Shunsuke Nakagawa and Taro Daniel will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.035
Shunsuke Nakagawa -> 9.3
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Prediction and head to head Shunsuke Nakagawa vs. Taro Daniel
There is no head to head record between Shunsuke Nakagawa and Taro Daniel since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Shunsuke Nakagawa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-8 | 11-6 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-10 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Shunsuke will start his run in the Matsuyama Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Takasaki where he lost 6-3 6-2 to Altamirano in the qualifications on the 18th of September.
The Japanese has an aggregate 10-7 win-loss record in 2023, 10-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The Japanese has an overall 16-12 record. He has a positive 16-11 record on hard.
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.
Taro Daniel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-30 | 12-15 | 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. 86, will start his run in the Matsuyama Challenger after he won the title in the Sydney Challenger after beating 6-2 6-4 Polmans in the final.
Taro has a compiled 41-29 win-loss record in 2023, 30-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Sydney Challenger where he beat Marc Polmans in the final 6-2 6-4.
Taro won his last 5 matches.
In terms of his career, Daniel has an overall 536-379 record. He has a positive 181-136 record on hard.
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Taro has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Luca NardiNardi – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (7-5 3-6 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Dane SweenySweeny – Zhe LiLi (2-6 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Moez EcharguiEchargui – Arthur WeberWeber (6-0 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Blake EllisEllis – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Jason JungJung (6-4 2-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Sho KatayamaKatayama (6-0 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Giovanni FonioFonio (5-7 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Menelaos EfstathiouEfstathiou (6-74 6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- James McCabeMcCabe – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Taro DanielDaniel – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Blake EllisEllis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- August HolmgrenHolmgren – Marc PolmansPolmans (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Dane SweenySweeny (1-0) – H2H and prediction
