Taro Daniel

Taro Daniel (ダニエル 太郎, Danieru Tarō, born 27 January 1993) is an American-born Japanese professional tennis player who has won six ATP Challenger Tour singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 64 on 27 August 2018, in part due to winning his first title at the 2018 Istanbul Open on 6 May 2018 as well as strong results throughout the back end of the season.[2]

Taro Daniel
Taro Daniel in 2017
Country (sports) Japan
ResidenceBradenton, Florida
Born (1993-01-27) 27 January 1993
New York, New York, U.S.
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned proFebruary 2009[1]
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachMitsuru Takada
Gustavo Marcaccio
Prize money$1,891,840
Singles
Career record49–77 (38.9% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 64 (27 August 2018)
Current rankingNo. 112 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (2019)
French Open2R (2016, 2017)
Wimbledon1R (2016, 2017, 2018)
US Open2R (2017)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games3R (2016)
Doubles
Career record2–19 (9.5% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 351 (27 May 2019)
Current rankingNo. 537 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (2019)
Wimbledon1R (2018)
Last updated on: 22 March 2020.

Personal life

His mother, Yasue, is Japanese and his father, Paul Daniel, is an American. He grew up in various places in the world. He spent most of his elementary school days in Saitama, Japan. He went to Nagoya International School. He and his family moved to Spain when he was 14. He speaks English, Spanish and Japanese. He has one younger sister, Kana.[2]

Tennis career

Early Age

Taro started playing tennis when he was 7 years old. He practiced at the Shinrin Longwood Tennis Club in Nagoya City during his years in Japan. He got third place for under 12 in the All Japan Junior Tennis Tournament.

2011–13

Daniel had won a couple of ITF Futures events in Spain and Portugal. On the ATP Challenger Tour, he made the semifinals at the Yokohama in November 2012, and reached his first Challenger final at the Yeongwol in November 2013, where he lost to fourth seed Bradley Klahn in the final. In 2011–2013, Daniel had raised his ATP ranking from world no. 978 to 241.

2014

Daniel reached the third qualifying round of the 2014 Australian Open, losing to Thomaz Bellucci. Qualifying for his first ATP tournament, he made the quarterfinals of the Chile Open, after gaining revenge over Bellucci and defeating eighth seed Federico Delbonis. His run was ended by third seed Nicolas Almagro.

At the 2014 Davis Cup World Group quarterfinal against the Czech Republic, Daniel was nominated for the first time for the Japan Davis Cup team.[3] He played the singles rubber, but lost to Lukáš Rosol in a five-setter and Jiří Veselý. Daniel qualified for the 2014 US Open to make his Grand Slam main-draw debut, losing to fifth seed Milos Raonic in the first round.[4] The next week, he reached the final at the Seville Challenger, where he was defeated by top seed Pablo Carreño.

2015: Top 100

After competing in the ATP events of Montpellier and Casablanca, Daniel defeated Filippo Volandri to claim his first ATP Challenger Tour title in Vercelli. He qualified for the 2015 French Open, losing to 32nd seed Fernando Verdasco in the first round. In July, Daniel won the Fürth Challenger, defeating top seeds Blaž Rola and Albert Montañés.[5]

At 2015 Davis Cup World Group Play-offs against Colombia, Daniel won the first Davis Cup match of his career, beating Alejandro Falla in the last tie. His victory completed a come-from-behind victory against Colombia to remain in the World Group for 2016.[6] In October, he qualified for the Valencia Open, and reached the second round, before losing to sixth seed Guillermo García-López. He completed the 2015 season with his third Challenger title in Yokohama, winning over his countryman Go Soeda in the final. He entered the top 100 in the ATP rankings for the first time at world no. 93.[7]

2016

Daniel received direct entry to the main draw of the 2016 Australian Open, losing in the first round to Lukáš Rosol in five sets. In February, he reached the second round of the Open Sud de France before losing to eighth seed Marcos Baghdatis in straight sets. At 2016 Davis Cup World Group first round in Birmingham, Japan faced defending champion Great Britain. He was defeated by world No. 2 Andy Murray in straight sets, and Japan lost 1–3.

