Dominik Palan and Ryotaro Taguchi will face off in the qualifications of the Astana Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 2:30 pm on COURT 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dominik Palan who should win in 3 sets.
Dominik Palan -> 1.86
Ryotaro Taguchi -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Dominik Palan vs. Ryotaro Taguchi
There is no head to head record between Dominik Palan and Ryotaro Taguchi since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Dominik Palan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27-23 | 27-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-31 | 28-29 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-29 | 34-28 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-26 | 38-24 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-22 | 15-9 | 9-8 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 563, the Czech got to the qualifications after beating Bekkhan Atlangeriev 6-4 6-7(2) 6-2.
In the qualifications, Dominik defeated Atlangeriev (6-4 6-72 6-2). During the match, Palan scored 94 points vs Atlangeriev’s 81. Dominik was pretty aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Regarding the service games, Palan bagged 11 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Dominik Palan was exceptionally effective on serve to win 73% (46/63) of his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Palan was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Atlangeriev 5 times.
Palan has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 53% of his matches (187-163). 15-14 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Palan has an aggregate174-139 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Czech’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Nakhon Pathom.
Palan has a composed 15-14 win-loss record in 2025, 15-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Astana Challenger
Ryotaro Taguchi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13-17 | 12-12 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-21 | 39-19 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-18 | 39-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-2 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 724, Taguchi reached the qualifications after defeating Daniel Tazabekov 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Tazabekov (6-1 6-1). During the match Taguchi scored 64 points vs Tazabekov’s 41. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Taguchi couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ryotaro Taguchi was pretty efficient on serve to win 77% (24/31) of his 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Tazabekov 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Ryotaro has a composed 9-11 win-loss record in 2025, 8-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Astana Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Palan | Taguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 14 |
| Pts | 94-81 | 64-41 |
| Total Points | 175 | 105 |
| Winners | 46 | 24 |
| %Winners | 49% | 38% |
Both Palan and Taguchi played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Dominik Palan surrendered 1 set while Ryotaro Taguchi hasn’t dropped a set so far. Palan has played 1 set more than Taguchi (3 vs 2). Therefore, Palan played 17 games more than Taguchi. Palan scored 46 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese scored 24 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Palan | Taguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 0 |
| 1st in | 63/94 | 31/44 |
| %1st in | 67% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 46/63 | 24/31 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 7/13 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 54% |
Palan bagged 11 aces . Taguchi didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Palan won 73% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Taguchi won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Palan | Taguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 100% | 38% |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 33% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
The Czech broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Czech lost his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Japanese was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Palan | |||
| Q1 Atlangeriev | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-72 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 94-81 | 94-81 | |
| Total points | 175 | 175 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 63/94 | 63/94 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 46/63 | 46/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 18/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Taguchi | |||
| Q1 Tazabekov | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 64-41 | 64-41 | |
| Total points | 105 | 105 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 31/44 | 31/44 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 24/31 | 24/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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