Taro Daniel and Adam Walton will play each other in the final of the Taipei 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 4:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Adam Walton who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Adam Walton is the pick to win this match.
Adam Walton -> 1.86
Taro Daniel -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Taro Daniel vs. Adam Walton
There is no head to head record between Taro Daniel and Adam Walton since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Taro Daniel
23 - 31win/loss
83
58
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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, Taro got to the final after defeating Alafia Ayeni 7-6(5) 6-3, Benoit Paire 6-2 6-4, Chak Lam Coleman Wong 6-4 6-4 and Chun Hsin Tseng 6-3 6-4.
In the semifinal, Daniel had a good straight sets win against Hsin Tseng (6-3 6-4). During the match, Daniel scored 69 points vs Hsin Tseng’s 58. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Daniel fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Taro Daniel was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Daniel broke Hsin Tseng 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Taro hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Daniel has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (360-282). 5-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Daniel has a composed 36-28 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Japanese’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Auckland.
The Japanese has an overall 23-31 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Taipei 2 Challenger
Taro has never competed in this tournament before.
Adam Walton
54 - 34win/loss
90
86
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 54-37 | 46-27 | 0-2 | 4-3 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
2023 | 56-30 | 53-26 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 41-12 | 41-10 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 103, Walton reached the final after beating Antoine Escoffier 6-4 1-6 6-1, Tsung-Hao Huang 7-5 6-1, Mackenzie Mcdonald 6-1 7-6(0) and Aleksandar Vukic 6-3 5-7 6-3.
In the semifinal, Walton defeated Vukic (6-3 5-7 6-3). During the match Walton scored 93 points vs Vukic’s 82. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Walton scored 15 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Adam Walton lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Walton put 55% of his first serves in, winning 82% (42/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (20/42) on the 2nd serve. Walton broke Vukic 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Adam has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Burnie 2 Challenger where he overcame Dane Sweeny in the final 6-2 7-6(4) and the Taipei Challenger where he overcame Illya Marchenko in the final 3-6 6-2 7-6(3).
Walton has an aggregate 54-34 win-loss record in 2024, 4-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Daniel | Walton |
---|---|---|
Match played | 4 | 4 |
Tot Set | 8 | 10 |
Tot Games | 79 | 93 |
Pts | 276-225 | 319-260 |
Total Points | 501 | 579 |
Winners | 105 | 134 |
%Winners | 38% | 42% |
Both Daniel and Walton played 4 matches. At the moment, Adam Walton lost 2 sets while Taro Daniel hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Daniel has played 2 set(s) less than Walton (8 vs 10). Therefore, Daniel played 14 games less than Walton. Daniel scored 105 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Walton made 134 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Daniel | Walton |
---|---|---|
Aces | 14 | 33 |
Avg per match | 3.5 | 8.3 |
1st in | 133/238 | 174/293 |
%1st in | 56% | 59% |
1st pts | 105/133 | 134/174 |
%1st pts | 79% | 77% |
2nd pts | 66/105 | 63/119 |
%2nd pts | 63% | 53% |
Daniel bagged 14 aces (3.5 per match). Walton scored 33 aces (8.3 per match). Daniel won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Walton won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Daniel | Walton |
---|---|---|
Won | 11 | 15 |
Converted | 11/28 | 15/33 |
% Converted | 39% | 45% |
Conceded | 10 | 26 |
Saved | 8 | 20 |
% Saved | 80% | 77% |
Times Broken | 2 | 6 |
Taro broke his opponents 11 times with a 39% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Adam broke his opponents 15 times with a 45% conversion rate. Walton conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.
Daniel | ||||||
R1 Ayeni |
R2 Paire |
1/4 Lam Coleman Wong |
1/2 Hsin |
Total | ||
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Score | 7-65 6-3 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
Tot Games | 22 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 79 | |
pts | 82-70 | 56-44 | 69-53 | 69-58 | 276-225 | |
Total points | 152 | 100 | 122 | 127 | 501 | |
Winners | 30 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 105 | |
%Winners | 37% | 45% | 36% | 36% | 38% | |
SERVE | ||||||
Aces | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
1st in | 42/75 | 32/52 | 28/51 | 31/60 | 133/238 | |
% 1st in | 56% | 62% | 55% | 52% | 56% | |
1st pts | 30/42 | 25/32 | 25/28 | 25/31 | 105/133 | |
% 1st pts | 71% | 78% | 89% | 81% | 79% | |
2nd pts | 20/33 | 14/20 | 16/23 | 16/29 | 66/105 | |
% 2nd pts | 61% | 70% | 70% | 55% | 63% | |
Breaks | ||||||
Won | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | 2/7 | 3/11 | 11/28 | |
Converted % | 60% | 60% | 29% | 27% | 39% | |
Conceded | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
Saved | 2/3 | 2/2 | 3/3 | 1/2 | 8 | |
Saved % | 67% | 100% | 100% | 50% | 79% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Walton | ||||||
R1 Escoffier |
R2 Huang |
1/4 Mcdonald |
1/2 Vukic |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-4 1-6 6-1 | 7-5 6-1 | 6-1 7-60 | 6-3 5-7 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
Tot Games | 24 | 19 | 20 | 30 | 93 | |
pts | 74-68 | 79-55 | 73-55 | 93-82 | 319-260 | |
Total points | 142 | 134 | 128 | 175 | 579 | |
Winners | 36 | 30 | 26 | 42 | 134 | |
%Winners | 49% | 38% | 36% | 45% | 42% | |
SERVE | ||||||
Aces | 6 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 33 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |
1st in | 47/73 | 40/57 | 36/70 | 51/93 | 174/293 | |
% 1st in | 64% | 70% | 51% | 55% | 59% | |
1st pts | 36/47 | 30/40 | 26/36 | 42/51 | 134/174 | |
% 1st pts | 77% | 75% | 72% | 82% | 77% | |
2nd pts | 11/26 | 8/17 | 24/34 | 20/42 | 63/119 | |
% 2nd pts | 42% | 47% | 71% | 48% | 53% | |
Breaks | ||||||
Won | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 | |
Converted | 3/8 | 6/14 | 2/4 | 4/7 | 15/33 | |
Converted % | 38% | 43% | 50% | 57% | 45% | |
Conceded | 8 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 26 | |
Saved | 6/8 | 4/6 | 3/3 | 7/9 | 20 | |
Saved % | 75% | 67% | 100% | 78% | 80% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
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