Taro Daniel and Dalibor Svrcina will face off in the 2^nd round of the Seoul Challenger for the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 78, the Japanese got to the 2^nd round after defeating Benoit Paire 7-6(4) 4-6 7-5.

In the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 261, Svrcina got to the 2^nd round after beating Sanhui Shin 6-3 6-0.

In the 1^st 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

Tennis Scores in Seoul Challenger

• Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Alexander BlockxBlockx (7-6⁷ 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jurij RodionovJurij – Sho ShimabukuroSho (7-6(3) 7-6(2)) – See score progression

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