Insights utilizes algorithmic software to process real-time ball and player tracking data, providing insights on shot types, shot quality, game situation, phase of play, and tactics for every shot. More information about Insights can be found at https://www.atptour.com/en/news/insights-introduction.

According to the 52-week averages, here are the statistics for both players:
– Thiem: 25% in attack, 67% conversion score, 33% steal score, 7.8 serve quality, 6.1 return quality, 7.3 forehand quality, and 7.5 backhand quality.
– Darderi: 23% in attack, 65% conversion score, 36% steal score, 7.7 serve quality, 6.6 return quality, 7.7 forehand quality, and 6.9 backhand quality.
– Tour average: 24% in attack, 67% conversion score, 33% steal score, 7.9 serve quality, 6.5 return quality, 7.5 forehand quality, and 7.1 backhand quality.

Thiem will be aiming to replicate his past performance, which involved lower serve and return metrics compared to the tour average. It would be beneficial for him to avoid engaging in crosscourt forehand battles and instead focus on backhand crosscourt shots, considering the shot quality of both players.

Dominic Thiem, age 31 and currently ranked as World No. 318, achieved his career-high ranking of No. 3 in March 2020. He maintained a spot in the top 5 until sustaining a right wrist tear in June 2021. Thiem has participated in three Grand Slam finals, winning the 2020 US Open title after defeating A. Zverev in a fifth-set tiebreak. This victory made him the first player since Gonzales in 1949 to win the US Open final from two sets down during the Amateur Era. Thiem also qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals consecutively from 2016 to 2020, reaching the championship match in 2019 and 2020 and defeating top-ranked players such as Federer, Djokovic, and Nadal along the way. Furthermore, he won the 2019 Indian Wells title by defeating 5-time champion Federer. Thiem has an impressive record against Djokovic, Federer, and Nadal, with at least five career wins against each of the Big 3.

In his announcement of retirement after Vienna, Thiem, the 2019 champion (defeating Schwartzman), can look back on a successful career with 348 tour-level wins. He notably became the first Austrian to claim a hard court Grand Slam title by winning the 2020 US Open, in addition to securing titles in Kitzbuhel and Vienna in 2019. Thiem’s journey in professional tennis began in 2010 with his participation in the first ATP Tour qualifying draw in Vienna. In 2011, he achieved his first ATP Tour win by defeating fellow compatriot Muster in the first round.

Here are some key statistics on Dominic Thiem’s career:
– 348 wins, ranking as the third-highest among Austrian men in the Open Era, behind Muster (625) and J. Melzer (350).
– 17 titles, including the 2020 US Open and the 2019 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells.
– 5-time ATP 500 champion, winning titles at Acapulco in 2016, Rio de Janeiro in 2017, Barcelona and Beijing in 2019, and Vienna in 2019.
– 32 Top 10 wins, with notable victories over No. 1-ranked players such as Murray, Nadal, and Djokovic.
– Competed in 4 Grand Slam finals, including Roland Garros in 2018-19, the Australian Open in 2020, and the US Open in 2020.
– Nitto ATP Finals Runner-up in 2019 and 2020, making a total of 5 appearances in the tournament from 2016 to 2020.
– Ranked as a year-end Top 10 player consecutively for 5 years, peaking at No. 3 in 2020.
– One of 14 male players to have earned over $30,000,000 in prize money.
– Achieved over 50 wins in 3 different seasons: 58 in 2016, 50 in 2017, and 54 in 2018.
– Notably, he has recorded 28 wins at Roland Garros, the second-highest among men born in 1990 or later, trailing behind A. Zverev (34).

Luciano Darderi, aged 22 and currently ranked as World No. 42, achieved his career-high ranking of No. 32 in August. As a former Top 10 junior, Darderi began the 2024 season ranked No. 128 and progressively climbed into the Top 100 in February and Top 50 in May. He captured his first ATP Tour title in Cordoba, marking the third final between two qualifiers since the ATP Tour’s establishment. Darderi reached the semifinals of the ATP Tour in Houston and Lyon in 2024. He boasts an 86-58 record in Challenger events, including three titles. Darderi reached No. 8 in the junior rankings in February 2020, securing three singles and three doubles titles at the start of that season. He comes from a tennis family, with his father Luciano Enrique being a former tennis player and current coach.

It’s worth noting that Darderi aims to end a seven-match losing streak since his victory over Tabilo at ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati in August. Throughout his career, he has won 21 out of 24 tour-level matches on clay courts and has struggled on tour-level hard courts, holding a record of 1-10.

Overall, the match between Dominic Thiem and Luciano Darderi will present an intriguing contest as they meet for the first time. Thiem brings his experience as a top-ranked player with Grand Slam victories and previous success against the Big 3, while Darderi aims to showcase his rising potential at a relatively young age.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Thiem will win.
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