Taro Daniel and Yasutaka Uchiyama will square off in the quarter of the Kobe Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines 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 -> 1.44
Yasutaka Uchiyama -> 2.625

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Prediction and head to head Taro Daniel vs. Yasutaka Uchiyama

This will be the 2^nd time that Taro Daniel and Yasutaka Uchiyama square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Daniel (see full H2H stats

), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they locked horns, Daniel won 6-2 2-1 ret. in the 1^st round in the Sydney Challenger back in 2023.

Taro Daniel

Ranked no. 84, Daniel reached the quarter after beating Kaichi Uchida 6-2 3-6 6-4 and Matej Dodig 6-2 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Dodig (6-2 6-2). During the match, Daniel scored 62 points vs Dodig’s 40. Taro was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Regarding the service games, Daniel struck 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Taro Daniel was quite efficient on serve to win 81% (22/27) of his 1st serve and 75% (12/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Daniel broke Dodig 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Taro has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Daniel has good record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (367-283). 8-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Daniel has a composed 39-28 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

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

The Japanese has a composed 30-32 win-loss record in 2024, 8-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Kobe Challenger

Yasutaka Uchiyama

Ranked no. 144, the Japanese got to the quarter after beating Guy Den Ouden 6-3 7-6(6) and Tung-Lin Wu 7-6(3) 4-6 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Uchiyama defeated Wu (7-6³ 4-6 6-3). During the match Uchiyama scored 118 points vs Wu’s 100. The Japanese was quite aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Talking about serving, Uchiyama made 15 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Yasutaka Uchiyama was exceptionally effective on serve to win 75% (49/65) of his 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Japanese broke Wu twice after converting 18% of his break points (2/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

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

His best result of the year was winning the title the Busan Challenger where he overcame Seong Chan Hong in the final 7-6(4) 6-3 and the Zhangjiagang Challenger where he beat Mark Lajal in the final 6-7(4) 6-2 6-2.

The Japanese has a composed 34-23 win-loss record in 2024, 6-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Kobe Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2018. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Daniel	Uchiyama
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	43	54
Pts	150-119	200-178
Total Points	269	378
Winners	59	87
%Winners	39%	44%

Both Daniel and Uchiyama played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Taro Daniel surrendered 1 set, while Yasutaka Uchiyama conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Daniel and Uchiyama have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Daniel played 11 games less than Uchiyama. Daniel scored 59 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese bagged 87 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Daniel	Uchiyama
Aces	12	21
Avg per match	6	10.5
1st in	75/122	121/177
%1st in	61%	68%
1st pts	59/75	87/121
%1st pts	79%	72%
2nd pts	29/47	33/56
%2nd pts	62%	59%

Daniel scored 12 aces (6 per match). Uchiyama struck 21 aces (10.5 per match). Daniel won 79% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Uchiyama won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Daniel	Uchiyama
Won	7	5
Converted	7/17	5/18
% Converted	41%	28%
Conceded	3	10
Saved	2	7
% Saved	67%	70%
Times Broken	1	3

The Japanese broke his opponents 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. Daniel dropped his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Uchiyama broke his opponents 5 times with a 28% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.

Daniel
	R1 Uchida	R2 Dodig	Total
Score	6-2 3-6 6-4	6-2 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	27	16	43
pts	88-79	62-40	150-119
Total points	167	102	269
Winners	37	22	59
%Winners	42%	35%	39%
SERVE
Aces	9	3	12
Double Faults	2	1	3
1st in	48/79	27/43	75/122
% 1st in	61%	63%	61%
1st pts	37/48	22/27	59/75
% 1st pts	77%	81%	79%
2nd pts	17/31	12/16	29/47
% 2nd pts	55%	75%	62%
Breaks
Won	3	4	7
Converted	3/7	4/10	7/17
Converted %	43%	40%	41%
Conceded	2	1	3
Saved	1/2	1/1	2
Saved %	50%	100%	75%
Times Broken	1	0	1

Uchiyama
	R1 Den	R2 Wu	Total
Score	6-3 7-66	7-63 4-6 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	22	32	54
pts	82-78	118-100	200-178
Total points	160	218	378
Winners	38	49	87
%Winners	46%	42%	44%
SERVE
Aces	6	15	21
Double Faults	1	1	2
1st in	56/83	65/94	121/177
% 1st in	67%	69%	68%
1st pts	38/56	49/65	87/121
% 1st pts	68%	75%	72%
2nd pts	15/27	18/29	33/56
% 2nd pts	56%	62%	59%
Breaks
Won	3	2	5
Converted	3/7	2/11	5/18
Converted %	43%	18%	28%
Conceded	6	4	10
Saved	5/6	2/4	7
Saved %	83%	50%	67%
Times Broken	1	2	3

Tennis Scores in Kobe Challenger

• Vasil Kirkov/Bart StevensKirkov/Bart Stevens – Thomas Fancutt/Jakub PaulFancutt/Jakub Paul (6-2 1-6 10-7) – Stats, scores, rankings

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