Taro Daniel and Jurij Rodionov will play each other in the semifinal of the Seoul Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis 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
Jurij Rodionov -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Taro Daniel vs. Jurij Rodionov

There is no head to head record between Taro Daniel and Jurij Rodionov since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Taro Daniel

Ranked no. 78, the Japanese reached the semifinal after defeating Benoit Paire 7-6(4) 4-6 7-5, Dalibor Svrcina 6-1 6-4 and Kasidit Samrej 6-4 6-4.

In the quarter, Taro had a good straight sets win against Samrej (6-4 6-4). During the match, Daniel scored 77 points vs Samrej’s 62. Daniel was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about the service games, Daniel bagged 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Taro Daniel was pretty efficient on serve to win 81% (30/37) of his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Taro broke Samrej twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Daniel has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Daniel has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (364-282). 15-15 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Daniel has an overall 157-118 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.

Taro has an aggregate 27-31 win-loss record in 2024, 15-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Seoul Challenger

Jurij Rodionov

Ranked no. 202, Jurij got to the semifinal after beating Kaichi Uchida 6-4 7-6(9), Sho Shimabukuro 7-6(3) 7-6(2) and Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4.

In the quarter against Moreno De Alboran, Rodionov recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7³ 6-3 6-4). During the match Rodionov scored 106 points vs Moreno De Alboran’s 101. The Austrian was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Talking about serving, Rodionov made 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Jurij Rodionov was very efficient on serve to win 82% (46/56) of his 1st serve and 53% (26/49) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Rodionov broke Moreno De Alboran twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Austrian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Koblenz Challenger where he beat Brandon Nakashima in the final 6-7(7) 6-1 6-2.

Rodionov has a composed 23-28 win-loss record in 2024, 10-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Daniel	Rodionov
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	7
Tot Games	72	81
Pts	247-206	293-263
Total Points	453	556
Winners	92	130
%Winners	37%	44%

Both Daniel and Rodionov played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Taro Daniel conceded 1 set, while Jurij Rodionov surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Daniel and Rodionov have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Daniel played 9 games less than Rodionov. The Japanese scored 92 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Austrian recorded 130 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Daniel	Rodionov
Aces	8	33
Avg per match	2.7	11
1st in	125/222	162/271
%1st in	56%	60%
1st pts	92/125	130/162
%1st pts	74%	80%
2nd pts	55/97	60/109
%2nd pts	57%	55%

Daniel made 8 aces (2.7 per match). Rodionov managed to score 33 aces (11 per match). Daniel won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Rodionov won 80% 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	Rodionov
Won	12	4
Converted	12/30	4/23
% Converted	40%	17%
Conceded	20	15
Saved	13	14
% Saved	65%	93%
Times Broken	7	1

The Japanese broke his opponents 12 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Japanese surrendered his serve 7 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded. Rodionov broke his opponents 4 times with a 17% conversion rate. Jurij conceded his serve once and he saved 93% of the break points that he conceded.

Daniel
	R1 Paire	R2 Svrcina	1/4 Samrej	Total
Score	7-64 4-6 7-5	6-1 6-4	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	35	17	20	72
pts	111-108	59-36	77-62	247-206
Total points	219	95	139	453
Winners	41	21	30	92
%Winners	37%	36%	39%	37%
SERVE
Aces	1	3	4	8
Double Faults	2	1	3	6
1st in	61/107	27/47	37/68	125/222
% 1st in	57%	57%	54%	56%
1st pts	41/61	21/27	30/37	92/125
% 1st pts	67%	78%	81%	74%
2nd pts	23/46	14/20	18/31	55/97
% 2nd pts	50%	70%	58%	57%
Breaks
Won	6	4	2	12
Converted	6/12	4/10	2/8	12/30
Converted %	50%	40%	25%	40%
Conceded	10	4	6	20
Saved	4/10	3/4	6/6	13
Saved %	40%	75%	100%	72%
Times Broken	6	1	0	7

Rodionov
	R1 Uchida	R2 Shimabukuro	1/4 Moreno De Alboran	Total
Score	6-4 7-69	7-63 7-62	6-73 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	23	26	32	81
pts	89-75	98-87	106-101	293-263
Total points	164	185	207	556
Winners	44	40	46	130
%Winners	49%	41%	43%	44%
SERVE
Aces	9	15	9	33
Double Faults	6	1	5	12
1st in	55/91	51/75	56/105	162/271
% 1st in	60%	68%	53%	60%
1st pts	44/55	40/51	46/56	130/162
% 1st pts	80%	78%	82%	80%
2nd pts	17/36	17/24	26/49	60/109
% 2nd pts	47%	71%	53%	55%
Breaks
Won	2	0	2	4
Converted	2/5	0/11	2/7	4/23
Converted %	40%	0%	29%	17%
Conceded	13	0	2	15
Saved	12/13	0/0	2/2	14
Saved %	92%	–	100%	64%
Times Broken	1	0	0	1

Tennis Scores in Seoul Challenger

• Vasil Kirkov/Bart StevensKirkov/Bart Stevens – Nicolas Moreno De Alboran/Jose StathamMoreno De Alboran/Jose Statham (6-7⁵ 6-3 10-7) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

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• Taro DanielDaniel – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-0) – H2H and prediction