Taro Daniel and Nikoloz Basilashvili will square off in the final of the Seoul Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 2:00 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Taro Daniel is the pick to win this match.
Taro Daniel -> 1.4
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 2.77

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Prediction and head to head Taro Daniel vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili

This will be the 2^nd time that Taro Daniel and Nikoloz Basilashvili clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Basilashvili (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Basilashvili won 6-3 6-1 in the 1^st round in Barcelona back in 2017.

Taro Daniel

Ranked no. 78, Daniel reached the final after beating Benoit Paire 7-6(4) 4-6 7-5, Dalibor Svrcina 6-1 6-4, Kasidit Samrej 6-4 6-4 and Jurij Rodionov 6-3 6-2.

In the semifinal, Daniel had a good straight sets win against Rodionov (6-3 6-2). During the match, Daniel scored 74 points vs Rodionov’s 61. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about the service games, Daniel blasted 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Taro Daniel lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Daniel put 53% of his first serves in, winning 73% (27/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (13/33) on the 2nd serve. Taro broke Rodionov 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

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

Daniel has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (365-282). 16-15 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Daniel has an aggregate 158-118 match record in the last years on hard.

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

Taro has an aggregate 28-31 win-loss record in 2024, 16-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Seoul Challenger

Nikoloz Basilashvili

Ranked no. 311, Basilashvili got to the final after defeating Terence Atmane 6-3 3-6 6-4, Tung-Lin Wu 6-2 6-7(3) 6-4, Hiroki Moriya 6-3 6-4 and Antoine Escoffier w/o.

In the semifinal, The Georgean defeated Escoffier (w/o). During the match Basilashvili and Escoffier scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 78 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Basilashvili was not very aggressive do strike just winners.

About the serving games, Basilashvili wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Nikoloz Basilashvili conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (/) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (/) on the 2nd serve.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Basilashvili has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Nikoloz’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Murcia Challenger.

Basilashvili has a composed 47-29 win-loss record in 2024, 8-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Daniel	Basilashvili
Match played	4	3
Tot Set	9	8
Tot Games	89	78
Pts	321-267	258-232
Total Points	588	490
Winners	119	92
%Winners	37%	36%

Daniel played 4 matches while Basilashvili competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Taro Daniel surrendered 1 set, while Nikoloz Basilashvili surrendered 2 sets. Daniel has played 1 set more than Basilashvili (9 vs 8). Therefore, Daniel played 11 games more than Basilashvili. Taro scored 119 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Basilashvili recorded 92 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Daniel	Basilashvili
Aces	14	19
Avg per match	3.5	6.3
1st in	162/292	129/258
%1st in	55%	50%
1st pts	119/162	92/129
%1st pts	73%	71%
2nd pts	68/130	68/129
%2nd pts	52%	53%

Daniel managed to score 14 aces (3.5 per match). Basilashvili made 19 aces (6.3 per match). Daniel won 73% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Basilashvili won 71% 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	Basilashvili
Won	17	14
Converted	17/38	14/30
% Converted	45%	47%
Conceded	31	27
Saved	22	19
% Saved	71%	70%
Times Broken	9	8

Taro broke his opponents 17 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Japanese dropped his serve 9 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Nikoloz broke his opponents 14 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Georgean conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.

Daniel
	R1 Paire	R2 Svrcina	1/4 Samrej	1/2 Rodionov	Total
Score	7-64 4-6 7-5	6-1 6-4	6-4 6-4	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	2	2	9
Tot Games	35	17	20	17	89
pts	111-108	59-36	77-62	74-61	321-267
Total points	219	95	139	135	588
Winners	41	21	30	27	119
%Winners	37%	36%	39%	36%	37%
SERVE
Aces	1	3	4	6	14
Double Faults	2	1	3	2	8
1st in	61/107	27/47	37/68	37/70	162/292
% 1st in	57%	57%	54%	53%	55%
1st pts	41/61	21/27	30/37	27/37	119/162
% 1st pts	67%	78%	81%	73%	73%
2nd pts	23/46	14/20	18/31	13/33	68/130
% 2nd pts	50%	70%	58%	39%	52%
Breaks
Won	6	4	2	5	17
Converted	6/12	4/10	2/8	5/8	17/38
Converted %	50%	40%	25%	63%	45%
Conceded	10	4	6	11	31
Saved	4/10	3/4	6/6	9/11	22
Saved %	40%	75%	100%	82%	74%
Times Broken	6	1	0	2	9

Basilashvili
	R1 Atmane	R2 Wu	1/4 Moriya	1/2 Escoffier	Total
Score	6-3 3-6 6-4	6-2 6-73 6-4	6-3 6-4	w/o
Tot Set	3	3	2	–	8
Tot Games	28	31	19	–	78
pts	84-74	107-104	67-54	–	258-232
Total points	158	211	121	–	490
Winners	28	41	23	–	92
%Winners	33%	38%	34%	–	36%
SERVE
Aces	4	7	8	–	19
Double Faults	5	5	4	–	14
1st in	35/73	61/118	33/67	–	129/258
% 1st in	48%	52%	49%	–	50%
1st pts	28/35	41/61	23/33	–	92/129
% 1st pts	80%	67%	70%	–	71%
2nd pts	21/38	29/57	18/34	–	68/129
% 2nd pts	55%	51%	53%	–	53%
Breaks
Won	4	6	4	–	14
Converted	4/8	6/11	4/11	–	14/30
Converted %	50%	55%	36%	–	47%
Conceded	5	18	4	–	27
Saved	2/5	15/18	2/4	–	19
Saved %	40%	83%	50%	–	43%
Times Broken	3	3	2	–	8

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