Daniel qualified for the Monte-Carlo Masters to make his ATP World Tour Masters 1000 main-draw debut. He beat Adrian Mannarino in straight sets to reach the second round, where he lost to 12th seed Dominic Thiem in three sets. He then competed at Bucharest and Estoril, reaching the second rounds in both tournaments. In the 2016 French Open, he advanced to the second round of Major tournaments for the first time in his career when his opponent Martin Kližan had to retire from injury in the fifth set. He lost to third seed and defending champion Stan Wawrinka in straight sets despite having two set points in the first set and being up a break in the third. He next competed in the 2016 Wimbledon Championships, losing in the first round to Juan Mónaco in four sets.

Daniel competed in the Olympics, where he defeated the no.14 seed Jack Sock in straight sets in the 1st Round. Daniel then beat Kyle Edmund of Great Britain before losing to Juan Martín del Potro, despite having won the first set.

2017

Daniel reached second round of the US Open where he lost to Rafael Nadal in four sets.[8]

2018

In March at the Indian Wells Masters, Daniel defeated Cameron Norrie[9] and then former world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in three sets.[10]

In May, he made his first ATP final at the 2018 Istanbul Open, where he played Tunisian Malek Jaziri, also in his first final. Daniel beat Jaziri 7–6 6–4 to win his first ATP Tournament. After this win Daniel climbed to his career high ranking.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent
Win 1–0 May 2018 Istanbul Open, Turkey 250 Series Clay Malek Jaziri 7–6(7–4), 6–4

Challenger finals

Singles: 13 (7 titles, 6 runners-up)
Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (7–6)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 5 November 2013 Yeongwol, South Korea Hard Bradley Klahn 6–7(5–7), 2–6
Runner-up 2. 8 September 2014 Seville, Spain Clay Pablo Carreño Busta 4–6, 1–6
Winner 1. 20 April 2015 Vercelly, Italy Clay Filippo Volandri 6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Winner 2. 1 June 2015 Fürth, Germany Clay Albert Montañés 6–3, 6–0
Runner-up 3. 15 November 2015 Kobe, Japan Hard (i) John Millman 1–6, 3–6
Winner 3. 22 November 2015 Yokohama, Japan Hard Go Soeda 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner 4. 21 August 2016 Cordenons, Italy Clay Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 4. 10 September 2016 Seville, Spain (2) Clay Casper Ruud 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 5. 29 January 2017 Maui, USA Hard Chung Hyeon 6–7(3–7), 1–6
Winner 5. 19 March 2017 Tigre, Argentina Hard Leonardo Mayer 5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 6. 5 November 2017 Canberra, Australia Hard Matthew Ebden 6–7(4–7), 4–6
Winner 6. 2 February 2020 Burnie, Australia Hard Yannick Hanfmann 6–2, 6–2
Winner 7. 1 November 2020 Hamburg, Germany Hard (i) Sebastian Ofner 6–1, 6–2

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 22 September 2013 Kenitra, Morocco Clay Alexander Rumyantsev Gerard Granollers
Jordi Samper-Montana		 4–6, 4–6

Performance timelines
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Current through the 2021 Murray River Open.

Tournament20142015201620172018201920202021W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open Q3 Q1 1R Q2 1R 2R Q1 1–3
French Open Q1 1R 2R 2R Q2 A Q2 2–3
Wimbledon Q1 Q1 1R 1R 1R A NH 0–3
US Open 1R Q3 A 2R 1R Q1 1R 1–4
Win–Loss 0–1 0–1 1–3 2–3 0–3 1–1 0–1 0–0 4–13
Career statistics
20142015201620172018201920202021Career
Tournaments 5 5 15 9 18 18 4 1 75
Titles–Finals 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1 / 1
Overall Win–Loss 2–7 2–6 10–16 4–10 17–18 13–18 1–4 0–1 49–80
Year-end Ranking 177 96 127 99 77 110 117 38.28%

References
  1. "ダニエル　太郎" (in Japanese). JTA. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
  2. ATP World Tour Profile
  3. "Ito to lead Japanese charge". Davis Cup. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  4. "U.S. Open: Milos Raonic disposes of Japan's Taro Daniel". CBCsports. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  5. "ATP Challenger Fürth 2015 – Day 7". TENNIS TOURTALK. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  6. "Daniel seals World Group status for Japan". Davis Cup. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  7. "Daniel Cracks Top 100 With Yokohama Crown". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  8. US Open second round: Rafael Nadal v Taro Daniel – as it happened
  9. https://www.skysports.com/amp/tennis/news/12110/11283436/indian-wells-cameron-norrie-loses-main-draw-debut-to-taro-daniel
  10. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/amp/tennis/43367239
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