Taro Daniel and Arthur Cazaux will play each other in the qualifications of the National Bank Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 3:00 pm on COURT 5. 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 -> 1.74
Arthur Cazaux -> 2.02

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Prediction and head to head Taro Daniel vs. Arthur Cazaux

This will be the 2^nd time that Taro Daniel and Arthur Cazaux clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Daniel (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Daniel won 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4 in the qualifications in London back in June 2024.

Taro Daniel

Ranked no. 87, the Japanese got to the qualifications after defeating Aleksandar Kovacevic 7-6(5) 6-2.

In the qualifications, Taro had a good straight sets win against Kovacevic (7-6⁵ 6-2). During the match, Daniel scored 71 points vs Kovacevic’s 54. Daniel was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Daniel recorded 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Taro Daniel was pretty effective on serve to win 76% (32/42) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Kovacevic twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Daniel has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (352-274). 8-8 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Daniel has an overall 150-111 record in the last years on hard.

Daniel’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Auckland.

Daniel has a compiled 15-23 win-loss record in 2024, 8-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Toronto

Arthur Cazaux

Ranked no. 98, Cazaux reached the qualifications after defeating Max Purcell 4-6 7-6(9) 6-4.

In the qualifications against Purcell, Arthur recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-6⁹ 6-4). During the match Cazaux scored 109 points vs Purcell’s 104. Arthur was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Talking about serving, Cazaux fired 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Arthur Cazaux lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Cazaux put 57% of his first serves in, winning 66% (42/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (33/49) on the 2nd serve. Cazaux broke Purcell 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Noumea Challenger where he beat Enzo Couacaud in the final 6-1 6-1.

Cazaux has an aggregate 15-14 win-loss record in 2024, 13-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Toronto

Arthur has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Daniel	Cazaux
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	21	33
Pts	71-54	109-104
Total Points	125	213
Winners	32	42
%Winners	45%	39%

Both Daniel and Cazaux played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Arthur Cazaux conceded 1 set while Taro Daniel hasn’t dropped a set so far. Daniel has played 1 set(s) less than Cazaux (2 vs 3). Therefore, Daniel played 12 games less than Cazaux. The Japanese scored 32 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Arthur managed to score 42 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Daniel	Cazaux
Aces	8	7
Avg per match	8	7
1st in	42/61	64/113
%1st in	69%	57%
1st pts	32/42	42/64
%1st pts	76%	66%
2nd pts	13/19	33/49
%2nd pts	68%	67%

Daniel blasted 8 aces . Cazaux recorded 7 aces . Daniel won 76% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Cazaux won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Daniel	Cazaux
Won	2	3
Converted	2/7	3/4
% Converted	29%	75%
Conceded	2	9
Saved	2	6
% Saved	100%	67%
Times Broken	0	3

Taro broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Taro very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. Arthur broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Arthur conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Daniel
	Q1 Kovacevic	Total
Score	7-65 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	71-54	71-54
Total points	125	125
Winners	32	32
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	42/61	42/61
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	32/42	32/42
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	13/19	13/19
% 2nd pts	68%	68%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/7	2/7
Converted %	29%	29%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Cazaux
	Q1 Purcell	Total
Score	4-6 7-69 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	33	33
pts	109-104	109-104
Total points	213	213
Winners	42	42
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	64/113	64/113
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	42/64	42/64
% 1st pts	66%	66%
2nd pts	33/49	33/49
% 2nd pts	67%	67%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/4
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	6/9	6
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	3	3

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