Taro Daniel and Dalibor Svrcina will face off in the 2nd round of the Seoul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 -> 1.58
Dalibor Svrcina -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Taro Daniel vs. Dalibor Svrcina
There is no head to head record between Taro Daniel and Dalibor Svrcina since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Taro Daniel
25 - 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. 78, the Japanese got to the 2nd round after defeating Benoit Paire 7-6(4) 4-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, Taro defeated Paire (7-64 4-6 7-5). During the match, Daniel scored 111 points vs Paire’s 108. Daniel was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Daniel scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Taro Daniel lost the serve 6 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Daniel put 57% of his first serves in, winning 67% (41/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (23/46) on the 2nd serve. Daniel broke Paire 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Daniel has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (362-282). 13-15 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Daniel has a compiled 155-118 match record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Taipei 2 Challenger where he overcame Adam Walton in the final 6-4 7-5.
Taro has an overall 25-31 win-loss record in 2024, 13-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Seoul Challenger
Dalibor Svrcina
29 - 25win/loss
225
154
LWWWWWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-27 | 29-13 | 9-12 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-31 | 7-10 | 24-20 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-24 | 8-9 | 18-14 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-17 | 8-3 | 25-13 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-10 | 6-3 | 3-5 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 261, Svrcina got to the 2nd round after beating Sanhui Shin 6-3 6-0.
In the 1st round, Svrcina had a good straight sets win against Shin (6-3 6-0). During the match Svrcina scored 59 points vs Shin’s 28. The Czech was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Svrcina scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Dalibor Svrcina lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Svrcina put 65% of his first serves in, winning 80% (24/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (7/16) on the 2nd serve. Svrcina broke Shin 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
The Czech’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Chennai Challenger and the Olbia Challenger.
Dalibor has a compiled 29-25 win-loss record in 2024, 18-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Daniel | Svrcina |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 15 |
| Pts | 111-108 | 59-28 |
| Total Points | 219 | 87 |
| Winners | 41 | 24 |
| %Winners | 37% | 41% |
Both Daniel and Svrcina played 1 match. At the moment, Taro Daniel conceded 1 set while Dalibor Svrcina hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Daniel has played 1 set more than Svrcina (3 vs 2). Therefore, Daniel played 20 games more than Svrcina. The Japanese scored 41 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Svrcina struck 24 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Daniel | Svrcina |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 61/107 | 30/46 |
| %1st in | 57% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 41/61 | 24/30 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 23/46 | 7/16 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 44% |
Daniel struck 1 ace . Svrcina also blasted 1 ace . Daniel won 67% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Svrcina won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Daniel | Svrcina |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/9 |
| % Converted | 50% | 67% |
| Conceded | 10 | 3 |
| Saved | 4 | 1 |
| % Saved | 40% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 2 |
Daniel broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Taro conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Dalibor broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Dalibor conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Daniel | |||
| R1 Paire |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 4-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 111-108 | 111-108 | |
| Total points | 219 | 219 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 61/107 | 61/107 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 41/61 | 41/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/46 | 23/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 4/10 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
| Svrcina | |||
| R1 Shin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 59-28 | 59-28 | |
| Total points | 87 | 87 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/46 | 30/46 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 24/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/16 | 7/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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