Max Purcell and Taro Daniel will face off in the 2nd round of the ASB Classic for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on GRANDSTAND. 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 Max Purcell who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Max Purcell is the pick to win this match.
Max Purcell -> 1.74
Taro Daniel -> 2.1
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Taro Daniel
This will be the 3rd time that Max Purcell and Taro Daniel clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Daniel (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Daniel won 6-2 6-2 in the qualifications in Miami back in 2022.
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-24 | 10-16 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-28 | 45-17 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 21-15 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 45, the Australian got to the 2nd round after defeating Kiranpal Pannu 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Pannu (6-4 6-4). During the match, Purcell scored 62 points vs Pannu’s 49. Max was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Purcell scored 10 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Max Purcell was pretty efficient on serve to win 94% (29/31) of his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Max broke Pannu twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Purcell has positive record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (263-188). 1-1 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Purcell has an aggregate 196-128 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Australian has a compiled 1-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Auckland
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Taro Daniel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-32 | 16-16 | 5-11 | 9-2 | 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. 74, the Japanese reached the 2nd round after beating Aleksandar Vukic 7-5 7-5.
In the 1st round, Taro had a good straight sets win against Vukic (7-5 7-5). During the match Daniel scored 72 points vs Vukic’s 71. Taro was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Daniel scored 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Taro Daniel lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Daniel put 63% of his first serves in, winning 78% (38/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 34% (10/29) on the 2nd serve. Taro broke Vukic 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
The Japanese has an overall 3-1 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Auckland
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Purcell | Daniel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 24 |
| Pts | 62-49 | 72-71 |
| Total Points | 111 | 143 |
| Winners | 29 | 38 |
| %Winners | 47% | 53% |
Both Purcell and Daniel played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Purcell and Daniel have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Purcell played 4 games less than Daniel. Purcell scored 29 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese recorded 38 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Purcell | Daniel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 6 |
| 1st in | 31/51 | 49/78 |
| %1st in | 61% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 29/31 | 38/49 |
| %1st pts | 94% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 10/29 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 34% |
Purcell blasted 10 aces . Daniel struck 6 aces . Purcell won 94% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Daniel won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 34% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Purcell | Daniel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/4 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 50% | 57% |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Max broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Purcell pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Daniel conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Purcell | |||
| R1 Pannu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 62-49 | 62-49 | |
| Total points | 111 | 111 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 31/51 | 31/51 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 29/31 | 29/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 94% | 94% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 13/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Daniel | |||
| R1 Vukic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 72-71 | 72-71 | |
| Total points | 143 | 143 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 49/78 | 49/78 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 38/49 | 38/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/29 | 10/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 34% | 34% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWLWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Auckland
- Arthur FilsFils – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Kiranpal PannuPannu (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Borna GojoGojo (1-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Jeff WolfWolf (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (0-6 7-66 6-3) – See score progression
- Marcel Granollers/Horacio ZeballosGranollers/Horacio Zeballos – Marcus Daniell/Ben McLachlanDaniell/Ben McLachlan (6-3 2-6 10-7) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-4 6-76 7-64) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Marcos GironGiron (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Aleksandar VukicVukic (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Arthur FilsFils – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Taro DanielDaniel – Max PurcellPurcell (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – H2H and prediction
