Denis Kudla and Taro Daniel will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Mallorca Championships for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 Denis Kudla who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Denis Kudla is the pick to win this match.
Denis Kudla -> 1.27
Taro Daniel -> 3.76
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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Taro Daniel
This will be the 4th time that Denis Kudla and Taro Daniel clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Kudla (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.
The last time that they played each other, Kudla won 6-4 1-6 6-0 in the qualifications in London back in June 2022.
Denis Kudla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-12 | 5-3 | 6-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 13-17 | 1-3 | 11-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-33 | 21-19 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-27 | 20-14 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 12-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-9 | 13-6 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 82, Kudla reached the qualifications after defeating Marc Othman Ktiri 6-0 6-1.
In the qualifications, Denis had a good straight sets win against Othman Ktiri (6-0 6-1). During the match, Kudla scored 55 points vs Othman Ktiri’s 29. Denis was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kudla recorded 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Denis Kudla conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Kudla put 63% of his first serves in, winning 78% (21/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Othman Ktiri 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Kudla has a winning match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (347-258). 7-4 on grass in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Kudla has an aggregate 70-39 win-loss record in the last years on grass.
The American’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Phoenix Challenger and the Surbiton Challenger.
Denis has a composed 23-19 win-loss record in 2022, 7-4 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Mallorca
Denis has never competed in this tournament before.
Taro Daniel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-17 | 7-8 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2020 | 18-15 | 9-9 | 3-5 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 127, Taro got to the qualifications after defeating Otto Virtanen 7-5 6-3.
In the qualifications, Daniel had a good straight sets win against Virtanen (7-5 6-3). During the match Daniel scored 74 points vs Virtanen’s 61. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Daniel recorded 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Taro Daniel conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Daniel put 62% of his first serves in, winning 90% (37/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (10/25) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Virtanen twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Taro has a composed 26-13 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kudla | Daniel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 13 | 21 |
| Pts | 55-29 | 74-61 |
| Total Points | 84 | 135 |
| Winners | 21 | 37 |
| %Winners | 38% | 50% |
Both Kudla and Daniel played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kudla and Daniel have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kudla played 8 games less than Daniel. Denis scored 21 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese fired 37 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kudla | Daniel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 27/43 | 41/66 |
| %1st in | 63% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | 37/41 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 90% |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 10/25 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 40% |
Kudla bagged 3 aces . Daniel struck 3 aces . Kudla won 78% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Daniel won 90% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kudla | Daniel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 2 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 2/7 |
| % Converted | 60% | 29% |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Kudla broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Denis very solid his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. The Japanese broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. The Japanese was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Kudla | |||
| Q1 Othman |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 55-29 | 55-29 | |
| Total points | 84 | 84 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 27/43 | 27/43 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | 21/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 8/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Daniel | |||
| Q1 Virtanen |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 74-61 | 74-61 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 41/66 | 41/66 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 37/41 | 37/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/25 | 10/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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