Taro Daniel and Marc Polmans will play each other in the final of the Sydney Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taro Daniel is the pick to win this match.
Taro Daniel -> 1.55
Marc Polmans -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Taro Daniel vs. Marc Polmans
There is no head to head record between Taro Daniel and Marc Polmans since this will be the first time that they will face off 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 final after beating Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-2 2-1 ret., Luke Saville 6-4 6-2, Shintaro Mochizuki 3-1 ret. and Rinky Hijikata 3-6 6-2 7-65.
In the semifinal against Hijikata, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 7-65). During the match, Daniel scored 93 points vs Hijikata’s 89. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 53 winners.
Regarding the service games, Daniel struck 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Taro Daniel was quite efficient on serve to win 75% (53/71) of his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Taro broke Hijikata twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Taro has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Daniel has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (369-280). 29-15 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Daniel has an aggregate 148-111 match record in the last years on hard.
Daniel’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Playford Challenger and the Sydney Challenger.
Daniel has a composed 40-29 win-loss record in 2023, 29-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
Marc Polmans
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-13 | 3-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-35 | 32-23 | 14-9 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-13 | 14-12 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-28 | 1-6 | 8-13 | 2-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-16 | 2-6 | 5-4 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 161, the Australian reached the final after beating Colin Sinclair 6-4 6-2, Arthur Weber 6-4 6-4, Blake Mott 6-3 4-6 6-3 and Thanasi Kokkinakis 3-2 ret..
In the semifinal against Kokkinakis, Polmans had a free pass after Kokkinakis retired on a 3-2 . scoreline.
Marc’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Canberra and the Guangzhou Challenger.
Marc has a composed 44-30 win-loss record in 2023, 28-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Daniel | Polmans |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 63 | 71 |
| Pts | 210-169 | 243-189 |
| Total Points | 379 | 432 |
| Winners | 94 | 111 |
| %Winners | 45% | 46% |
Both Daniel and Polmans played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Taro Daniel conceded 1 set, while Marc Polmans surrendered 1 set. Daniel has played 1 set more than Polmans (10 vs 9). However, it’s interesting to notice that Daniel played 8 games less than Polmans. Taro scored 94 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Marc struck 111 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Daniel | Polmans |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 22 | 25 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 6.3 |
| 1st in | 125/189 | 143/199 |
| %1st in | 66% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 94/125 | 111/143 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 39/64 | 35/56 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 63% |
Daniel struck 22 aces (5.5 per match). Polmans made 25 aces (6.3 per match). Daniel won 75% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Polmans won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Daniel | Polmans |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 9 |
| Converted | 10/24 | 9/25 |
| % Converted | 42% | 36% |
| Conceded | 13 | 8 |
| Saved | 10 | 6 |
| % Saved | 77% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Daniel broke his opponents 10 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Japanese dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. Polmans broke his opponents 9 times with a 36% conversion rate. Marc conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Daniel | ||||||
| R1 Uchiyama |
R2 Saville |
1/4 Mochizuki |
1/2 Hijikata |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 2-1 ret. | 6-4 6-2 | 3-1 ret. | 3-6 6-2 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 11 | 18 | 4 | 30 | 63 | |
| pts | 44-28 | 59-44 | 14-8 | 93-89 | 210-169 | |
| Total points | 72 | 103 | 22 | 182 | 379 | |
| Winners | 17 | 20 | 4 | 53 | 94 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 34% | 29% | 57% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 23/35 | 25/47 | 6/10 | 71/97 | 125/189 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 53% | 60% | 73% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 17/23 | 20/25 | 4/6 | 53/71 | 94/125 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 80% | 67% | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/12 | 14/22 | 1/4 | 15/26 | 39/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 64% | 25% | 58% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 4/11 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 10/24 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 36% | 50% | 50% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 13 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 9/10 | 10 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 0% | 90% | 35% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Polmans | ||||||
| R1 Sinclair |
R2 Weber |
1/4 Mott |
1/2 Kokkinakis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 4-6 6-3 | 3-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 20 | 28 | 5 | 71 | |
| pts | 67-47 | 75-59 | 80-70 | 21-13 | 243-189 | |
| Total points | 114 | 134 | 150 | 34 | 432 | |
| Winners | 25 | 39 | 39 | 8 | 111 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 52% | 49% | 38% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 13 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 29/48 | 52/63 | 53/75 | 9/13 | 143/199 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 83% | 71% | 69% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 25/29 | 39/52 | 39/53 | 8/9 | 111/143 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 75% | 74% | 89% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 6/11 | 13/22 | 4/4 | 35/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 55% | 59% | 100% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 2/9 | 4/5 | 0/2 | 9/25 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 22% | 80% | 0% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 6/6 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 6 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 0% | – | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Ryan Seggerman/Patrik TrhacSeggerman/Patrik Trhac – Ruben Gonzales/Ji Sung NamGonzales/Ji Sung Nam (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Taro DanielDaniel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
