Luciano Darderi and Mariano Navone will face off in the semifinal of the Buenos Aires Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on CANCHA CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luciano Darderi who should win in 3 sets.

(image) As per the initial odds, Luciano Darderi is the pick to win this match.
Luciano Darderi -> 1.64
Mariano Navone -> 2.19

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Prediction and head to head Luciano Darderi vs. Mariano Navone

There is no head to head record between Luciano Darderi and Mariano Navone since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Luciano Darderi

Ranked no. 166 (career-high), Darderi reached the semifinal after defeating Felipe Meligeni Alves 4-6 6-2 6-4, Vit Kopriva 6-3 4-6 6-4 and Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6-3 7-5.

In the quarter, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Manuel Cerundolo (6-3 7-5). During the match, Darderi scored 89 points vs Manuel Cerundolo’s 79. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Darderi blasted 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Luciano Darderi lost the Serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Darderi put 65% of his first serves in, winning 65% (31/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the 2nd serve. Luciano broke Manuel Cerundolo 4 times after converting 24% of his break points (4/17).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Italian has surrendered 2 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Darderi has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 62% of his matches (132-80). 35-22 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Darderi has an overall108-67 record in the last 5 years on clay.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Todi Challenger where he beat Clement Tabur in the final 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1.

Luciano has a compiled 38-26 win-loss record in 2023, 35-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger

Mariano Navone

Ranked no. 190, the Argentine got to the semifinal after beating Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco 6-2 6-2, Gastao Elias 3-6 6-4 7-6³ and Franco Agamenone 6-3 6-2.

In the quarter, Mariano had a good straight sets win against Agamenone (6-3 6-2). During the match Navone scored 55 points vs Agamenone’s 37. Navone was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Navone struck 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Mariano Navone was quite efficient on serve to win 72% (23/32) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Mariano broke Agamenone 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Navone has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Poznan Challenger where he overcame Tomas Barrios Vera in the final 7-5 6-3 and the Santa Fe Challenger where he overcame Adolfo Daniel Vallejo in the final 6-2 6-4 and the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger where he overcame Francisco Comesana in the final 4-6 7-5 6-1.

The Argentine has an aggregate 29-22 win-loss record in 2023, 29-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Buenos Aires Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2022 and 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Darderi and Navone played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Luciano Darderi conceded 2 sets, while Mariano Navone lost 1 set. Darderi has played 1 set more than Navone (8 vs 7). Therefore, Darderi played 13 games more than Navone. Darderi scored 107 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Navone struck 77 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Darderi blasted 21 aces (7 per match). Navone managed to score 5 aces (1.7 per match). Darderi won 68% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Navone won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.

How they played the important points

The Italian broke his opponents 13 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Italian surrendered his serve 7 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Mariano broke his opponents 14 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 22% of the break points that he conceded.