Taro Daniel and Alex Rybakov will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Citi Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 3:00 pm on JOHN HARRIS. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taro Daniel is the pick to win this match.
Taro Daniel -> 1.21
Alex Rybakov -> 4.4
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Prediction and head to head Taro Daniel vs. Alex Rybakov
There is no head to head record between Taro Daniel and Alex Rybakov since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Taro Daniel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-30 | 12-15 | 5-11 | 1-1 | 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 |
| 2020 | 18-15 | 9-9 | 3-5 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 101, Daniel got to the qualifications after defeating Noah Rubin 6-2 6-0.
In the qualifications, Daniel had a good straight sets win against Rubin (6-2 6-0). During the match, Daniel scored 55 points vs Rubin’s 26. The Japanese was pretty aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Regarding the service games, Daniel made 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Taro Daniel was very efficient on serve to win 89% (17/19) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Taro broke Rubin 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Daniel has a winning match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (376-271). 20-7 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Daniel has an aggregate 119-91 record in the last years on hard.
The Japanese has an overall 35-18 win-loss record in 2022, 20-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Washington
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Rybakov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-15 | 8-6 | 12-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-25 | 5-8 | 7-9 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-23 | 5-7 | 20-12 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-26 | 4-4 | 35-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 24-9 | 12-5 | 9-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 299, the American reached the qualifications after defeating Thai Kwiatkowski 4-6 6-1 6-3.
In the qualifications against Kwiatkowski, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-3). During the match Rybakov scored 83 points vs Kwiatkowski’s 53. Alex was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Rybakov blasted 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Alex Rybakov was exceptionally effective on serve to win 88% (37/42) of his 1st serve and 76% (13/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Rybakov broke Kwiatkowski 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
The American has a compiled 29-21 win-loss record in 2022, 4-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Daniel | Rybakov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 26 |
| Pts | 55-26 | 83-53 |
| Total Points | 81 | 136 |
| Winners | 17 | 37 |
| %Winners | 31% | 45% |
Both Daniel and Rybakov played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Alex Rybakov surrendered 1 set while Taro Daniel hasn’t dropped a set so far. Daniel has played 1 set(s) less than Rybakov (2 vs 3). Therefore, Daniel played 12 games less than Rybakov. The Japanese scored 17 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Alex fired 37 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Daniel | Rybakov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 10 |
| 1st in | 19/37 | 42/59 |
| %1st in | 51% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 17/19 | 37/42 |
| %1st pts | 89% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 13/17 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 76% |
Daniel blasted 3 aces . Rybakov scored 10 aces . Daniel won 89% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Rybakov won 88% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 76% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Daniel | Rybakov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 38% | 80% |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Daniel broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Daniel quite strong on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Rybakov broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Alex conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Daniel | |||
| Q1 Rubin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 55-26 | 55-26 | |
| Total points | 81 | 81 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 19/37 | 19/37 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 17/19 | 17/19 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 12/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Rybakov | |||
| Q1 Kwiatkowski |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 83-53 | 83-53 | |
| Total points | 136 | 136 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 42/59 | 42/59 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 37/42 | 37/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/17 | 13/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | 76% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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