Taro Daniel and Luke Saville will play each other in the 2nd round of the Sydney Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:00 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 Taro Daniel who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taro Daniel is the pick to win this match.
Taro Daniel -> 1.14
Luke Saville -> 5.1
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Prediction and head to head Taro Daniel vs. Luke Saville
There is no head to head record between Taro Daniel and Luke Saville 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 | 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. 97, Daniel reached the 2nd round after beating Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-2 2-1 ret..
In the 1st round against Uchiyama, Taro had a free pass after Uchiyama retired on a 6-2 2-1 . scoreline.
Daniel has winning record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (366-280). 26-15 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Daniel has an overall 145-111 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Taro’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Playford Challenger.
Taro has an aggregate 37-29 win-loss record in 2023, 26-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Taro has never competed in this tournament before.
Luke Saville
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-15 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-26 | 28-18 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 14-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-11 | 18-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 306, Luke reached the 2nd round after beating Blake Ellis 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round, Saville had a good straight sets win against Ellis (7-5 6-2). During the match Saville scored 69 points vs Ellis’s 53. Saville was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Saville bagged 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Luke Saville was extremely efficient on serve to win 79% (26/33) of his 1st serve and 71% (15/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Ellis 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Luke’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Swan Hill,M25 Roehampton and M15 Caloundra.
Saville has a composed 42-23 win-loss record in 2023, 28-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Daniel | Saville |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 11 | 20 |
| Pts | 44-28 | 69-53 |
| Total Points | 72 | 122 |
| Winners | 17 | 26 |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% |
Both Daniel and Saville played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Daniel has played 1 set more than Saville (3 vs 2). However, it’s interesting to notice that Daniel played 9 games less than Saville. The Japanese scored 17 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian fired 26 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Daniel | Saville |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 23/35 | 33/54 |
| %1st in | 66% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 17/23 | 26/33 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 9/12 | 15/21 |
| %2nd pts | 75% | 71% |
Daniel recorded 3 aces . Saville bagged 5 aces . Daniel won 74% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 75% of the points. On the other side, Saville won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Daniel | Saville |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 3/10 |
| % Converted | 40% | 30% |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 |
| Saved | 0 | 0 |
| % Saved | 0% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Taro broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. The Japanese pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Luke broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Australian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Daniel | |||
| R1 Uchiyama |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 2-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 11 | 11 | |
| pts | 44-28 | 44-28 | |
| Total points | 72 | 72 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 23/35 | 23/35 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 17/23 | 17/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/12 | 9/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Saville | |||
| R1 Ellis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 69-53 | 69-53 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 33/54 | 33/54 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 26/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/21 | 15/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLLLLLWW Tennis Scores in Sydney Challenger
- Taro DanielDaniel – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-2 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Blake Bayldon/Kody PearsonBayldon/Kody Pearson – Jake Delaney/Luke SavilleDelaney/Luke Saville (2-6 7-5 10-8) – See score progression
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Matthew DellavedovaDellavedova (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (6-3 7-68) – See score progression
- Ryan SeggermanSeggerman – Benjamin LockLock (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Dane SweenySweeny – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (4-6 6-3 7-67) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Filip PeliwoPeliwo (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Pavle MarinkovMarinkov (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Blake MottMott – Jose StathamStatham (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ji Sung NamSung Nam – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (7-69 6-4) – See score progression
- Philip SekulicSekulic – Ajeet RaiRai (6-2 7-62) – See score progression
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Omar JasikaJasika (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Colin SinclairSinclair (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Arthur WeberWeber – Jacob BradshawBradshaw (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Luke SavilleSaville – Blake EllisEllis (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Filip PeliwoPeliwo (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Philip SekulicSekulic – Ajeet RaiRai (6-2 7-6(2)) – See score progression
- Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (6-3 7-6(8)) – See score progression
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Blake MottMott – Jose StathamStatham (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ryan SeggermanSeggerman – Benjamin LockLock (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-2 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Ji Sung NamSung Nam – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (7-6(9) 6-4) – See score progression
- Dane SweenySweeny – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (4-6 6-3 7-6(7)) – See score progression
- Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Pavle MarinkovMarinkov (7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Matthew DellavedovaDellavedova (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Hiroki MoriyaMoriya – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Luke SavilleSaville – Taro DanielDaniel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ji Sung NamSung Nam – Dane SweenySweeny (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Blake MottMott – Ryan SeggermanSeggerman (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur WeberWeber – Marc PolmansPolmans (0-2) – H2H and prediction
