Steve Johnson and Taro Daniel will face off in the 3rd round of the Indian Wells Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 15. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Steve Johnson who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Steve Johnson is the pick to win this match.
Steve Johnson -> 1.50
Taro Daniel -> 2.50
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Prediction and head to head Steve Johnson vs. Taro Daniel
There is no head to head record between Steve Johnson and Taro Daniel since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Steve Johnson
Ranked no. 75, the American got to the 3rd round after defeating Marc Polmans 6-1 3-6 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The American defeated Polmans (6-1 3-6 6-2). During the match Johnson scored 81 points vs Polmans’s 68. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Johnson blasted 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Steve Johnson was extremely effective on serve to win 73% (27/37) of his 1st serve and 57% (25/44) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The American broke Polmans 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Johnson has a positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (936-666). 13-5 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Johnson has a 290-213 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
The American’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Bendigo Challenger.
Steve has a 14-6 win-loss record in 2020, 13-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Indian Wells Challenger
The American didn’t play in the Indian Wells Challenger in 2019.
Taro Daniel
Ranked no. 111, Daniel got to the 3rd round after defeating Mackenzie Mcdonald 7-5 7-66.
In the 2nd round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Mcdonald (7-5 7-66). During the match Daniel scored 92 points vs Mcdonald’s 83. Daniel was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Daniel blasted 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Taro Daniel lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Daniel put 55% of his first serves in, winning 70% (28/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (21/33) on the 2nd serve. Taro broke Mcdonald 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
Daniel has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (678-523). 9-5 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Daniel has a 407-276 record in the last 10 years on hard.
Daniel’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Burnie Challenger.
Daniel has a 9-5 win-loss record in 2020, 9-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Indian Wells Challenger
Daniel didn’t compete in the Indian Wells Challenger in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Johnson | Daniel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 25 |
| Pts | 81-68 | 92-83 |
| Total Points | 149 | 175 |
| Winners | 27 | 28 |
| %Winners | 33% | 30% |
Both Johnson and Daniel played 1 matche. At the moment, Steve Johnson lost 1 set while Taro Daniel hasn’t dropped a set so far. Johnson has played 1 sets more than Daniel (3 vs 2). However, it’s interesting to notice that Johnson played 1 games less than Daniel. Steve scored 27 winners (33% on total points). On the other side, Daniel blasted 28 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Johnson | Daniel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 2 |
| 1st in | 37/81 | 40/73 |
| %1st in | 46% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 28/40 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 25/44 | 21/33 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 64% |
Johnson blasted 6 aces . Daniel blasted 2 aces . Johnson won 73% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Daniel won 70% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Johnson | Daniel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 3/12 |
| % Converted | 56% | 25% |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 |
| Saved | 6 | 1 |
| % Saved | 75% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Johnson broke his opponent 5 times with 56% conversion rate. Steve conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Daniel broke his opponent 3 times with 25% conversion rate. Taro conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Johnson | |||
| R2 Polmans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 81-68 | 81-68 | |
| Total points | 149 | 149 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 37/81 | 37/81 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 46% | |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 27/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/44 | 25/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 100 | |
| Daniel | |||
| R2 Mcdonald |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 92-83 | 92-83 | |
| Total points | 175 | 175 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 40/73 | 40/73 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 28/40 | 28/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/33 | 21/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 3/12 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 100 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWLLLWL Tennis Scores in Indian Wells Challenger
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-1 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Sem VerbeekVerbeek (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Raymond SarmientoSarmiento – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Romain ArneodoArneodo (4-6 6-1 7-68) – See score progression
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Mischa ZverevZverev (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Ryan PenistonPeniston (6-2 7-64) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (7-5 7-66) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Radu AlbotAlbot (0-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Noah RubinRubin – Lucas PouillePouille (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Michael MmohMmoh (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Michael RedlickiRedlicki (7-64 6-0) – See score progression
- Jack SockSock – Ugo HumbertHumbert (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Taro DanielDaniel (0-0) – See H2H details
- Denis KudlaKudla – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – See H2H details
- Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Marcos GironGiron (0-0) – See H2H details
- Raymond SarmientoSarmiento – Noah RubinRubin (1-0) – See H2H details
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – See H2H details
- Jack SockSock – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (0-0) – See H2H details
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (1-0) – See H2H details
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (0-1) – See H2H details
