Adolfo Daniel Vallejo and Jaime Faria will play each other in the qualifications of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on Court 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jaime Faria who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jaime Faria is the pick to win this match.
Jaime Faria -> 1.37
Adolfo Daniel Vallejo -> 2.8
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Prediction and head to head Adolfo Daniel Vallejo vs. Jaime Faria
This will be the 2nd time that Adolfo Daniel Vallejo and Jaime Faria play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Faria (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Faria won 6-3 4-6 6-4 in the qualifications in Rome back in May 2026.
Adolfo Daniel Vallejo
44 - 22win/loss
52
52
WLWWWWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 48-23 | 11-7 | 35-14 | 2-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 50-28 | 1-4 | 49-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-27 | 7-4 | 26-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-25 | 6-8 | 24-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-17 | 17-8 | 4-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 56 (career-high), the Paraguayan reached the qualifications after defeating Taro Daniel 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Paraguayan had a good straight sets win against Daniel (6-3 6-2). During the match, Daniel Vallejo scored 64 points vs Daniel’s 43. Adolfo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Daniel Vallejo scored 6 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Adolfo Daniel Vallejo was exceptionally effective on serve to win 82% (27/33) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Adolfo broke Daniel 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Daniel Vallejo has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (183-121). 7-6 on hard in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Daniel Vallejo has an aggregate38-30 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Itajai Challenger where he overcame Thiago Seyboth Wild in the final 7-5 4-6 6-2 and the Concepcion Challenger where he overcame Alejandro Tabilo in the final 6-2 1-6 6-1.
Adolfo has an overall 44-22 win-loss record in 2026, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
The Paraguayan has never competed in this tournament before.
Jaime Faria
49 - 24win/loss
60
60
LLWLWLWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 50-27 | 14-10 | 29-14 | 2-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 25-29 | 9-6 | 9-16 | 2-5 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 53-25 | 24-5 | 27-14 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-31 | 33-17 | 16-12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-24 | 20-12 | 23-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 61 (career-high), Jaime reached the qualifications after defeating Shintaro Mochizuki 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Portuguese had a good straight sets win against Mochizuki (6-2 6-4). During the match Faria scored 69 points vs Mochizuki’s 54. The Portuguese was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Faria recorded 13 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Jaime Faria lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Faria put 64% of his first serves in, winning 76% (31/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. Jaime broke Mochizuki 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Jaime’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Sao Paulo Challenger and the Mauthausen Challenger.
The Portuguese has a compiled 49-24 win-loss record in 2026, 13-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Daniel Vallejo | Faria |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 18 |
| Pts | 64-43 | 69-54 |
| Total Points | 107 | 123 |
| Winners | 27 | 31 |
| %Winners | 42% | 45% |
Both Daniel Vallejo and Faria played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Daniel Vallejo and Faria have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Daniel Vallejo played 1 game less than Faria. Adolfo scored 27 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Faria managed to score 31 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Daniel Vallejo | Faria |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 13 |
| 1st in | 33/52 | 41/64 |
| %1st in | 63% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 31/41 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 10/23 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 43% |
Daniel Vallejo fired 6 aces . Faria bagged 13 aces . Daniel Vallejo won 82% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Faria won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Daniel Vallejo | Faria |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 60% | 50% |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Paraguayan broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Paraguayan very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Portuguese broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Portuguese conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Daniel Vallejo | |||
| Q1 Daniel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 64-43 | 64-43 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 33/52 | 33/52 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 27/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Faria | |||
| Q1 Mochizuki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 69-54 | 69-54 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 41/64 | 41/64 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 31/41 | 31/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 10/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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