Match Report
Darderi wins Santiago title, persevering with clay dominance
Italian has gained most tour-level clay titles (5) since begin of 2024
March 02, 2026
Chile Open | ATP Tour
Luciano Darderi wins his fifth ATP Tour title.
By ATP Workers
Luciano Darderi gained his fifth ATP Tour title Sunday with a battling victory within the BCI Seguros Chile Open remaining. Two weeks after falling quick within the Buenos Aires remaining, the Argentine-born Italian defeated Yannick Hanfmann 7-6(6), 7-5 to assert the trophy on the pink clay of the Santiago ATP 250.
Now 5-1 in ATP Tour finals, all on clay and all since 2024, Darderi owns essentially the most tour-level clay titles of any participant because the begin of the 2024 season — breaking a tie with Carlos Alcaraz. He has additionally recorded 48 wins on clay in that interval (second solely to Francisco Cerundolo‘s 49), together with a 16-2 mark since July.
“It is feeling actually nice. I did not count on to win this week right here as a result of I by no means performed greater than the quarter-final right here, so I am very completely satisfied,” the 24-year-old stated earlier than the trophy ceremony. “It is my second remaining of the 12 months, so taking a title early could be very spectacular and I take numerous confidence for the remainder of the 12 months.”
Coupled with Flavio Cobolli‘s title this week in Acapulco, Darderi’s triumph additionally marks the fifth time within the Open Period that two Italians have gained a tour-level title in the identical week. The pair additionally achieved the feat in March of 2025, when Darderi gained Marrakech and Cobolli gained Bucharest.
After taking a good opening set through which he was two factors from dropping on three events, Darderi’s robust response after going a break down early re-established his management of the match. From 1-2, he gained eight straight factors to guide 3-2. Neither participant confronted one other break level till Darderi broke serve within the remaining recreation, enhancing to 2-0 in his Lexus ATP Head2Head sequence towards Hanfmann.
The German was in search of to develop into the third-oldest first-time ATP Tour champion at 34, however fell to 0-3 in tour-level finals. He hit 10 aces to Darderi’s six, in response to Infosys ATP Stats, however struggled within the face of Darderi’s 80 per cent win fee on first serve.
Quinto in Santiago 🏆
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Darderi, who entered the week at a career-high of No. 21 within the PIF ATP Rankings, gained an extra 200 factors within the PIF ATP Stay Rankings this week, transferring inside 66 factors of the Prime 20.
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