What Time Will Taro Daniel Play Against Taylor Fritz?
Daniel and Fritz are on the DAY 2 Schedule at CINCH CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024 on Tuesday 18 June 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
Taro Daniel from Japan, at the age of 31 and currently ranked 85th in the world, will be facing Taylor Fritz from the United States, who is 26 years old and ranked 12th in the world. This will be their first meeting on the ATP Tour.
Taro Daniel reached his career-high ranking of 58 in January 2024 after reaching the final at the Auckland tournament. He also achieved his first ATP Tour semifinal and final, ultimately winning his first title in 2018 at the Istanbul tournament. This victory made him one of only two Japanese men, alongside Nishikori, to win a clay court title at the tour-level in the Open Era.
In 2022, Taro Daniel qualified for 9 tour-level events, including the Australian Open, ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells, and ATP Masters 1000 Miami, making him the player who qualified for the highest number of events that year. He also qualified for the 2023 Acapulco tournament and earned the biggest win of his career by defeating the number 4 ranked player, Ruud, in the second round. Additionally, he has had notable victories against 5-time champion Djokovic in the third round of the 2018 Indian Wells tournament and 5-time finalist Murray in the third round of the 2022 Australian Open, both matches as a qualifier.
During a 6-week span in 2016, Taro Daniel won 17 out of 21 tour-level and Challenger matches, even defeating 2-time Olympic medalist Sock at the Rio Olympics. However, despite having made his grass tour-level debut at Wimbledon in 2016, he is still looking to achieve his first ATP Tour win on grass, currently holding a record of 0-7 on this surface. He has a 5-26 record against top 20 opponents, with a 1-4 record in 2024, including a victory over the 16th ranked player, Shelton, in the semifinals of the Auckland tournament.
On the other hand, Taylor Fritz, at the age of 26 and currently ranked 12th in the world, has achieved a career-high ranking of 5th. He won his 5th ATP Tour title at the Delray Beach tournament in 2023, which propelled him to his career-high ranking and made him the first American to enter the top 5 since September 2009 when Roddick achieved this feat. He defeated Nadal, the 2nd ranked player in the world, at the 2022 Nitto ATP Finals and also beat him in the final of the 2022 Indian Wells tournament, becoming the first American men’s champion at this event since Agassi in 2001.
Taylor Fritz had a breakthrough in Grand Slam tournaments, reaching his first fourth round at the 2022 Australian Open and his first quarterfinal at the 2022 Wimbledon tournament. This was especially significant as he had previously struggled to advance past the third round in Grand Slam matches. In 2016, as an 18-year-old wild card, he also reached his first ATP Tour final at the Memphis tournament, becoming the youngest American finalist since the start of the ATP Tour in 1990.
Fritz has been successful in team competitions, winning the inaugural United Cup for Team USA in 2023, and contributing to Team World’s victories in the Laver Cup in both 2022 and 2023.
In the current season, Taylor Fritz is participating in his first grass court event, aiming to achieve his best result at this tournament. He holds a 13-2 record against players ranked outside the top 50 in 2024, indicating his strength against lower-ranked opponents. However, he has a negative record of 5-8 against Japanese players at the tour-level after a slow start of 1-7 in such matches.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Daniel will win.
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