ATP Challenger Tour · 1st Round Qualifying · Arizona Tennis Classic
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Friend
⚙️ Grinder
Daniel
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 55% vs ⚙️ Grinder across 3,258 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Taro Daniel here.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the grinder's relentless consistency. On Hard, that can swing with conditions.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Friend | Daniel |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–2 | 14–7 |
| Avg odds | 2.33 | 1.98 |
| ROI % | +33.5% | +14.9% |
| Units P/L | +2.01u | +3.14u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
1
Friend
0
Daniel
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 2 shared opponents, both Friend and Daniel posted a 50% win rate.
| Opponent | Friend | Daniel |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Mmoh | W 62 76 | L 64 46 36 |
| Edas Butvilas | L 26 46 | W 76 63 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Friend | Daniel |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 64% | 62.6% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 71.8% | 67.2% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 45.5% | 51.6% |
| Aces / Match | 4.5 | 5.8 |
| Double Faults / Match | 3.2 | 1.9 |
| Break Points Saved % | 65.3% | 68.2% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 30.7% | 29.6% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 48.6% | 50.2% |
| BP Converted % | 41% | 39.9% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 25.1 | 22.8 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 32.1 | 25.3 |
| Net Pts Won % | 70% | 66.6% |
| Total Pts Won % | 49.4% | 50.5% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 60% | 60% |
Last five matches per player
Karl Poling
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Jun 1
Justin Boulais
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May 30
Fajing Sun
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May 29
Mitchell Krueger
UAMS Health Little Rock Open · Round of 32
May 26
Henry Searle
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May 3
Damir Dzumhur
Unicredit Czech Open · Round of 16
Jun 4
Jonas Forejtek
Unicredit Czech Open · Round of 32
Jun 3
William Rejchtman Vinciguerra
Unicredit Czech Open · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 1
Lukas Pokorny
Unicredit Czech Open · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 1
Lilian Marmousez
Kosice Open 2026 · Round of 16
May 27
Matchup overview
Jay Friend and Taro Daniel face off in the 1st Round Qualifying at Arizona Tennis Classic on Hard.
Jay Friend leads 1-0 over 1 previous meeting.
Jay Friend is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Karl Poling (Jun 1).
Taro Daniel is 5-0 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: W vs Damir Dzumhur (Jun 4).
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