Clara Tauson and Harriet Dart will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on Center Court. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Clara Tauson who should win in 2 sets.
Clara Tauson -> 1.39
Harriet Dart -> 2.99
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Prediction and head to head Clara Tauson vs. Harriet Dart
This will be the 3rd time that Clara Tauson and Harriet Dart play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Tauson (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Tauson won 5-7 6-4 6-1 in the 1st round in Beijing back in September 2024.
Clara Tauson
34 - 24win/loss
50
33
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-28 | 19-16 | 14-5 | 5-3 | 0-3 | 0-1 |
| 2023 | 38-21 | 6-7 | 13-5 | 12-8 | 2-1 | 5-0 |
| 2022 | 26-18 | 10-12 | 0-1 | 16-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-15 | 13-4 | 4-5 | 21-4 | 0-2 | 4-0 |
| 2020 | 30-7 | 8-3 | 12-2 | 10-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 63, the Dane got to the 2nd round after defeating Katie Volynets 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, Clara had a good straight sets win against Volynets (6-1 6-4). During the match, Tauson scored 63 points vs Volynets’s 47. Tauson was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Tauson struck 10 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Clara Tauson lost the serve once. Furthermore, Tauson put 62% of her first serves in, winning 79% (27/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. Tauson broke Volynets 4 times after converting 57% of her break points (4/7).
Tauson has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 69% of her matches (230-102). 16-13 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tauson has a compiled79-42 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Clara’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Oeiras and the Hong Kong.
Clara has a compiled 34-24 win-loss record in 2024, 16-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Osaka
The Dane has never competed in this tournament before.
Harriet Dart
26 - 26win/loss
104
70
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-27 | 12-12 | 3-7 | 5-3 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-32 | 27-19 | 1-3 | 6-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-29 | 17-15 | 1-5 | 4-4 | 7-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-23 | 17-12 | 8-4 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-11 | 5-4 | 2-5 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 81, Harriet reached the 2nd round after beating Laura Siegemund 3-6 7-5 7-5.
In the 1st round against Siegemund, Dart recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 7-5). During the match Dart scored 100 points vs Siegemund’s 99. Dart was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Dart bagged 3 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Harriet Dart lost the serve 4 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Dart put 48% of her first serves in, winning 68% (32/47) of the points behind her 1st serve and 57% (29/51) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Siegemund 5 times after converting 71% of her break points (5/7).
Harriet’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Canberra.
The Brit has an overall 26-26 win-loss record in 2024, 12-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Osaka
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tauson | Dart |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 33 |
| Pts | 63-47 | 100-99 |
| Total Points | 110 | 199 |
| Winners | 27 | 32 |
| %Winners | 43% | 32% |
Both Tauson and Dart played 1 match. At the moment, Harriet Dart surrendered 1 set while Clara Tauson hasn’t conceded a set so far. Tauson has played 1 set(s) less than Dart (2 vs 3). Therefore, Tauson played 16 games less than Dart. Tauson scored 27 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Dart bagged 32 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tauson | Dart |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 3 |
| 1st in | 34/55 | 47/98 |
| %1st in | 62% | 48% |
| 1st pts | 27/34 | 32/47 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 9/21 | 29/51 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 57% |
Tauson scored 10 aces . Dart fired 3 aces . Tauson won 79% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Dart won 68% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tauson | Dart |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 57% | 71% |
| Conceded | 1 | 8 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Tauson broke her opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Dane surrendered her serve once and she saved 0% of the break points that she conceded. Dart broke her opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Dart conceded her serve 4 times and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded.
| Tauson | |||
| R1 Volynets | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 63-47 | 63-47 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 34/55 | 34/55 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 27/34 | 27/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/21 | 9/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Dart | |||
| R1 Siegemund | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 100-99 | 100-99 | |
| Total points | 199 | 199 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 47/98 | 47/98 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 32/47 | 32/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 29/51 | 29/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Tennis Scores in Osaka
- Marco BrugnerottoBrugnerotto – Rhett PurcellPurcell (0-6 6-1 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Cheong-Eui KimKim – Ahmed Deedat Abdul RazakDeedat Abdul Razak (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Connor FarrenFarren – Kazuma KawachiKawachi (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Michail PervolarakisPervolarakis – Roy HobbsHobbs (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Quentin RobertRobert – Lance-Pierre Du ToitDu Toit (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Siddharth VishwakarmaVishwakarma – Maciej SmolaSmola (7-63 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Eva LysLys – Mccartney KesslerKessler (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Suzan LamensLamens – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ana BogdanBogdan – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Diane ParryParry – Greetje MinnenMinnen (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Harriet DartDart – Clara TausonTauson (0-2) – H2H and prediction