Taro Daniel and Giulio Zeppieri will face off in the 1st round of the Madrid Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 4:00 pm on PISTA 2. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Taro Daniel is the pick to win this match.
Taro Daniel -> 1.84
Giulio Zeppieri -> 1.9

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Prediction and head to head Taro Daniel vs. Giulio Zeppieri

There is no head to head record between Taro Daniel and Giulio Zeppieri since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Taro Daniel

Taro Daniel

8 - 9win/loss

Hard
7-8
I Hard
1-1
Rank
81
High
58
LWWLWLLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 13-16 7-8 5-7 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. 84, the Japanese will start his run in the Madrid Challenger after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 6-3 6-2 to Draper in the 1st round on the 20th of March.

Daniel has an aggregate 8-9 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the season on clay.

Taro’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Auckland.

Talking about his overall career, Taro has an overall 548-389 record. He has a positive 299-192 record on clay.

Previously in the Madrid Challenger

Taro has never competed in this tournament before.

Madrid Challenger
Daniel's Record

Giulio Zeppieri

Giulio Zeppieri

11 - 8win/loss

Hard
8-4
I Hard
3-4
Rank
148
High
110
WLLWLLLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 15-15 8-4 4-7 3-4 0-0 0-0
2023 41-26 7-5 19-13 14-7 1-1 0-0
2022 30-31 1-2 25-22 4-6 0-1 0-0
2021 27-20 0-0 26-16 1-4 0-0 0-0
2020 9-12 0-0 7-7 1-4 0-0 1-1

Ranked no. 144, Giulio will start his run in the Madrid Challenger after he played his last match in Dubai where he lost 7-6(5) 6-4

to Cazaux in the qualifications on the 25th of February.

The Italian has a composed 11-8 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the year on clay.

In terms of his career, Zeppieri has an overall 150-119 record. He has a positive 108-78 record on clay.

Madrid Challenger
Zeppieri's Record

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