Taro Daniel and Alexander Blockx will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Kobe Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:00 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 -> 1.53
Alexander Blockx -> 2.375

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Prediction and head to head Taro Daniel vs. Alexander Blockx

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

Taro Daniel

Ranked no. 84, Taro got to the semifinal after defeating Kaichi Uchida 6-2 3-6 6-4

, Matej Dodig 6-2 6-2 and Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-3 6-4.

In the quarter, Daniel had a good straight sets win against Uchiyama (6-3 6-4). During the match, Daniel scored 68 points vs Uchiyama’s 58. Taro was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Regarding the service games, Daniel made 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Taro Daniel lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Daniel put 53% of his first serves in, winning 82% (27/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. Taro broke Uchiyama 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

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

Daniel has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (368-283). 9-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Daniel has a composed 40-28 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

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

The Japanese has an aggregate 31-32 win-loss record in 2024, 9-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Kobe Challenger

Alexander Blockx

Ranked no. 249, Blockx reached the semifinal after defeating Kasidit Samrej 7-6(3) 6-2, Constant Lestienne 6-4 6-4 and Yosuke Watanuki 6-2 3-6 7-6(6).

In the quarter, Alexander defeated Watanuki (6-2 3-6 7-6⁶).During the match Blockx scored less points (3) than Watanuki. In fact, the world no. 84 won 93 points vs Watanuki’s. That means that Blockx was more focused during the important points. The Belgian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Talking about serving, Blockx struck 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alexander Blockx lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Blockx put 66% of his first serves in, winning 69% (46/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (20/35) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Watanuki twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Belgian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Alexander’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Nottingham Challenger,the Hamburg Challenger,the Cordenons Challenger,M25 Koksijde,the Orleans Challenger and the Matsuyama Challenger.

Alexander has an overall 29-23 win-loss record in 2024, 15-10 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Daniel	Blockx
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	7
Tot Games	62	71
Pts	218-177	249-226
Total Points	395	475
Winners	86	104
%Winners	39%	42%

Both Daniel and Blockx played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Taro Daniel surrendered 1 set, while Alexander Blockx lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Daniel and Blockx have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Daniel played 9 games less than Blockx. The Japanese scored 86 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian blasted 104 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Daniel	Blockx
Aces	15	16
Avg per match	5	5.3
1st in	108/184	146/236
%1st in	59%	62%
1st pts	86/108	104/146
%1st pts	80%	71%
2nd pts	42/76	51/90
%2nd pts	55%	57%

Daniel fired 15 aces (5 per match). Blockx recorded 16 aces (5.3 per match). Daniel won 80% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Blockx won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Daniel	Blockx
Won	10	8
Converted	10/26	8/21
% Converted	38%	38%
Conceded	8	19
Saved	6	16
% Saved	75%	84%
Times Broken	2	3

The Japanese broke his opponents 10 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Japanese lost his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Blockx broke his opponents 8 times with a 38% conversion rate. Blockx conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 84% of the break points that he conceded.

Daniel
	R1 Uchida	R2 Dodig	1/4 Uchiyama	Total
Score	6-2 3-6 6-4	6-2 6-2	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	27	16	19	62
pts	88-79	62-40	68-58	218-177
Total points	167	102	126	395
Winners	37	22	27	86
%Winners	42%	35%	40%	39%
SERVE
Aces	9	3	3	15
Double Faults	2	1	2	5
1st in	48/79	27/43	33/62	108/184
% 1st in	61%	63%	53%	59%
1st pts	37/48	22/27	27/33	86/108
% 1st pts	77%	81%	82%	80%
2nd pts	17/31	12/16	13/29	42/76
% 2nd pts	55%	75%	45%	55%
Breaks
Won	3	4	3	10
Converted	3/7	4/10	3/9	10/26
Converted %	43%	40%	33%	38%
Conceded	2	1	5	8
Saved	1/2	1/1	4/5	6
Saved %	50%	100%	80%	77%
Times Broken	1	0	1	2

Blockx
	R1 Samrej	R2 Lestienne	1/4 Watanuki	Total
Score	7-63 6-2	6-4 6-4	6-2 3-6 7-66
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	21	20	30	71
pts	92-79	64-51	93-96	249-226
Total points	171	115	189	475
Winners	35	23	46	104
%Winners	38%	36%	49%	42%
SERVE
Aces	6	0	10	16
Double Faults	3	2	1	6
1st in	48/79	31/55	67/102	146/236
% 1st in	61%	56%	66%	62%
1st pts	35/48	23/31	46/67	104/146
% 1st pts	73%	74%	69%	71%
2nd pts	16/31	15/24	20/35	51/90
% 2nd pts	52%	63%	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	3	3	2	8
Converted	3/15	3/3	2/3	8/21
Converted %	20%	100%	67%	38%
Conceded	8	3	8	19
Saved	7/8	2/3	7/8	16
Saved %	88%	67%	88%	81%
Times Broken	1	1	1	3

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