Taro Daniel and Patrick Kypson will square off in the qualifications of the ASB Classic for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on Court 1. In the following lines 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 -> 1.32
Patrick Kypson -> 3.2

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Prediction and head to head Taro Daniel vs. Patrick Kypson

There is no head to head record between Taro Daniel and Patrick Kypson since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Taro Daniel

Taro Daniel

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Rank
384
High
58
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 12-31 10-19 1-8 0-3 1-1 0-0
2024 31-33 16-16 5-11 9-3 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

Ranked no. 75, Taro will start his run in Auckland after he played his last match in Hong Kong where he lost 6-3 6-2 to Kecmanovic in the 1st round on the 2nd of January.

The Japanese has a compiled 2-1 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, The Japanese has an overall 542-381 record. He has a positive 187-138 record on hard.

Previously in Auckland

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018. See his history.

Auckland
Daniel's Record

Patrick Kypson

Patrick Kypson

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Rank
117
High
117
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 45-15 19-8 7-1 19-5 0-1 0-0
2024 26-27 8-11 4-7 12-6 2-3 0-0
2023 38-21 10-11 17-6 11-4 0-0 0-0
2022 26-14 13-7 2-2 11-5 0-0 0-0
2021 24-11 4-2 20-9 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 191 (career-high), Kypson will start his run in Auckland after he played his last match in the Noumea Challenger where he lost 3-6 7-6(7) 6-2 to Cazaux in the 2nd

round on the 3rd of January.

The American has a composed 1-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, Kypson has an overall 182-100 record. He has a positive 63-46 record on hard.

Previously in Auckland

Kypson has never competed in this tournament before.

Auckland
Kypson's Record

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