Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune and Taro Daniel will square off in the 2nd round of the Serbia Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune is the pick to win this match.
Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune -> 1.45
Taro Daniel -> 2.84
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Prediction and head to head Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune vs. Taro Daniel
This will be the 2nd time that Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune and Taro Daniel clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Vitus Nodskov Rune (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Vitus Nodskov Rune won 6-3 7-5 in the 1st round in the Szczecin Challenger back in 2021.
Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|
Ranked no. 72 (career-high), Vitus Nodskov Rune reached the 2nd round after beating Cristian Garin 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, Vitus Nodskov Rune had a good straight sets win against Garin (6-3 6-1). During the match, Vitus Nodskov Rune scored 65 points vs Garin’s 48. The Dane was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Vitus Nodskov Rune bagged 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Vitus Nodskov Rune put 73% of his first serves in, winning 59% (22/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (7/14) on the 2nd serve. Holger broke Garin 6 times after converting 35% of his break points (6/17).
Vitus Nodskov Rune has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 66% of his matches (127-65). 9-4 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vitus Nodskov Rune has an overall83-38 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.
Vitus Nodskov Rune’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Sanremo Challenger.
The Dane has an aggregate 15-10 win-loss record in 2022, 9-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Belgrade
The Dane has never competed in this tournament before.
Taro Daniel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12-31 | 10-19 | 1-8 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-33 | 16-16 | 5-11 | 9-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-30 | 34-16 | 7-10 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-29 | 27-17 | 12-7 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-25 | 5-7 | 21-15 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 104, Daniel reached the 2nd round after defeating Aleksandr Nedovyesov 7-5 6-1, Liam Broady 6-1 6-3 and Dusan Lajovic 2-6 6-1 7-62.
In the 1st round against Lajovic, Taro recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-1 7-62). During the match Daniel scored 105 points vs Lajovic’s 98. Taro was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Daniel scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Taro Daniel lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Daniel put 65% of his first serves in, winning 67% (43/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (16/34) on the 2nd serve. Taro broke Lajovic 4 times after converting 25% of his break points (4/16).
The Japanese has a compiled 21-8 win-loss record in 2022, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Belgrade
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vitus Nodskov Rune | Daniel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 63 |
| Pts | 65-48 | 249-197 |
| Total Points | 113 | 446 |
| Winners | 22 | 89 |
| %Winners | 34% | 36% |
Vitus Nodskov Rune played 1 match while Daniel competed in 3 matches. Daniel started his run from the qualifications while Vitus Nodskov Rune had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Taro Daniel surrendered 1 set while Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Vitus Nodskov Rune has played 5 set(s) less than Daniel (2 vs 7). Therefore, Vitus Nodskov Rune played 47 games less than Daniel. The Dane scored 22 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Daniel managed to score 89 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vitus Nodskov Rune | Daniel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 37/51 | 125/194 |
| %1st in | 73% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 22/37 | 89/125 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 7/14 | 41/69 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 59% |
Vitus Nodskov Rune managed to score 2 aces . Daniel scored 3 aces (1 per match). Vitus Nodskov Rune won 59% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Daniel won 71% of the points on 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 | Vitus Nodskov Rune | Daniel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 13 |
| Converted | 6/17 | 13/41 |
| % Converted | 35% | 32% |
| Conceded | 3 | 18 |
| Saved | 1 | 13 |
| % Saved | 33% | 72% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
Vitus Nodskov Rune broke his opponent 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. Vitus Nodskov Rune dropped his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Daniel broke his opponents 13 times with a 32% conversion rate. Taro conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vitus Nodskov Rune | |||
| R1 Garin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 65-48 | 65-48 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 37/51 | 37/51 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 22/37 | 22/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/14 | 7/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/17 | 6/17 | |
| Converted % | 35% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Daniel | |||||
| Q1 Nedovesov |
Q3 Broady |
R1 Lajovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | 6-1 6-3 | 2-6 6-1 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 16 | 28 | 63 | |
| pts | 77-55 | 67-44 | 105-98 | 249-197 | |
| Total points | 132 | 111 | 203 | 446 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | 43 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 34% | 41% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 29/49 | 32/47 | 64/98 | 125/194 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 68% | 65% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 23/32 | 43/64 | 89/125 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 72% | 67% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 12/15 | 16/34 | 41/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 80% | 47% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 4/11 | 4/16 | 13/41 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | 25% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 12 | 18 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 4/4 | 8/12 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 67% | 217% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
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