Darderi wins Santiago title, persevering with clay dominance

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Darderi wins Santiago title, persevering with clay dominance

Italian has received most tour-level clay titles (5) since begin of 2024

March 02, 2026

Luciano Darderi received 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 crimson clay of the Santiago ATP 250.

Now 5-1 in ATP Tour finals, all on clay and all since 2024, Darderi owns probably the most tour-level clay titles of any participant for the reason that 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 anticipate 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 happy,” the 24-year-old mentioned earlier than the trophy ceremony. “It is my second remaining of the yr, so taking a title early could be very spectacular and I take quite a lot of confidence for the remainder of the yr.”

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 received a tour-level title in the identical week. The pair additionally achieved the feat in March of 2025, when Darderi received Marrakech and Cobolli received Bucharest.

After taking a good opening set wherein he was two factors from shedding on three events, Darderi’s robust response after going a break down early re-established his management of the match. From 1-2, he received eight straight factors to guide 3-2. Neither participant confronted one other break level till Darderi broke serve within the remaining recreation, bettering to 2-0 in his Lexus ATP Head2Head sequence towards Hanfmann.

The German was searching for 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 accordance with Infosys ATP Stats, however struggled within the face of Darderi’s 80 per cent win price 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 a further 200 factors within the PIF ATP Dwell Rankings this week, shifting inside 66 factors of the High 20.