26th in the ATP rankings at the end of 2025, the Italian Luciano Darderi has great ambitions at just 23 years old.
He will undoubtedly be one of the players to watch on the ATP circuit during this new season. Luciano Darderi, 26th in the world, is currently the fourth Italian player behind Jannik Sinner (2nd), Lorenzo Musetti (8th) and Flavio Cobolli (22nd). With an average age of 23 between the four of them, they quite naturally represent the future of Italian tennis, which has exploded in recent years. Like the title won this season in the Davis Cup, the nation has its whole future ahead of it.
Without pretension, Darderi believes that Italy is a strong place in world tennis and can establish itself as a key player in a few years. In the columns of Tuttosport, he discusses this development. “Italy is a nation that can aspire to ten years of absolute domination. Tennis is experiencing real growth in Italy and around the world. Our sport and its emblematic figures benefit from exceptional visibility. »
Darderi displays his ambitions
On a personal level, Luciano Darderi is coming off a great season, the best of his career. With a 25th place in the ATP, the Italian proves that the efforts finally pay off. Winner of three ATP 250 tournaments this season, all on clay – Umag (Croatia), Bastad (Sweden) Marrakech (Morocco) – Darderi wants to continue his momentum and why not dream of a top 10 in the future. “My goal is to always progress. I hope to be among the ten best players in the world. Being part of the Top 10 always represents a great performance and a major accomplishment. I work every day to achieve this, both in training and by participating in the various tournaments on the circuit. »
Displayed ambitions which will have to materialize on the ground. Despite his good performances, the Italian is struggling in the Grand Slam – a retirement at the Australian Open and a third round as best performance last season – and has not yet managed to find the rhythm during the Masters 1000. Still present on the Challenger circuit to regain confidence, Darderi ended the 2025 season with four defeats in the first round (Almaty, Vienna, Paris, Athens). But the motivation is there. Nothing to worry about the Italian-Argentinian, born on the lands of Juan Martin del Potro.
