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Taro Daniel #74 def. Ben Shelton #16

7-5 7-6(9)

Match Information

Date	Jan 13, 2024*
Tournament	Auckland
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Taro Daniel
Score	7-5 7-6(9)
Loser	Ben Shelton
Duration	2h

Stat	Taro Daniel	Ben Shelton
Aces	3	9
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	61	68
First serve points won %	81	77
Second serve points won %	62	56
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	74	70
Return points won %	30	26
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Taro Daniel	Ben Shelton
Country	JPN	USA
Birth date	Jan 27, 1993	Oct 9, 2002
Age	30	21
Height	191	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	74	16
Ranking points (entering)	739	2,145
Elo (entering)	1,725	1,904
Career W-L	81–146	135–86
Career earnings	$5,051,997	$13,698,562

Pre-match H2H

Taro Daniel 0 – 2 Ben Shelton

Path

Taro Daniel's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2024	QF	Alexandre Muller	6-4 6-7(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 2024	R16	Max Purcell	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2024	R32	Aleksandar Vukic	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Taro Daniel's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2024	F	Alejandro Tabilo	2-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Ben Shelton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2024	QF	Roberto Carballes Baena	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 2024	R16	Fabian Marozsan	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data