Taro Daniel and Chun Hsin Tseng will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Taipei 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 6:00 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 Taro Daniel who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taro Daniel is the pick to win this match.
Taro Daniel -> 1.81
Chun Hsin Tseng -> 1.92
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Prediction and head to head Taro Daniel vs. Chun Hsin Tseng
There is no head to head record between Taro Daniel and Chun Hsin Tseng since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Taro Daniel
22 - 31win/loss
84
58
LWWWLWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-33 | 16-16 | 5-11 | 9-3 | 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. 89, the Japanese got to the semifinal after defeating Alafia Ayeni 7-6(5) 6-3, Benoit Paire 6-2 6-4 and Chak Lam Coleman Wong 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter, Daniel had a good straight sets win against Lam Coleman Wong (6-4 6-4). During the match, Daniel scored 69 points vs Lam Coleman Wong’s 53. Daniel was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Daniel managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Taro Daniel was extremely efficient on serve to win 89% (25/28) of his 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Daniel broke Lam Coleman Wong twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Taro hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Daniel has winning record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (359-282). 4-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Daniel has an aggregate 35-28 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Taro’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Auckland.
Taro has a composed 22-31 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Taipei 2 Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
Chun Hsin Tseng
47 - 29win/loss
119
83
LLLWWWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 47-32 | 11-13 | 33-15 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-25 | 9-8 | 12-15 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-27 | 11-12 | 28-11 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-25 | 9-8 | 30-15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-13 | 7-5 | 4-4 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 125, Hsin got to the semifinal after beating Hiroki Moriya 6-2 6-0, Kaichi Uchida 5-7 7-5 7-5 and Yu Hsiou Hsu 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter, Chun had a good straight sets win against Hsiou Hsu (6-4 6-4). During the match Hsin scored 74 points vs Hsiou Hsu’s 57. The Chinese was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Hsin struck 10 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Chun Hsin Tseng was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (24/34) of his 1st serve and 71% (17/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Chinese broke Hsiou Hsu 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Hsin has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Szekesfehervar Challenger where he beat Titouan Droguet in the final 4-1 ret. and the Vicenza Challenger where he defeated Marco Trungelliti in the final 6-3 6-2.
Hsin has a composed 47-29 win-loss record in 2024, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Daniel | Hsin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 60 | 70 |
| Pts | 207-167 | 254-208 |
| Total Points | 374 | 462 |
| Winners | 80 | 103 |
| %Winners | 39% | 41% |
Both Daniel and Hsin played 3 matches. At the moment, Chun Hsin Tseng dropped 1 set while Taro Daniel hasn’t conceded a set so far. Daniel has played 1 set(s) less than Hsin (6 vs 7). Therefore, Daniel played 10 games less than Hsin. Daniel scored 80 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Hsin bagged 103 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Daniel | Hsin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 38 |
| Avg per match | 3.7 | 12.7 |
| 1st in | 102/178 | 132/230 |
| %1st in | 57% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 80/102 | 103/132 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 50/76 | 50/98 |
| %2nd pts | 66% | 51% |
Daniel bagged 11 aces (3.7 per match). Hsin fired 38 aces (12.7 per match). Daniel won 78% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Hsin won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Daniel | Hsin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 12 |
| Converted | 8/17 | 12/35 |
| % Converted | 47% | 34% |
| Conceded | 8 | 24 |
| Saved | 7 | 20 |
| % Saved | 88% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
The Japanese broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Japanese dropped his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. Hsin broke his opponents 12 times with a 34% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Daniel | |||||
| R1 Ayeni |
R2 Paire |
1/4 Lam Coleman Wong |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-3 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 18 | 20 | 60 | |
| pts | 82-70 | 56-44 | 69-53 | 207-167 | |
| Total points | 152 | 100 | 122 | 374 | |
| Winners | 30 | 25 | 25 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 45% | 36% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 42/75 | 32/52 | 28/51 | 102/178 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 62% | 55% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 30/42 | 25/32 | 25/28 | 80/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 78% | 89% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/33 | 14/20 | 16/23 | 50/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 70% | 70% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | 2/7 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | 29% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2/2 | 3/3 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 100% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hsin | |||||
| R1 Moriya |
R2 Uchida |
1/4 Hsiou Hsu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | 5-7 7-5 7-5 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 36 | 20 | 70 | |
| pts | 61-38 | 119-113 | 74-57 | 254-208 | |
| Total points | 99 | 232 | 131 | 462 | |
| Winners | 25 | 54 | 24 | 103 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 45% | 32% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 18 | 10 | 38 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 29/44 | 69/128 | 34/58 | 132/230 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 54% | 59% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 25/29 | 54/69 | 24/34 | 103/132 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 78% | 71% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/15 | 27/59 | 17/24 | 50/98 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 46% | 71% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 4/13 | 3/7 | 12/35 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 31% | 43% | 34% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 17 | 6 | 24 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 14/17 | 5/6 | 20 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 82% | 83% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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