Luciano Darderi (born 14 February 2002) is an Italian professional tennis player.
He has a career-high singles ranking of World No. 76 reached on 12 February 2024.
Darderi has won one ATP title at the 2024 Córdoba Open, two singles ATP Challenger and four doubles titles.
Career
2023–2024: First Challenger and ATP titles, top 80 debut
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.[1] As a result he made his top 125 debut on 13 November 2023.
Ranked No. 136, he 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[2] and seventh seed Yannick Hanfmann to reach his first ATP semifinal.[3] 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.[4][5] As a result he moved up 60 positions and reached the top 80 in the rankings on 12 February 2024.[6][7][8]
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.