Taro Daniel and Elias Ymer will square off in the semifinal of the Lyon Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:30 pm on COURT SOPRA STERIA. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taro Daniel who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taro Daniel is the pick to win this match.
Taro Daniel -> 1.52
Elias Ymer -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Taro Daniel vs. Elias Ymer
This will be the 3rd time that Taro Daniel and Elias Ymer fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Ymer won 6-1 6-2 in the qualifications in at the Australian Open Qualifying back in January 2021.
Taro Daniel
Ranked no. 113, Taro got to the semifinal after defeating Andrea Collarini 6-3 6-2, Bjorn Fratangelo 6-3 6-4 and Daniel Altmaier 7-63 6-72 6-3.
In the quarter, The Japanese defeated Altmaier (7-63 6-72 6-3). During the match, Daniel scored 111 points vs Altmaier’s 107. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Regarding the service games, Daniel blasted 3 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Taro Daniel was quite efficient on serve to win 77% (49/64) of his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Japanese broke Altmaier 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Daniel started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Daniel has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (399-272). 19-9 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Daniel has an aggregate 238-143 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Taro’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Sultan 2 Challenger, Belgrade and the Oeiras 3 Challenger.
Taro has a compiled 25-14 win-loss record in 2021, 19-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lyon Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2016. See his history.
Elias Ymer
Ranked no. 194, the Swede reached the semifinal after defeating Constant Lestienne 6-4 0-0 ret., Oscar Otte 6-4 6-4 and Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune 6-3 5-3 ret..
In the quarter, Ymer had a good straight sets win against Vitus Nodskov Rune (6-3 5-3 ret.). During the match Ymer scored 68 points vs Vitus Nodskov Rune’s 52. The Swede was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Ymer blasted 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Elias Ymer was quite efficient on serve to win 82% (28/34) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Swede broke Vitus Nodskov Rune twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Ymer’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Split 2 Challenger and the Ostrava Challenger.
Elias has an aggregate 16-10 win-loss record in 2021, 13-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Daniel | Ymer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 71 | 47 |
| Pts | 241-211 | 172-137 |
| Total Points | 452 | 309 |
| Winners | 108 | 66 |
| %Winners | 45% | 38% |
Both Daniel and Ymer played 3 matches. At the moment, Taro Daniel surrendered 1 set while Elias Ymer hasn’t dropped a set so far. Daniel has played 1 set(s) less than Ymer (7 vs 8). However, it’s interesting to notice that Daniel played 24 games more than Ymer. Daniel scored 108 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Elias bagged 66 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Daniel | Ymer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 151/223 | 83/140 |
| %1st in | 68% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 108/151 | 66/83 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 40/72 | 32/57 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 56% |
Daniel blasted 9 aces (3 per match). Ymer made 7 aces (2.3 per match). Daniel won 72% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Ymer won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Daniel | Ymer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 7 |
| Converted | 10/20 | 7/19 |
| % Converted | 50% | 37% |
| Conceded | 9 | 8 |
| Saved | 5 | 6 |
| % Saved | 56% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Taro broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. Taro conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. The Swede broke his opponents 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. Elias conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Daniel | |||||
| R1 Collarini |
R2 Fratangelo |
1/4 Altmaier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | 7-63 6-72 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 | 35 | 71 | |
| pts | 66-51 | 64-53 | 111-107 | 241-211 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | 218 | 452 | |
| Winners | 26 | 33 | 49 | 108 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 52% | 44% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 42/68 | 45/58 | 64/97 | 151/223 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 78% | 66% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 26/42 | 33/45 | 49/64 | 108/151 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 73% | 77% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 8/13 | 17/33 | 40/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 62% | 52% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 2/7 | 4/8 | 10/20 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 29% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 1/1 | 0/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 100% | 0% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Ymer | |||||
| R1 Lestienne |
R2 Otte |
1/4 Vitus Nodskov Rune |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 0-0 ret. | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 5-3 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 10 | 20 | 17 | 47 | |
| pts | 34-25 | 70-60 | 68-52 | 172-137 | |
| Total points | 59 | 130 | 120 | 309 | |
| Winners | 11 | 27 | 28 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 39% | 41% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 15/25 | 34/62 | 34/53 | 83/140 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 55% | 64% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 11/15 | 27/34 | 28/34 | 66/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 79% | 82% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/10 | 13/28 | 10/19 | 32/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 90% | 46% | 53% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 1/1 | 4/10 | 2/8 | 7/19 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 40% | 25% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/5 | 3/3 | 6 | |
| Saved % | – | 60% | 100% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLLWLLWL Tennis Scores in Lyon Challenger
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Elias YmerYmer (3-6 3-5 ret.) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (6-3 5-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (7-63 6-72 6-3) – See score progression
- Pablo CuevasCuevas – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (6-3 5-3 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Pablo CuevasCuevas – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taro DanielDaniel – Elias YmerYmer (1-1) – H2H and prediction
