Taro Daniel and Brandon Holt will play each other in the qualifications of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 5:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taro Daniel who should win in 3 sets.
Taro Daniel -> 1.75
Brandon Holt -> 1.99
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Prediction and head to head Taro Daniel vs. Brandon Holt
This will be the 2nd time that Taro Daniel and Brandon Holt fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Daniel (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Daniel won 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Fairfield Challenger back in 2019.
Taro Daniel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-19 | 7-8 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 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. 108, the Japanese reached the qualifications after defeating Juan Alejandro Hernandez 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Alejandro Hernandez (6-2 6-1). During the match, Daniel scored 64 points vs Alejandro Hernandez’s 38. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Daniel blasted 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Taro Daniel lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Daniel put 63% of his first serves in, winning 70% (19/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the 2nd serve. Taro broke Alejandro Hernandez 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).
Daniel has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (334-256). 4-5 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Daniel has an overall 123-101 match record in the last years on hard.
The Japanese has an overall 5-5 win-loss record in 2023, 4-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Acapulco
Brandon Holt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-15 | 27-13 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-24 | 14-16 | 1-2 | 7-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-21 | 48-17 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 198, the American reached the qualifications after defeating Ernesto Escobedo 6-4 6-75 6-2.
In the qualifications, Brandon defeated Escobedo (6-4 6-75 6-2). During the match Holt scored 109 points vs Escobedo’s 93. Holt was pretty aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Holt recorded 14 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Brandon Holt was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (48/65) of his 1st serve and 67% (18/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Holt broke Escobedo 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Holt has an aggregate 8-6 win-loss record in 2023, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Daniel | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 31 |
| Pts | 64-38 | 109-93 |
| Total Points | 102 | 202 |
| Winners | 19 | 48 |
| %Winners | 30% | 44% |
Both Daniel and Holt played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Brandon Holt dropped 1 set while Taro Daniel hasn’t conceded a set so far. Daniel has played 1 set(s) less than Holt (2 vs 3). Therefore, Daniel played 16 games less than Holt. Taro scored 19 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Holt bagged 48 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Daniel | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 14 |
| 1st in | 27/43 | 65/92 |
| %1st in | 63% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 19/27 | 48/65 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 18/27 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 67% |
Daniel fired 4 aces . Holt fired 14 aces . Daniel won 70% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Holt won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Daniel | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/15 | 4/13 |
| % Converted | 40% | 31% |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 |
| Saved | 1 | 2 |
| % Saved | 50% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Daniel broke his opponent 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. Daniel conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Brandon broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Holt conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Daniel | |||
| Q1 Alejandro | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 64-38 | 64-38 | |
| Total points | 102 | 102 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 27/43 | 27/43 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 19/27 | 19/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 9/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Holt | |||
| Q1 Escobedo | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-75 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 109-93 | 109-93 | |
| Total points | 202 | 202 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 65/92 | 65/92 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 48/65 | 48/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/27 | 18/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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