Christopher O Connell and Taro Daniel will face off in the qualifications of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 11:00 am on COLISEUM. 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 Christopher O Connell who should win in 3 sets.
Christopher O Connell -> 1.44
Taro Daniel -> 2.625
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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Taro Daniel
This will be the 4th time that Christopher O Connell and Taro Daniel square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Daniel (see full H2H stats), but O Connell leads 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Daniel won 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Munich back in April 2024.
Christopher O Connell
23 - 19win/loss
72
53
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-21 | 23-16 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-34 | 19-18 | 11-9 | 4-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-25 | 30-16 | 12-5 | 3-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-16 | 14-9 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-12 | 4-5 | 4-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 79, O Connell got to the qualifications after beating Otto Virtanen 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Christopher had a good straight sets win against Virtanen (6-4 6-4). During the match, O Connell scored 56 points vs Virtanen’s 49. Christopher was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, O Connell bagged 5 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Christopher O Connell was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (26/33) of his 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. O Connell was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Virtanen twice.
O Connell has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (346-208). 21-14 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, O Connell has an aggregate 157-105 match record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Guangzhou Challenger where he beat Sho Shimabukuro in the final 1-6 7-5 7-6(5).
O Connell has a composed 23-19 win-loss record in 2024, 21-14 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in Tokyo
Taro Daniel
18 - 28win/loss
89
58
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-30 | 12-15 | 5-11 | 1-1 | 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. 91, the Japanese reached the qualifications after defeating Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-3 6-7(4) 7-6(4).
In the qualifications, The Japanese defeated Kovacevic (6-3 6-74 7-64). During the match Daniel scored 107 points vs Kovacevic’s 95. Taro was exceptionally aggressive to blast 45 winners.
About the serving games, Daniel struck 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Taro Daniel was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 73% (45/62) of his 1st serve and 72% (26/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Taro broke Kovacevic 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Daniel’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Auckland.
Daniel has a composed 18-28 win-loss record in 2024, 11-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | O Connell | Daniel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 35 |
| Pts | 56-49 | 107-95 |
| Total Points | 105 | 202 |
| Winners | 26 | 45 |
| %Winners | 46% | 42% |
Both O Connell and Daniel played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Taro Daniel surrendered 1 set while Christopher O Connell hasn’t dropped a set so far. O Connell has played 1 set(s) less than Daniel (2 vs 3). Therefore, O Connell played 15 games less than Daniel. O Connell scored 26 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese fired 45 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | O Connell | Daniel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 8 |
| 1st in | 33/55 | 62/98 |
| %1st in | 60% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 45/62 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 15/22 | 26/36 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 72% |
O Connell fired 5 aces . Daniel fired 8 aces . O Connell won 79% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Daniel won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 72% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | O Connell | Daniel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/2 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 100% | 38% |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Christopher broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. Christopher pretty solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. The Japanese broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Daniel conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| O Connell | |||
| Q1 Virtanen | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 56-49 | 56-49 | |
| Total points | 105 | 105 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 33/55 | 33/55 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 26/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/22 | 15/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 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 | |
| Daniel | |||
| Q1 Kovacevic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-74 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 107-95 | 107-95 | |
| Total points | 202 | 202 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 62/98 | 62/98 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 45/62 | 45/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/36 | 26/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 72% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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