Taro Daniel and Sebastian Ofner will fight against each other in the final of the Hamburg Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Ofner who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sebastian Ofner is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Ofner -> 1.8
Taro Daniel -> 2.01
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Prediction and head to head Taro Daniel vs. Sebastian Ofner
There is no head to head record between Taro Daniel and Sebastian Ofner since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Taro Daniel
Ranked no. 122, Taro got to the final after beating Arthur Rinderknech 6-3 3-6 6-4, Maximilian Marterer 4-6 6-4 6-3, Henri Laaksonen 6-1 6-4 and Botic Van De Zandschulp w/o.
In the semifinal, Daniel defeated Van De Zandschulp (w/o). During the match Daniel and Van De Zandschulp scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 122 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match.
Regarding the service games, Daniel was unable to score even 1 ace and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Taro Daniel conceded no breaks for the entire match to put NAN% of his first serves in, win NAN% (/) of the points behind his 1st serve and NAN% (/) on the 2nd serve.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese has lost 2 set in this event to win 52% of the points he played.
Daniel has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (413-285). 3-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Daniel has a 31-27 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Japanese’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Burnie Challenger.
Daniel has a 15-14 win-loss record in 2020, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Hamburg Challenger
The Japanese didn’t play in the Hamburg Challenger in 2019.
Sebastian Ofner
Ranked no. 171, Sebastian reached the final after defeating Dustin Brown 7-66 6-2, Hugo Gaston 7-65 6-2, Roman Safiullin 7-64 4-6 6-4 and Kamil Majchrzak 7-63 6-1.
In the semifinal, Ofner had a good straight sets win against Majchrzak (7-63 6-1). During the match Ofner scored 72 points vs Majchrzak’s 54. Ofner was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Ofner fired 12 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Sebastian Ofner was pretty effective on serve to win 81% (35/43) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ofner broke Majchrzak twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ofner has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Austrian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semi-finals in the Hamburg Challenger.
Ofner has a 15-13 win-loss record in 2020, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Hamburg Challenger
Sebastian didn’t compete in the Hamburg Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Daniel | Ofner |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 74 | 95 |
| Pts | 234-212 | 318-271 |
| Total Points | 446 | 589 |
| Winners | 109 | 133 |
| %Winners | 47% | 42% |
Daniel played 3 matches while Ofner competed in 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Taro Daniel conceded 2 sets, while Sebastian Ofner dropper 1 set. Daniel has played 1 set(s) less than Ofner (8 vs 9). Therefore, Daniel played 21 games less than Ofner. Taro scored 109 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Ofner fired 133 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Daniel | Ofner |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 25 |
| Avg per match | 3.7 | 6.3 |
| 1st in | 148/229 | 179/282 |
| %1st in | 65% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 109/148 | 133/179 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 38/81 | 61/103 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 59% |
Daniel managed to score 11 aces (3.7 per match). Ofner fired 25 aces (6.3 per match). Daniel won 74% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Ofner won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Daniel | Ofner |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 12 |
| Converted | 12/21 | 12/28 |
| % Converted | 57% | 43% |
| Conceded | 15 | 12 |
| Saved | 9 | 6 |
| % Saved | 60% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 |
Daniel broke his opponents 12 times with a 57% conversion rate. Taro conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Austrian broke his opponents 12 times with a 43% conversion rate. Ofner conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Daniel | ||||||
| R1 Rinderknech |
R2 Marterer |
1/4 Laaksonen |
1/2 Van De Zandschulp |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-4 | 4-6 6-4 6-3 | 6-1 6-4 | w/o | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 29 | 17 | 0 | 74 | |
| pts | 83-76 | 93-88 | 58-48 | – | 234-212 | |
| Total points | 159 | 181 | 106 | 0 | 446 | |
| Winners | 38 | 41 | 30 | 109 | ||
| %Winners | 46% | 44% | 52% | NAN% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1st in | 51/80 | 57/88 | 40/61 | / | 148/229 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 65% | 66% | NAN% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 38/51 | 41/57 | 30/40 | / | 109/148 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 72% | 75% | NAN% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 10/31 | 11/21 | / | 38/81 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 32% | 52% | NAN% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | ||
| Converted | 3/5 | 6/13 | 3/3 | / | 12/21 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 46% | 100% | NAN% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | 1 | 15 | ||
| Saved | 5/7 | 3/7 | 1/1 | 0/ | 9 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 43% | 100% | – | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ofner | ||||||
| R1 Brown |
R2 Gaston |
1/4 Safiullin |
1/2 Majchrzak |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-2 | 7-65 6-2 | 7-64 4-6 6-4 | 7-63 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | 33 | 20 | 95 | |
| pts | 67-55 | 72-61 | 107-101 | 72-54 | 318-271 | |
| Total points | 122 | 133 | 208 | 126 | 589 | |
| Winners | 25 | 33 | 40 | 35 | 133 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 46% | 37% | 49% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 36/64 | 41/61 | 59/92 | 43/65 | 179/282 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 67% | 64% | 66% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 25/36 | 33/41 | 40/59 | 35/43 | 133/179 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 80% | 68% | 81% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/28 | 7/20 | 21/33 | 14/22 | 61/103 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 35% | 64% | 64% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 4/9 | 3/9 | 2/7 | 12/28 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 44% | 33% | 29% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 1/3 | 2/5 | 1/1 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 33% | 40% | 100% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
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