Luciano Darderi

Luciano Tadeo Darderi (born 14 February 2002) is an Italian professional tennis player born in Argentina. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 18, achieved on 16 March 2026, and a best doubles ranking of No. 104 reached on 8 August 2022. Darderi has won five ATP Tour singles titles. He is currently the No. 4 singles player from Italy and has already represented Italy at the Olympics in Paris, in 2024.

Luciano Darderi was born in Villa Gesell, Argentina, and is the son of former tennis player Gino Darderi. He picked up a racket for the first time at two years old and took his first lessons at five. At 10 years old he moved with his family to Italy and, with the support of the FIT, began training in Arezzo and Rome. His brother, Vito Antonio, born in 2008, also plays tennis and was the Italian under-12 champion.

Darderi had good results on the ITF junior circuit, maintaining a 62–25 singles win-loss record. In February 2020, he won the doubles category at the prestigious Banana Bowl, with local player Gustavo Heide.

He reached an ITF junior combined ranking of world No. 8 on 17 February 2020.

Darderi won his maiden ATP Challenger title at the 2021 Challenger de Buenos Aires in doubles partnering with Juan Bautista Torres. Darderi reached his first singles ATP Challenger Tour final at the 2021 São Paulo Challenger de Tênis as a qualifier.

Darderi made his ATP debut at the 2023 Córdoba Open as a qualifier where he recorded his first ATP win against Hugo Gaston. He entered the main draw of the 2023 Mexican Open as a lucky loser following the withdrawal of top seed Carlos Alcaraz. In August, he won his first Challenger title in Todi. He won his second Challenger title in Lima. As a result he made his top 125 debut on 13 November 2023.

Ranked No. 136, Darderi qualified for the main draw and recorded his next five ATP wins at the 2024 Córdoba Open. He defeated Tomás Barrios Vera and stunned fourth seed Sebastian Ofner and seventh seed Yannick Hanfmann to reach his first ATP semifinal. Next he defeated defending champion and second seed Sebastián Báez, his first top 30 win, to reach his first ATP career final where he faced fellow qualifier Facundo Bagnis and won the title in straight sets. It was the third time since the inception of the ATP Tour in 1990 that two qualifiers met in an ATP 250 tournament final, after 2015 Sydney and 2018 Kitzbuhel. As a result he moved up 60 positions and reached the top 80 in the rankings on 12 February 2024. He entered the next Golden swing tournament, the 2024 Argentina Open with a special exempt (SE) status. For the next tournament, the 2024 Chile Open, he received a wildcard where he also reached the quarterfinals defeating again two Argentines, Facundo Bagnis and this time qualifier Juan Manuel Cerúndolo.

Darderi made his Masters debut at the 2024 Miami Open where he lost to Denis Shapovalov. Following a second career semifinal showing at the 2024 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships he reached the top 65 in the singles rankings on 8 April 2024, where he defeated en route local wildcard Denis Kudla and two seeds, second seed Francisco Cerúndolo and seventh seed Marcos Giron.

Following his home tournament in Rome where he reached the third round of a Masters for the first time with wins over Denis Shapovalov and 31st seed Mariano Navone, before losing to fifth seed and eventual champion Alexander Zverev, he also reached the semifinals of the next home tournament in Turin as a wildcard, losing to top seed Lorenzo Musetti. As a result he reached the top 50 at world No. 47 on 20 May 2024. By reaching his second ATP semifinal of the season at the 2024 ATP Lyon Open after a walkover from Arthur Rinderknech, he entered the top 40 in the rankings the following week.

In April, Darderi won his second ATP Tour title at the Grand Prix Hassan II, defeating Tallon Griekspoor in the final.

In July, he won his third title on the ATP Tour at the Swedish Open, defeating second seed Francisco Cerundolo in the semifinal and Jesper de Jong in the final. The following week, Darderi won his fourth title at the Croatia Open Umag, defeating Carlos Taberner in the final.

Luciano Darderi was born in 2002 in Villa Gesell, Argentina, into a family of Italian descent. His paternal grandfather was originally from Fano, in the Marche region of Italy, located about 300 km from Rome, and emigrated to Argentina after World War II.

From the age of 10, Darderi regularly traveled between Argentina and Italy before eventually moving permanently to Italy to pursue his tennis career. His father, Gino Darderi, worked in Italy as a tennis coach and instructor and later became Luciano's coach as well.

Darderi lived for several years in Rome, training between the Italian capital and Arezzo, sponsored by the [Italian Tennis and Padel Federation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Tennis_and_Padel_Federation). He has spoken about his strong bond with his family, especially his grandmother, who bought him his first tennis rackets and inspired the only tattoo he has. His younger brother, Vito Antonio Darderi, is also a tennis player.

Darderi has said that one of his biggest dreams is to win the Italian Open in Rome and represent Italy in the Davis Cup.



