Taro Daniel and Leonardo Mayer will play each other in the 2nd round of the Oeiras 3 Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taro Daniel who should win in 3 sets.
Taro Daniel -> 1.61
Leonardo Mayer -> 2.32
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Prediction and head to head Taro Daniel vs. Leonardo Mayer
This will be the 3rd time that Taro Daniel and Leonardo Mayer clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Daniel and Mayer (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Mayer won 6-4 6-1 in the 3rd round in Indian Wells back in 2018.
Taro Daniel
Ranked no. 112, Taro got to the 2nd round after beating Blaz Rola 6-1 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Rola (6-1 7-5). During the match, Daniel scored 69 points vs Rola’s 55. Daniel was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Daniel struck 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Taro Daniel lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Daniel put 51% of his first serves in, winning 72% (26/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Rola 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Daniel has a positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (391-270). 11-7 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Daniel has a composed 230-141 match record in the last years on clay.
Daniel’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Sultan 2 Challenger and Belgrade.
The Japanese has a composed 17-12 win-loss record in 2021, 11-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 3 Challenger
Taro has never competed in this tournament before.
Leonardo Mayer
Ranked no. 158, Mayer reached the 2nd round after beating Juan Ignacio Londero 4-6 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round against Londero, Mayer recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-4). During the match Mayer scored 93 points vs Londero’s 76. The Argentine was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Mayer recorded 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Leonardo Mayer lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Mayer put 54% of his first serves in, winning 68% (30/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (23/38) on the 2nd serve. Leonardo broke Londero 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Mayer has a compiled 7-7 win-loss record in 2021, 7-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Daniel | Mayer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 27 |
| Pts | 69-55 | 93-76 |
| Total Points | 124 | 169 |
| Winners | 26 | 30 |
| %Winners | 38% | 32% |
Both Daniel and Mayer played 1 match. At the moment, Leonardo Mayer lost 1 set while Taro Daniel hasn’t dropped a set so far. Daniel has played 1 set(s) less than Mayer (2 vs 3). Therefore, Daniel played 8 games less than Mayer. Daniel scored 26 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Mayer fired 30 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Daniel | Mayer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 36/70 | 44/82 |
| %1st in | 51% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 26/36 | 30/44 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 23/38 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 61% |
Daniel bagged 5 aces . Mayer fired 4 aces . Daniel won 72% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Mayer won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Daniel | Mayer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 63% | 56% |
| Conceded | 11 | 10 |
| Saved | 9 | 7 |
| % Saved | 82% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Daniel broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Daniel dropped his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. Leonardo broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Mayer conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Daniel | |||
| R1 Rola | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 69-55 | 69-55 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 36/70 | 36/70 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 26/36 | 26/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 17/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 9/11 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 82% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Mayer | |||
| R1 Londero | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 93-76 | 93-76 | |
| Total points | 169 | 169 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 44/82 | 44/82 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 30/44 | 30/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/38 | 23/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Tennis Scores in Oeiras 3 Challenger
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Pedro SousaSousa – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (3-6 7-64 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Hugo GastonGaston – Zizou BergsBergs (7-61 6-1) – See score progression
- Emilio GomezGomez – Steve JohnsonJohnson (7-64 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Joao DominguesDomingues (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Denis KudlaKudla (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Federico CoriaCoria – Alex MolcanMolcan (2-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Gastao EliasElias – Maxime CressyCressy (7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Hugo DellienDellien – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Jason JungJung (1-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Blaz RolaRola (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Carlos TabernerTaberner (7-5 3-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Leonardo MayerMayer – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (4-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Pedro SousaSousa – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Hugo DellienDellien (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Federico CoriaCoria – Gastao EliasElias (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taro DanielDaniel – Leonardo MayerMayer (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GastonGaston – Emilio GomezGomez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H and prediction