Taro Daniel and Shintaro Mochizuki will play each other in the quarter of the Sydney Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 10:00 am on COURT 4. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taro Daniel is the pick to win this match.
Taro Daniel -> 1.65
Shintaro Mochizuki -> 2.17
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Prediction and head to head Taro Daniel vs. Shintaro Mochizuki
There is no head to head record between Taro Daniel and Shintaro Mochizuki 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, Taro reached the quarter after defeating Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-2 2-1 ret. and Luke Saville 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Taro had a good straight sets win against Saville (6-4 6-2). During the match, Daniel scored 59 points vs Saville’s 44. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Daniel fired 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Taro Daniel was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 80% (20/25) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Taro broke Saville 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Daniel has good record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (367-280). 27-15 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Daniel has a composed 146-111 record in the last years on hard.
The Japanese’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Playford Challenger.
Daniel has an aggregate 38-29 win-loss record in 2023, 27-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Taro has never competed in this tournament before.
Shintaro Mochizuki
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-17 | 5-8 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-33 | 22-16 | 13-8 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-34 | 18-17 | 13-12 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-30 | 11-10 | 18-11 | 5-7 | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 20-14 | 14-12 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 133, Mochizuki got to the quarter after beating Omar Jasika 6-4 6-4 and Kaichi Uchida 7-610 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Shintaro had a good straight sets win against Uchida (7-610 7-5). During the match Mochizuki scored 74 points vs Uchida’s 71. Shintaro was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Mochizuki scored 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Shintaro Mochizuki lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Mochizuki put 59% of his first serves in, winning 80% (35/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Uchida 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mochizuki hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Barletta Challenger where he defeated Santiago Rodriguez Taverna in the final 6-1 6-4.
Shintaro has an aggregate 38-30 win-loss record in 2023, 21-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Daniel | Mochizuki |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 45 |
| Pts | 103-72 | 140-125 |
| Total Points | 175 | 265 |
| Winners | 37 | 58 |
| %Winners | 36% | 41% |
Both Daniel and Mochizuki played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Daniel has played 1 set more than Mochizuki (5 vs 4). However, it’s interesting to notice that Daniel played 16 games less than Mochizuki. Daniel scored 37 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Shintaro recorded 58 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Daniel | Mochizuki |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 48/82 | 75/131 |
| %1st in | 59% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 37/48 | 58/75 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 23/34 | 30/56 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 54% |
Daniel bagged 10 aces (5 per match). Mochizuki fired 11 aces (5.5 per match). Daniel won 77% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Mochizuki won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Daniel | Mochizuki |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/16 | 6/8 |
| % Converted | 38% | 75% |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 |
| Saved | 1 | 2 |
| % Saved | 50% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Japanese broke his opponents 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Taro conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Mochizuki broke his opponents 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Shintaro conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Daniel | ||||
| R1 Uchiyama |
R2 Saville |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 2-1 ret. | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 11 | 18 | 29 | |
| pts | 44-28 | 59-44 | 103-72 | |
| Total points | 72 | 103 | 175 | |
| Winners | 17 | 20 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 34% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 23/35 | 25/47 | 48/82 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 53% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 17/23 | 20/25 | 37/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 80% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/12 | 14/22 | 23/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 64% | 68% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 4/11 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 36% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mochizuki | ||||
| R1 Jasika |
R2 Uchida |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 7-610 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 25 | 45 | |
| pts | 66-54 | 74-71 | 140-125 | |
| Total points | 120 | 145 | 265 | |
| Winners | 23 | 35 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 47% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 31/57 | 44/74 | 75/131 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 59% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 23/31 | 35/44 | 58/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 80% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 14/30 | 30/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 47% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/5 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 60% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 50% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
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