Taro Daniel and Yuta Shimizu will square off in the quarter of the Playford Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taro Daniel is the pick to win this match.
Taro Daniel -> 1.28
Yuta Shimizu -> 3.5
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Prediction and head to head Taro Daniel vs. Yuta Shimizu
This will be the 2nd time that Taro Daniel and Yuta Shimizu clash 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 7-6(4) 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in the Burnie Challenger back in 2020.
Taro Daniel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-29 | 12-14 | 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. 100, the Japanese reached the quarter after beating Jacob Bradshaw 6-3 6-1 and Li Tu 6-1 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Tu (6-1 6-2). During the match, Daniel scored 55 points vs Tu’s 35. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Daniel struck 2 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Taro Daniel lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Daniel put 72% of his first serves in, winning 76% (25/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (6/13) on the 2nd serve. Daniel broke Tu 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 60% of the points he played.
Daniel has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (364-279). 24-14 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Daniel has a composed 143-110 match record in the last years on hard.
Daniel has an aggregate 35-28 win-loss record in 2023, 24-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Playford Challenger
Taro has never competed in this tournament before.
Yuta Shimizu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-23 | 21-20 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-24 | 35-23 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-23 | 36-21 | 7-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-12 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-1 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 266, Yuta reached the quarter after defeating Kai Wehnelt 6-4 6-4 and Marc Polmans 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Yuta had a good straight sets win against Polmans (6-4 6-2). During the match Shimizu scored 63 points vs Polmans’s 44. The Japanese was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Shimizu made 5 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Yuta Shimizu lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Shimizu put 78% of his first serves in, winning 74% (28/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (5/11) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Polmans 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Shimizu hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Shimizu’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Burnie,the Puerto Vallarta Challenger and the Chicago Challenger.
Yuta has a composed 31-18 win-loss record in 2023, 31-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Daniel | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 38 |
| Pts | 120-81 | 140-114 |
| Total Points | 201 | 254 |
| Winners | 44 | 63 |
| %Winners | 37% | 45% |
Both Daniel and Shimizu played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Daniel and Shimizu have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Daniel played 7 games less than Shimizu. Daniel scored 44 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Yuta managed to score 63 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Daniel | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 61/91 | 89/121 |
| %1st in | 67% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 44/61 | 63/89 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 18/30 | 14/32 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 44% |
Daniel recorded 4 aces (2 per match). Shimizu struck 7 aces (3.5 per match). Daniel won 72% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Shimizu won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Daniel | Shimizu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 8 |
| Converted | 10/16 | 8/21 |
| % Converted | 63% | 38% |
| Conceded | 6 | 12 |
| Saved | 4 | 9 |
| % Saved | 67% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Taro broke his opponents 10 times with a 63% conversion rate. Daniel conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Yuta broke his opponents 8 times with a 38% conversion rate. Yuta conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Daniel | ||||
| R1 Bradshaw |
R2 Tu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 15 | 31 | |
| pts | 65-46 | 55-35 | 120-81 | |
| Total points | 111 | 90 | 201 | |
| Winners | 19 | 25 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 45% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 28/45 | 33/46 | 61/91 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 72% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 19/28 | 25/33 | 44/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 76% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 6/13 | 18/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 46% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/7 | 10/16 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 71% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2/3 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Shimizu | ||||
| R1 Wehnelt |
R2 Polmans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 | 38 | |
| pts | 77-70 | 63-44 | 140-114 | |
| Total points | 147 | 107 | 254 | |
| Winners | 35 | 28 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 44% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 51/72 | 38/49 | 89/121 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 78% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 35/51 | 28/38 | 63/89 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 74% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/21 | 5/11 | 14/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 45% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 5/10 | 8/21 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 50% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 2/4 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 50% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
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