*Current through the [2026 Mutua Madrid Open](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Mutua_Madrid_Open_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_singles).*

| Legend | Finals by surface | Finals by setting |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grand Slam (–) |  |  |
| ATP 1000 (–) |  |  |
| ATP 500 (–) |  |  |
| ATP 250 (5–1) |  |  |
| Hard (–) |  |  |
| Clay (5–1) |  |  |
| Grass (–) |  |  |
| Outdoor (5–1) |  |  |
| Indoor (–) |  |  |

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Win | 1–0 | Feb 2024 | Córdoba Open, Argentina | ATP 250 | Clay | Facundo Bagnis | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–0 | Apr 2025 | Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco | ATP 250 | Clay | Tallon Griekspoor | 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4) |
| Win | 3–0 | Jul 2025 | Swedish Open, Sweden | ATP 250 | Clay | Jesper de Jong | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–0 | Jul 2025 | Croatia Open, Croatia | ATP 250 | Clay | Carlos Taberner | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 4–1 | Feb 2026 | Argentina Open, Argentina | ATP 250 | Clay | Francisco Cerúndolo | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 5–1 | Feb 2026 | Chile Open, Chile | ATP 250 | Clay | Yannick Hanfmann | 7–6(8–6), 7–5 |

| Finals by surface |
| --- |
| Hard (–) |
| Clay (4–3) |

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2021 | São Paulo Challenger, Brazil | Clay | Juan Pablo Ficovich | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Apr 2023 | Challenger AAT, Argentina | Clay | Thiago Seyboth Wild | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Aug 2023 | Internazionali Città di Todi, Italy | Clay | Clément Tabur | 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–1 |
| Win | 2–2 | Nov 2023 | Lima Challenger II, Peru | Clay | Mariano Navone | 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 3–2 | Jun 2024 | Internazionali Città di Perugia, Italy | Clay | Sumit Nagal | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Mar 2025 | Napoli Tennis Cup, Italy | Clay | Vít Kopřiva | 6–3, 3–6, 6–7(4–7) |
| Win | 4–3 | Sep 2025 | AON Open, Italy | Clay | Andrea Pellegrino | 6–1, 6–3 |

| Finals by surface |
| --- |
| Hard (–) |
| Clay (4–8) |

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Win | 1–0 | Oct 2021 | Challenger de Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Juan Bautista Torres | Hernán Casanova Santiago Rodríguez Taverna | 7–6(7–5), 7–6(12–10) |
| Loss | 1–1 | Nov 2021 | Uruguay Open, Uruguay | Clay | Ignacio Carou | Rafael Matos Felipe Meligeni Alves | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Nov 2021 | Aberto da República, Brazil | Clay | Genaro Alberto Olivieri | Mateus Alves Gustavo Heide | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Mar 2022 | Gran Canaria Challenger, Spain | Clay | Matteo Arnaldi | Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul | 7–5, 4–6, [7–10] |
| Loss | 1–4 | Apr 2022 | Challenger de Tigre II, Argentina | Clay | Juan Bautista Torres | Guillermo Durán Felipe Meligeni Alves | 6–3, 4–6, [3–10] |
| Win | 2–4 | May 2022 | Internazionali Città di Vicenza, Italy | Clay | Francisco Comesaña | Matteo Gigante Francesco Passaro | 6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
| Win | 3–4 | Jun 2022 | Emilia-Romagna Open, Italy | Clay | Fernando Romboli | Denys Molchanov Igor Zelenay | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–4 | Jun 2022 | Aspria Tennis Cup, Italy | Clay | Fernando Romboli | Diego Hidalgo Cristian Rodríguez | 6–4, 2–6, [10–5] |
| Loss | 4–5 | Jan 2023 | Challenger Concepción, Chile | Clay | Oleg Prihodko | Guido Andreozzi Guillermo Durán | 6–7(1–7), 7–6(7–3), [7–10] |
| Loss | 4–6 | Mar 2023 | Viña Challenger, Chile | Clay | Andrea Vavassori | Diego Hidalgo Cristian Rodríguez | 4–6, 6–7(5–7) |
| Loss | 4–7 | Jun 2023 | Internazionali Città di Perugia, Italy | Clay | Juan Pablo Paz | Boris Arias Federico Zeballos | 6–7(3–7), 6–7(6–8) |
| Loss | 4–8 | Sep 2023 | Antofagasta Challenger, Chile | Clay | Murkel Dellien | Boris Arias Federico Zeballos | 7–5, 4–6, [8–10] |

| Finals by surface |
| --- |
| Hard (2–1) |
| Clay (0–1) |

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Win | 1–0 | Jun 2021 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | Hard | Santiago Rodríguez Taverna | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Jun 2021 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | Hard | Omni Kumar | 6–7(6–8), 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Jul 2021 | M15 Novi Sad, Serbia | Clay | Filip Misolic | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Aug 2021 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | Hard | Duarte Vale | 6–2, 6–2 |

- Darderi has a 1–5 (16.67%) match record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

| Season | 2026 | Total |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Wins | 1 | 1 |

| # | Player | Rk | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | Rk | Ref |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1. | Alexander Zverev | 3 | Italian Open, Italy | Clay | 4R | 1–6, 7–6(12–10), 6–0 | 20 |  |

- Key: (Rk) first use, opponent rank; (Rd) round; (Rk) 2nd use, player rank; (Ref) reference; (F) final; (SF) semifinal; (QF) quarterfinal; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage

*As of 12 May 2026


- Luciano Darderi at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Luciano Darderi at the International Tennis Federation
- Luciano Darderi at Olympics.com