Taro Daniel and Benoit Paire will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Taipei 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taro Daniel who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taro Daniel is the pick to win this match.
Taro Daniel -> 1.3
Benoit Paire -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Taro Daniel vs. Benoit Paire
This will be the 2nd time that Taro Daniel and Benoit Paire face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Paire (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Paire won 6-3 6-3 in the qualifications in Paris back in 2018.
Taro Daniel
20 - 31win/loss
83
58
LWWWLWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-33 | 16-16 | 5-11 | 9-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-30 | 34-16 | 7-10 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-29 | 27-17 | 12-7 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-25 | 5-7 | 21-15 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-15 | 9-9 | 3-5 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 89, the Japanese got to the 2nd round after beating Alafia Ayeni 7-6(5) 6-3.
In the 1st round, Taro had a good straight sets win against Ayeni (7-65 6-3). During the match, Daniel scored 82 points vs Ayeni’s 70. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Daniel struck 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Taro Daniel was very effective on serve to win 71% (30/42) of his 1st serve and 61% (20/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Daniel broke Ayeni 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Daniel has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (357-282). 2-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Daniel has an aggregate 33-28 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Taro’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Auckland.
Daniel has an aggregate 20-31 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Taipei 2 Challenger
Daniel has never competed in this tournament before.
Benoit Paire
9 - 27win/loss
312
18
LWWLLWLLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-30 | 6-12 | 0-9 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-38 | 13-12 | 27-17 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-31 | 7-13 | 6-14 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 14-32 | 6-12 | 7-13 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-13 | 8-6 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 281, the French player got to the 2nd round after beating Rio Noguchi 7-5 7-5.
In the 1st round, Benoit had a good straight sets win against Noguchi (7-5 7-5). During the match Paire scored 85 points vs Noguchi’s 76. The French player was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Paire managed to score 14 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Benoit Paire lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Paire put 53% of his first serves in, winning 85% (39/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (18/41) on the 2nd serve. Paire was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Noguchi 3 times.
Benoit has a compiled 9-27 win-loss record in 2024, 4-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Daniel | Paire |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 24 |
| Pts | 82-70 | 85-76 |
| Total Points | 152 | 161 |
| Winners | 30 | 39 |
| %Winners | 37% | 46% |
Both Daniel and Paire played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Daniel and Paire have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Daniel played 2 games less than Paire. Taro scored 30 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The French player bagged 39 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Daniel | Paire |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 14 |
| 1st in | 42/75 | 46/87 |
| %1st in | 56% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 30/42 | 39/46 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 20/33 | 18/41 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 44% |
Daniel managed to score 2 aces . Paire fired 14 aces . Daniel won 71% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Paire won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Daniel | Paire |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/3 |
| % Converted | 60% | 100% |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 67% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Daniel broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Japanese lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Paire conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Daniel | |||
| R1 Ayeni |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 82-70 | 82-70 | |
| Total points | 152 | 152 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 42/75 | 42/75 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 30/42 | 30/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/33 | 20/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Paire | |||
| R1 Noguchi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 85-76 | 85-76 | |
| Total points | 161 | 161 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 46/87 | 46/87 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 39/46 | 39/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/41 | 18/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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