Taro Daniel and Matej Dodig will face off in the 2^nd round of the Kobe Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on CENTRE 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 -> 1.195
Matej Dodig -> 4.2

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Prediction and head to head Taro Daniel vs. Matej Dodig

There is no head to head record between Taro Daniel and Matej Dodig since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Taro Daniel

Ranked no. 84, the Japanese got to the 2^nd round after defeating Kaichi Uchida 6-2 3-6 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Taro defeated Uchida (6-2 3-6 6-4). During the match, Daniel scored 88 points vs Uchida’s 79. The Japanese was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about the service games, Daniel fired 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Taro Daniel was quite effective on serve to win 77% (37/48) of his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Taro broke Uchida 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Daniel has good record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (366-283). 7-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Daniel has an overall 38-28 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

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

The Japanese has a composed 29-32 win-loss record in 2024, 7-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Kobe Challenger

Matej Dodig

Ranked no. 269, the Croatian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Naoki Nakagawa 6-4 6-7(4) 7-5.

In the 1^st round, The Croatian defeated Nakagawa (6-4 6-7⁴ 7-5).During the match Dodig scored less points (2) than Nakagawa. In fact, the world no. 84 won 108 points vs Nakagawa’s. That means that Dodig was more focused during the important points. Matej was exceptionally aggressive to blast 50 winners.

About the serving games, Dodig managed to score 16 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Overall, Matej Dodig was very effective on serve to win 71% (50/70) of his 1st serve and 58% (30/52) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Dodig broke Nakagawa 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Matej’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Rovinj.

The Croatian has a compiled 46-24 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Daniel	Dodig
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	27	35
Pts	88-79	108-110
Total Points	167	218
Winners	37	50
%Winners	42%	46%

Both Daniel and Dodig played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Taro Daniel lost 1 set, while Matej Dodig lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Daniel and Dodig have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Daniel played 8 games less than Dodig. The Japanese scored 37 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian struck 50 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Daniel	Dodig
Aces	9	16
Avg per match	9	16
1st in	48/79	70/122
%1st in	61%	57%
1st pts	37/48	50/70
%1st pts	77%	71%
2nd pts	17/31	30/52
%2nd pts	55%	58%

Daniel bagged 9 aces . Dodig bagged 16 aces . Daniel won 77% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Dodig won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Daniel	Dodig
Won	3	3
Converted	3/7	3/6
% Converted	43%	50%
Conceded	2	6
Saved	1	5
% Saved	50%	83%
Times Broken	1	1

Taro broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Taro surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Croatian broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Matej conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Daniel
	R1 Uchida	Total
Score	6-2 3-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	27	27
pts	88-79	88-79
Total points	167	167
Winners	37	37
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	48/79	48/79
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	37/48	37/48
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	17/31	17/31
% 2nd pts	55%	55%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/7	3/7
Converted %	43%	43%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Dodig
	R1 Nakagawa	Total
Score	6-4 6-74 7-5
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	35	35
pts	108-110	108-110
Total points	218	218
Winners	50	50
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	16	16
Double Faults	9	9
1st in	70/122	70/122
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	50/70	50/70
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	30/52	30/52
% 2nd pts	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/6	3/6
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	5/6	5
Saved %	83%	83%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Kobe Challenger

• Taro DanielDaniel – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-2 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander BlockxBlockx – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (7-6³ 6-2) – See score progression
• Mattia BellucciBellucci – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (7-6¹ 6-4) – See score progression
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Omar JasikaJasika (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Ryuki MatsudaMatsuda (7-6³ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Rei SakamotoSakamoto (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Marc PolmansPolmans (7-5 ret.) – See score progression
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Elias YmerYmer (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Guy Den OudenDen Ouden (6-3 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• James McCabeMcCabe – Matteo GiganteGigante (2-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Tung-Lin WuWu – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (7-6⁴ 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Matej DodigDodig – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (6-4 6-7⁴ 7-5) – See score progression
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (7-6⁵ 6-2) – See score progression
• Li TuTu – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-1 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Elias YmerYmer (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Rei SakamotoSakamoto (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Mattia BellucciBellucci – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (7-6(1) 6-4) – See score progression
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Omar JasikaJasika (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Marc PolmansPolmans (7-5 ret.) – See score progression
• Alexander BlockxBlockx – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (7-6(3) 6-2) – See score progression
• Taro DanielDaniel – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-2 3-6 6-4) – See score progression

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