Taro Daniel and Yu Hsiou Hsu will face off in the quarter of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 -> 1.49
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Taro Daniel vs. Yu Hsiou Hsu
There is no head to head record between Taro Daniel and Yu Hsiou Hsu since this will be the first time that they will fight against 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. 86, the Japanese reached the quarter after beating Shunsuke Nakagawa 6-1 6-2 and Moez Echargui 6-2 3-6 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Japanese defeated Echargui (6-2 3-6 6-2). During the match, Daniel scored 83 points vs Echargui’s 68. Daniel was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Daniel recorded 2 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Taro Daniel lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Daniel put 53% of his first serves in, winning 67% (26/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the 2nd serve. Daniel broke Echargui 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Daniel has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.
Daniel has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (372-280). 32-15 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Daniel has an aggregate 151-111 record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Sydney Challenger where he defeated Marc Polmans in the final 6-2 6-4.
The Japanese has an aggregate 43-29 win-loss record in 2023, 32-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Taro has never competed in this tournament before.
Yu Hsiou Hsu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-17 | 16-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-21 | 30-15 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-24 | 47-18 | 5-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-23 | 49-16 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 212, Hsiou reached the quarter after defeating Zdenek Kolar 6-2 6-3 and Yuta Shimizu 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Yu had a good straight sets win against Shimizu (6-4 6-3). During the match Hsiou scored 68 points vs Shimizu’s 54. Yu was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Hsiou couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Yu Hsiou Hsu was very effective on serve to win 72% (28/39) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Yu broke Shimizu 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Hsiou hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Hsiou’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Tsukuba and M25 Kashiwa.
The Chinese has an aggregate 32-17 win-loss record in 2023, 30-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Daniel | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 36 |
| Pts | 146-109 | 129-94 |
| Total Points | 255 | 223 |
| Winners | 48 | 51 |
| %Winners | 33% | 40% |
Both Daniel and Hsiou played 2 matches. At the moment, Taro Daniel surrendered 1 set while Yu Hsiou Hsu hasn’t conceded a set so far. Daniel has played 1 set more than Hsiou (5 vs 4). Therefore, Daniel played 4 games more than Hsiou. The Japanese scored 48 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Hsiou fired 51 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Daniel | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 66/124 | 69/106 |
| %1st in | 53% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 48/66 | 51/69 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 33/58 | 26/37 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 70% |
Daniel blasted 4 aces (2 per match). Hsiou blasted 4 aces (2 per match). Daniel won 73% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Hsiou won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Daniel | Hsiou |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 6 |
| Converted | 10/21 | 6/13 |
| % Converted | 48% | 46% |
| Conceded | 9 | 4 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Daniel broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Japanese dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Yu broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Hsiou conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Daniel | ||||
| R1 Nakagawa |
R2 Echargui |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-2 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 25 | 40 | |
| pts | 63-41 | 83-68 | 146-109 | |
| Total points | 104 | 151 | 255 | |
| Winners | 22 | 26 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 31% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 27/51 | 39/73 | 66/124 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 26/39 | 48/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 67% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 19/34 | 33/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 56% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 6/10 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 60% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Hsiou | ||||
| R1 Kolar |
R2 Shimizu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 | 36 | |
| pts | 61-40 | 68-54 | 129-94 | |
| Total points | 101 | 122 | 223 | |
| Winners | 23 | 28 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 41% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 30/48 | 39/58 | 69/106 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 67% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 28/39 | 51/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 72% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/18 | 11/19 | 26/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 83% | 58% | 70% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/8 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 38% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 2/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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