Yi Zhou and Taro Daniel will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Seoul Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yi Zhou who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Yi Zhou is the pick to win this match.
Yi Zhou -> 1.39
Taro Daniel -> 2.83

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Prediction and head to head Yi Zhou vs. Taro Daniel

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

Yi Zhou

Ranked no. 265 (career-high), Zhou reached the 2^nd round after beating Sanhui Shin 7-6(0) 6-0.

In the 1^st round, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Shin (7-6⁰ 6-0). During the match, Zhou scored 69 points vs Shin’s 44. Yi was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Regarding the service games, Zhou managed to score 4 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Yi Zhou lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Zhou put 58% of his first serves in, winning 73% (22/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Yi broke Shin 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Zhou has a weak match record in the last 4 years having won 48% of his matches (63-69). 23-26 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zhou has a compiled62-62 match record in the last 4 years on hard.

The Chinese’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Tyler Challenger and the Shenzhen Challenger.

Zhou has an overall 23-26 win-loss record in 2025, 23-26 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Seoul Challenger

Taro Daniel

Ranked no. 275, the Japanese got to the 2^nd round after beating Yasutaka Uchiyama 7-5 5-7 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Japanese defeated Uchiyama (7-5 5-7 6-2). During the match Daniel scored 104 points vs Uchiyama’s 93. Daniel was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.

About the serving games, Daniel fired 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Taro Daniel lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Daniel put 54% of his first serves in, winning 76% (38/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (19/42) on the 2nd serve. Taro broke Uchiyama 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).

Taro has a compiled 12-29 win-loss record in 2025, 10-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Seoul Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zhou	Daniel
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	19	32
Pts	69-44	104-93
Total Points	113	197
Winners	22	38
%Winners	32%	37%

Both Zhou and Daniel played 1 match. At the moment, Taro Daniel dropped 1 set while Yi Zhou hasn’t lost a set so far. Zhou has played 1 set(s) less than Daniel (2 vs 3). Therefore, Zhou played 13 games less than Daniel. Yi scored 22 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Taro recorded 38 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zhou	Daniel
Aces	4	5
Avg per match	4	5
1st in	30/52	50/92
%1st in	58%	54%
1st pts	22/30	38/50
%1st pts	73%	76%
2nd pts	11/22	19/42
%2nd pts	50%	45%

Zhou recorded 4 aces . Daniel recorded 5 aces . Zhou won 73% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Daniel won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Zhou	Daniel
Won	5	6
Converted	5/8	6/12
% Converted	63%	50%
Conceded	2	8
Saved	0	4
% Saved	0%	50%
Times Broken	2	4

Zhou broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Yi dropped his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Daniel broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Zhou
	R1 Shin	Total
Score	7-60 6-0
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	69-44	69-44
Total points	113	113
Winners	22	22
%Winners	32%	32%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	30/52	30/52
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	22/30	22/30
% 1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	11/22	11/22
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
Converted %	63%	63%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	0/2	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	2	2

Daniel
	R1 Uchiyama	Total
Score	7-5 5-7 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	32	32
pts	104-93	104-93
Total points	197	197
Winners	38	38
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	50/92	50/92
% 1st in	54%	54%
1st pts	38/50	38/50
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	19/42	19/42
% 2nd pts	45%	45%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/12	6/12
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	4/8	4
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	4	4

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