Taro Daniel and Alibek Kachmazov will face off in the 2^nd round of the Chengdu Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:00 pm on COURT CENTER. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.51
Alibek Kachmazov -> 2.57

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Prediction and head to head Taro Daniel vs. Alibek Kachmazov

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

Taro Daniel

Ranked no. 90, Taro got to the 2^nd round after beating Lorenzo Sonego 6-4 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Taro had a good straight sets win against Sonego (6-4 7-5). During the match, Daniel scored 61 points vs Sonego’s 51. Daniel was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about the service games, Daniel scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Taro Daniel was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 80% (36/45) of his 1st serve and 82% (9/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Sonego twice.

Daniel has good record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (354-278). 10-12 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Daniel has a composed 152-115 match record in the last years on hard.

Daniel’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Auckland.

The Japanese has a compiled 17-27 win-loss record in 2024, 10-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Chengdu

Alibek Kachmazov

Ranked no. 252, Kachmazov got to the 2^nd round after defeating Seongchan Hong 6-4 6-1, Jie Cui 6-3 6-2 and Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4 7-6(7).

In the 1^st round, Alibek had a good straight sets win against Kovacevic (6-4 7-6⁷). During the match Kachmazov scored 80 points vs Kovacevic’s 75. The Russian was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Kachmazov made 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Alibek Kachmazov was very effective on serve to win 73% (30/41) of his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Russian broke Kovacevic twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).

The Russian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Saint Dizier.

Alibek has an aggregate 28-22 win-loss record in 2024, 15-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Chengdu

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Daniel	Kachmazov
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	6
Tot Games	22	57
Pts	61-51	196-158
Total Points	112	354
Winners	36	71
%Winners	59%	36%

Daniel played 1 match while Kachmazov competed in 3 matches. Kachmazov started his run from the qualifications while Daniel had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Daniel has played 4 set(s) less than Kachmazov (2 vs 6). Therefore, Daniel played 35 games less than Kachmazov. Taro scored 36 winners (59% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian blasted 71 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Daniel	Kachmazov
Aces	1	19
Avg per match	1	6.3
1st in	45/56	98/180
%1st in	80%	54%
1st pts	36/45	71/98
%1st pts	80%	72%
2nd pts	9/11	52/82
%2nd pts	82%	63%

Daniel made 1 ace . Kachmazov also bagged 19 aces (6.3 per match). Daniel won 80% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 82% of the points. On the other side, Kachmazov won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Daniel	Kachmazov
Won	2	9
Converted	2/2	9/24
% Converted	100%	38%
Conceded	1	8
Saved	1	6
% Saved	100%	75%
Times Broken	0	2

The Japanese broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. Daniel very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points. Kachmazov broke his opponents 9 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Daniel
	R1 Sonego	Total
Score	6-4 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	61-51	61-51
Total points	112	112
Winners	36	36
%Winners	59%	59%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	45/56	45/56
% 1st in	80%	80%
1st pts	36/45	36/45
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	9/11	9/11
% 2nd pts	82%	82%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/2	2/2
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Kachmazov
	Q1 Chan Hong	Q3 Cui	R1 Kovacevic	Total
Score	6-4 6-1	6-3 6-2	6-4 7-67
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	17	17	23	57
pts	58-41	58-42	80-75	196-158
Total points	99	100	155	354
Winners	18	23	30	71
%Winners	31%	40%	38%	36%
SERVE
Aces	2	9	8	19
Double Faults	1	0	5	6
1st in	25/50	32/55	41/75	98/180
% 1st in	50%	58%	55%	54%
1st pts	18/25	23/32	30/41	71/98
% 1st pts	72%	72%	73%	72%
2nd pts	17/25	16/23	19/34	52/82
% 2nd pts	68%	70%	56%	63%
Breaks
Won	4	3	2	9
Converted	4/9	3/6	2/9	9/24
Converted %	44%	50%	22%	38%
Conceded	1	3	4	8
Saved	0/1	3/3	3/4	6
Saved %	0%	100%	75%	175%
Times Broken	1	0	1	2

Tennis Scores in Chengdu

• Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-4 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• David Pel/Bart StevensPel/Bart Stevens – Pedro Martinez Portero/Lorenzo SonegoMartinez Portero/Lorenzo Sonego (7-6⁸ 7-6⁰) – See score progression
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Pavel KotovKotov (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Terence AtmaneAtmane (6-7⁹ 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Borna CoricCoric (3-6 7-6⁹ 6-4) – See score progression
• Yi ZhouZhou – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (2-6 6-1 3-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Juncheng ShangShang – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Taro DanielDaniel – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Fajing SunSun (6-7⁵ 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Lukas KleinKlein – Adam WaltonWalton (7-6³ 6-4) – See score progression
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Terence AtmaneAtmane (6-7(9) 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-4 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Nicolas JarryJarry – Lukas KleinKlein (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez – Alexander BublikBublik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction