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Darderi wins the title from Santiago and continues the clay dominance

The Italians have won the most tour-level clay court titles since the start of 2024 (5).
March 2, 2026

Luciano Darderi won his fifth ATP Tour title on Sunday with victory in the BCI Seguros Chile Open final. Two weeks after falling short in the Buenos Aires final, the Argentina-born Italian defeated Yannick Hanfmann 7-6(6), 7-5 to claim the trophy on the red clay of the Santiago ATP 250.

Now 5-1 in ATP Tour finals, all on clay and all since 2024, Darderi owns the most tour-level clay titles of any player since the start of the 2024 season – breaking a tie with Carlos Alcaraz. He has also recorded 48 victories on clay in that period (second only to Francisco Cerundolo’s 49), including a 16-2 win since July.

“It feels really great. I didn’t expect to win here this week because I’ve never played more than the quarter-final here, so I’m very happy,” the 24-year-old said before the awards ceremony. “It’s my second final of the year, so winning a title early is very impressive and I’m very confident for the rest of the year.”

Combined with Flavio Cobolli’s title this week in Acapulco, Darderi’s win also marks the fifth time in the Open Era that two Italians have won a tour-level title in the same week. The pair also achieved the feat in March 2025, when Darderi won Marrakech and Cobolli won Bucharest.

After a tight opening set in which he found himself within two points of defeat three times, Darderi’s strong response after an early break-up restored his control of the match. From 1-2 he won eight consecutive points and led 3-2. Neither player faced another break point until Darderi broke serve in the final game to improve to 2-0 in his Lexus ATP Head2Head series against Hanfmann.

The German attempted to become the third-oldest ATP Tour champion at the age of 34, but fell to 0-3 in the tour-level final. He hit 10 aces to Darderi’s six, according to Infosys ATP Stats, but struggled against Darderi’s 80 percent first-serve winning percentage.

Fifth in Santiago 🏆

Luciano Darderi wins his fifth career title in Chile! 🇨🇱@chile_open | #ChiliOpen | @Lucianodarderi_ pic.twitter.com/DeaE7rmiRm

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Darderi, who entered the week at a career-high of No. 21 in the PIF ATP Rankings, gained another 200 points in the PIF ATP Live Rankings this week, moving him within 66 points of the Top 20.