Taro Daniel and Kasidit Samrej will fight against each other in the quarter of the Seoul Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 pm on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taro Daniel who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Taro Daniel is the pick to win this match.
Taro Daniel -> 1.188
Kasidit Samrej -> 4.3

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Prediction and head to head Taro Daniel vs. Kasidit Samrej

There is no head to head record between Taro Daniel and Kasidit Samrej since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Taro Daniel

Ranked no. 78, the Japanese got to the quarter after beating Benoit Paire 7-6(4) 4-6 7-5 and Dalibor Svrcina 6-1 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Svrcina (6-1 6-4). During the match, Daniel scored 59 points vs Svrcina’s 36. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about the service games, Daniel blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Taro Daniel was extremely effective on serve to win 78% (21/27) of his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Daniel broke Svrcina 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Japanese has dropped 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Daniel has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (363-282). 14-15 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Daniel has an aggregate 156-118 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Taipei 2 Challenger where he defeated Adam Walton in the final 6-4 7-5.

Daniel has an aggregate 26-31 win-loss record in 2024, 14-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Seoul Challenger

Kasidit Samrej

Ranked no. 469 (career-high), the Thai got to the quarter after defeating Seung Min Lee 6-2 6-1, Kris Van Wyk 6-3 6-4, Julian Ocleppo 6-1 6-4 and Chak Lam Coleman Wong 6-7(1) 7-5 6-4.

In the 2^nd round against Lam Coleman Wong, Samrej recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7¹ 7-5 6-4). During the match Samrej scored 127 points vs Lam Coleman Wong’s 126. Samrej was very aggressive to blast 54 winners.

About the serving games, Samrej recorded 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Kasidit Samrej lost the serve once and he saved 15 break points. Furthermore, Samrej put 53% of his first serves in, winning 78% (54/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (30/62) on the 2nd serve. Samrej broke Lam Coleman Wong 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kasidit started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

The Thai’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Nakhon Si Thammarat and M25 Nakhon Si Thammarat.

Samrej has a compiled 36-20 win-loss record in 2024, 34-17 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Daniel	Samrej
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	5	9
Tot Games	52	86
Pts	170-144	327-260
Total Points	314	587
Winners	62	133
%Winners	36%	41%

Daniel played 2 matches while Samrej competed in 4 matches. Samrej started his run from the qualifications while Daniel had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Taro Daniel conceded 1 set, while Kasidit Samrej surrendered 1 set. Daniel has played 4 set(s) less than Samrej (5 vs 9). Therefore, Daniel played 34 games less than Samrej. Taro scored 62 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Kasidit made 133 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Daniel	Samrej
Aces	4	17
Avg per match	2	4.3
1st in	88/154	175/300
%1st in	57%	58%
1st pts	62/88	133/175
%1st pts	70%	76%
2nd pts	37/66	69/125
%2nd pts	56%	55%

Daniel bagged 4 aces (2 per match). Samrej recorded 17 aces (4.3 per match). Daniel won 70% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Samrej won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Daniel	Samrej
Won	10	15
Converted	10/22	15/35
% Converted	45%	43%
Conceded	14	33
Saved	7	30
% Saved	50%	91%
Times Broken	7	3

Daniel broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. Taro surrendered his serve 7 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Samrej broke his opponents 15 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Thai conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 91% of the break points that he conceded.

Daniel
	R1 Paire	R2 Svrcina	Total
Score	7-64 4-6 7-5	6-1 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	35	17	52
pts	111-108	59-36	170-144
Total points	219	95	314
Winners	41	21	62
%Winners	37%	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	1	3	4
Double Faults	2	1	3
1st in	61/107	27/47	88/154
% 1st in	57%	57%	57%
1st pts	41/61	21/27	62/88
% 1st pts	67%	78%	70%
2nd pts	23/46	14/20	37/66
% 2nd pts	50%	70%	56%
Breaks
Won	6	4	10
Converted	6/12	4/10	10/22
Converted %	50%	40%	45%
Conceded	10	4	14
Saved	4/10	3/4	7
Saved %	40%	75%	58%
Times Broken	6	1	7

Samrej
	Q1 Min	Q3 Van	R1 Ocleppo	R2 Lam Coleman Wong	Total
Score	6-2 6-1	6-3 6-4	6-1 6-4	6-71 7-5 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	15	19	17	35	86
pts	59-29	77-64	64-41	127-126	327-260
Total points	88	141	105	253	587
Winners	21	31	27	54	133
%Winners	36%	40%	42%	43%	41%
SERVE
Aces	5	3	4	5	17
Double Faults	3	3	2	4	12
1st in	23/39	43/75	40/55	69/131	175/300
% 1st in	59%	57%	73%	53%	58%
1st pts	21/23	31/43	27/40	54/69	133/175
% 1st pts	91%	72%	68%	78%	76%
2nd pts	10/16	18/32	11/15	30/62	69/125
% 2nd pts	63%	56%	73%	48%	55%
Breaks
Won	5	3	4	3	15
Converted	5/10	3/8	4/6	3/11	15/35
Converted %	50%	38%	67%	27%	43%
Conceded	1	11	5	16	33
Saved	1/1	10/11	4/5	15/16	30
Saved %	100%	91%	80%	94%	183%
Times Broken	0	1	1	1	3

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• Ji Sung Nam/Joshua ParisSung Nam/Joshua Paris – Anirudh Chandrasekar/Niki Kaliyanda PoonachaChandrasekar/Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

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