Taro Daniel and Alexandre Muller will square off in the quarter of the ASB Classic for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:00 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 Alexandre Muller who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexandre Muller is the pick to win this match.
Alexandre Muller -> 1.9
Taro Daniel -> 1.909
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Prediction and head to head Taro Daniel vs. Alexandre Muller
There is no head to head record between Taro Daniel and Alexandre Muller 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 | 11-15 | 7-8 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 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 quarter after beating Aleksandar Vukic 7-5 7-5 and Max Purcell 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Purcell (6-2 6-4). During the match, Daniel scored 63 points vs Purcell’s 45. Daniel was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Daniel managed to score 7 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Taro Daniel was very efficient on serve to win 91% (30/33) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Purcell 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Daniel has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (341-252). 4-1 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Daniel has an aggregate 146-104 match record in the last years on hard.
The Japanese has a composed 4-1 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Auckland
Alexandre Muller
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-15 | 7-8 | 8-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-33 | 20-13 | 18-12 | 7-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-31 | 6-6 | 27-20 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-31 | 6-7 | 16-15 | 5-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-13 | 3-2 | 15-9 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 79, Muller got to the quarter after beating Nino Serdarusic 6-3 6-4, Constant Lestienne 6-4 2-6 6-4, Benjamin Bonzi 6-3 7-5 and Francisco Cerundolo 6-1 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Alexandre had a good straight sets win against Cerundolo (6-1 6-1). During the match Muller scored 60 points vs Cerundolo’s 31. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 18 winners.
About the serving games, Muller blasted 2 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alexandre Muller lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Muller put 63% of his first serves in, winning 62% (18/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Cerundolo 7 times after converting 64% of his break points (7/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Muller started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Alexandre has an aggregate 4-1 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Auckland
Muller has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Daniel | Muller |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 82 |
| Pts | 135-116 | 298-226 |
| Total Points | 251 | 524 |
| Winners | 68 | 115 |
| %Winners | 50% | 39% |
Daniel played 2 matches while Muller competed in 4 matches. Muller started his run from the qualifications while Daniel had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Alexandre Muller surrendered 1 set while Taro Daniel hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Daniel has played 5 set(s) less than Muller (4 vs 9). Therefore, Daniel played 40 games less than Muller. Daniel scored 68 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Muller fired 115 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Daniel | Muller |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 82/126 | 158/236 |
| %1st in | 65% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 68/82 | 115/158 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 19/44 | 48/78 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 62% |
Daniel fired 13 aces (6.5 per match). Muller made 17 aces (4.3 per match). Daniel won 83% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Muller won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Daniel | Muller |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 17 |
| Converted | 7/11 | 17/44 |
| % Converted | 64% | 39% |
| Conceded | 10 | 16 |
| Saved | 8 | 8 |
| % Saved | 80% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 8 |
Daniel broke his opponents 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Japanese lost his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Muller broke his opponents 17 times with a 39% conversion rate. Alexandre conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Daniel | ||||
| R1 Vukic |
R2 Purcell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 18 | 42 | |
| pts | 72-71 | 63-45 | 135-116 | |
| Total points | 143 | 108 | 251 | |
| Winners | 38 | 30 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 48% | 50% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 49/78 | 33/48 | 82/126 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 69% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 38/49 | 30/33 | 68/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 91% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/29 | 9/15 | 19/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 34% | 60% | 43% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/4 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 75% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 3/3 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 100% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Muller | ||||||
| Q1 Serdarusic |
Q3 Lestienne |
R1 Bonzi |
R2 Cerundolo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 2-6 6-4 | 6-3 7-5 | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 28 | 21 | 14 | 82 | |
| pts | 63-52 | 97-86 | 78-57 | 60-31 | 298-226 | |
| Total points | 115 | 183 | 135 | 91 | 524 | |
| Winners | 28 | 38 | 31 | 18 | 115 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 39% | 40% | 30% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 34/54 | 52/74 | 43/62 | 29/46 | 158/236 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 70% | 69% | 63% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 38/52 | 31/43 | 18/29 | 115/158 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 73% | 72% | 62% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 14/22 | 13/19 | 10/17 | 48/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 64% | 68% | 59% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 17 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/13 | 4/10 | 7/11 | 17/44 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 23% | 40% | 64% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 16 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 2/5 | 5/7 | 0/2 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 40% | 71% | 0% | 81% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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