Luciano Tadeo Darderi (born 14 February 2002) is an Argentine-born Italian professionaltennis player.Darderi has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 26 achieved on 13 October 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 104 achieved on 8 August 2022. He has won four singles titles on theATP Tour. He is currently the No. 4 singles player from Italy.[2]
Luciano Darderi was born in Villa Gesell, Argentina, and is the son of former tennis player Gino. He has dual Argentine and Italian citizenship thanks to the citizenship of his Italian grandfather, originally fromFano, who emigrated to Argentina at the age of 22. 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 theFIT, began training in Arezzo and Rome. His brother Vito Antonio, born in 2008, also plays tennis and was the Italian under-12 champion.[3]
Darderi made his ATP debut at the2023 Córdoba Open as a qualifier where he recorded his first ATP win againstHugo Gaston. He entered the main draw of the2023 Mexican Open as a lucky loser following the withdrawal of top seedCarlos Alcaraz. In August, he won his first Challenger title inTodi.He won his second Challenger title inLima.[5] As a result he made his top 125 debut on 13 November 2023.
2024: First ATP title, Masters debut and third round, top 35
Ranked No. 136, he qualified for the main draw and recorded his next five ATP wins at the2024 Córdoba Open. He defeatedTomás Barrios Vera and stunned fourth seedSebastian Ofner[6] and seventh seedYannick Hanfmann to reach his first ATP semifinal.[7] Next he defeated defending champion and second seedSebastián Báez, his first top 30 win, to reach his first ATP career final where he faced fellow qualifierFacundo Bagnis and won the title in straight sets. It was the third time since theinception of the ATP Tour in 1990 that two qualifiers met in an ATP 250 tournament final, after 2015 Sydney and 2018 Kitzbuhel.[8][9] As a result he moved up 60 positions and reached the top 80 in the rankings on 12 February 2024.[10][11][12] He entered the next Golden swing tournament, the2024 Argentina Open with aspecial exempt (SE) status.[13]For the next tournament, the2024 Chile Open, he received a wildcard[14] where he also reached the quarterfinals defeating again two Argentines, Facundo Bagnis[15] and this time qualifierJuan Manuel Cerúndolo.
Following his home tournament inRome where he reached the third round of a Masters for the first time with wins over Denis Shapovalov and 31st seedMariano Navone, before losing to fifth seed and eventual championAlexander Zverev, he also reached the semifinals of the next home tournament inTurin as a wildcard, losing to top seedLorenzo 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 the2024 ATP Lyon Open after a walkover fromArthur Rinderknech, he entered the top 40 in the rankings the following week.[17]
(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.
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Italy
Facundo Bagnis
Tallon Griekspoor
Carlos Taberner
Thiago Seyboth Wild
Clément Tabur
Sumit Nagal
Vít Kopřiva
Omni Kumar
Filip Misolic
Duarte Vale
