Japan World No. 177 Taro Daniel is 38–18 in 2026 with one title (Bratislava) and a run to the Morelos final.
Taro Daniel went out of Shanghai Masters in the qualifying semi-finals, losing to Shintaro Mochizuki.
As of 9 October 2026, 05:55 UTC.
Next match
Opponent, time and what people predict.
Taro Daniel is out of Shanghai Masters: lost the qualifying semi-finals to Shintaro Mochizuki. The next tournament appears here once a draw is published.
World ranking
No. 177
Down 5 places since 28 Sept
2026 season
38–18
Last 5 matches
W W L L L
Career titles
2
38–18
2026 record
1 title (Bratislava), runner-up at Morelos.
- Hard
- 17–12
- Clay
- 21–6
9
Match winning streak
Bratislava to Iasi, 7 Jun to 9 Jul.
- Deciding sets
- 10–6
- Tiebreaks
- 6–7
Tournament Run
Taro Daniel’s road through Shanghai Masters 2026.
-
Qualifying semi-finals
Lost 6–2 2–6 2–6
News & Insights
What is happening around Taro Daniel - headlines from our approved sources, links go to the source.
The only headline provided discusses Daniel Merida's observations about Carlos Alcaraz following practice at the US Open, but contains no information about Taro Daniel. Recent verified results show Taro Daniel competed at the Hangzhou Open, winning against Jake Delaney in qualification and against Dane Sweeny in the main draw, before losing to Fabian Marozsan.
AI-generated summary of recent headlines. Generated 27 Sep 2026.
No fresh headlines about Taro Daniel from our sources yet.
Serve & return, 2026
How the points are won, from the match statistics api-tennis records. The tick on each bar is the median of the ATP top 100.
42 matches with statistics
On serve about tour average at holding serve
- Aces per match
- 3.2 tour median 6.1 · fewer than most
- Double faults per match
- 1.3 tour median 2.6 · fewer than most
- 1st serve points won
- 67% tour median 73%
- 2nd serve points won
- 57% tour median 52%
- Service games held
- 80% tour median 82%
- Break points saved
- 64% tour median 63%
On return 7 points better than the ATP median at converting break points
- Return games won
- 31% tour median 22%
- Break points converted
- 47% tour median 40%
Career
2 singles titles · best year-end No. 75 (2023). Year-end singles ranking by season, from api-tennis.
Results
Every singles result on record, newest first. Opponents link to their page and the score to the match page, where we have one; "people predicted" is this player's Polymarket price before the match.
| Date | Result | Opponent | Tournament | Score | People predicted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Oct 2026 | L | Shintaro Mochizuki | Shanghai Masters · Qualifying semi-finals | 6–2 2–6 2–6 | |
| 28 Sept 2026 | L |  Adolfo Vallejo | Japan Open · Qualifying semi-finals | 3–6 2–6 | |
| 25 Sept 2026 | L |  Fabian Marozsan | Hangzhou Open · Round of 16 | 7–6 5–7 6–7 | |
| 24 Sept 2026 | W |  Dane Sweeny | Hangzhou Open · Round of 32 | 7–6 6–2 | |
| 23 Sept 2026 | W |  Hayato Matsuoka | Hangzhou Open · Qualifying final | 6–4 7–6 | |
| 22 Sept 2026 | W | Jake Delaney | Hangzhou Open · Qualifying semi-finals | 6–3 6–4 | |
| 9 Sept 2026 | L |  Marat Sharipov | Shanghai · Round of 16 | 5–7 6–7(5) | |
| 7 Sept 2026 | W |  Matthew Dellavedova | Shanghai · Round of 32 | 6–3 6–1 |
Show next 20 of 48 more
| 25 Aug 2026 | L | Andrew Johnson | US Open · Qualifying quarter-finals | 6–2 2–6 4–6 | |
| 22 Aug 2026 | L |  Stefanos Sakellaridis | Quebec City (Canada) · Semi-finals | 4–6 6–7(8) | |
| 21 Aug 2026 | W |  Jacob Fearnley | Quebec City (Canada) · Quarter-finals | 6–4 6–1 | |
| 20 Aug 2026 | W |  Jan Choinski | Quebec City (Canada) · Round of 16 | 6–4 6–3 | |
| 19 Aug 2026 | W |  Duncan Chan | Quebec City (Canada) · Round of 32 | 6–3 6–2 | |
| 18 Aug 2026 | W |  Dusan Lajovic | Quebec City (Canada) · Qualifying final | 7–6(4) 2–6 6–1 | |
| 17 Aug 2026 | W | Maxime St-Hilaire | Quebec City (Canada) · Qualifying semi-finals | 7–5 6–3 | |
| 19 Jul 2026 | W |  Kyrian Jacquet | Estoril · Qualifying final | 6–4 3–6 6–3 | |
| 18 Jul 2026 | W | Juan Carlos Prado | Estoril · Qualifying semi-finals | 6–4 6–2 | |
| 14 Jul 2026 | L |  Botic van de Zandschulp | Bastad · Round of 32 | 6–7(0) 4–6 | |
| 13 Jul 2026 | W |  Carlos Sanchez Jover | Bastad · Qualifying final | 6–2 2–6 6–2 | |
| 12 Jul 2026 | W |  Federico Coria | Bastad · Qualifying semi-finals | 6–0 6–2 | |
| 10 Jul 2026 | L |  Valentin Royer | Iasi · Quarter-finals | 6–4 2–6 2–6 | |
| 9 Jul 2026 | W |  Zdenek Kolar | Iasi · Round of 16 | 6–4 6–3 | |
| 6 Jul 2026 | W |  Genaro Alberto Olivieri | Iasi · Round of 32 | 6–0 6–4 | |
| 14 Jun 2026 | W |  Alexander Shevchenko | Bratislava · Final | 3–6 6–0 7–6(2) | |
| 13 Jun 2026 | W |  Federico Cina | Bratislava · Semi-finals | 7–6(6) 0–6 6–2 | |
| 12 Jun 2026 | W |  Zsombor Piros | Bratislava · Quarter-finals | 6–3 6–3 | |
| 11 Jun 2026 | W | Emilio Nava | Bratislava · Round of 16 | 6–1 6–3 | |
| 9 Jun 2026 | W |  Timofey Skatov | Bratislava · Round of 32 | 6–3 6–3 |
Show next 20 of 28 more
| 8 Jun 2026 | W |  Lukas Neumayer | Bratislava · Qualifying final | 6–4 6–3 | |
| 7 Jun 2026 | W |  Tomas Lanik | Bratislava · Qualifying semi-finals | 6–4 7–5 | |
| 5 Jun 2026 | L |  Hynek Barton | Prostejov · Quarter-finals | 6–7(4) 5–7 | |
| 4 Jun 2026 | W |  Damir Dzumhur | Prostejov · Round of 16 | 6–4 4–6 6–3 | |
| 2 Jun 2026 | W |  Jonas Forejtek | Prostejov · Round of 32 | 7–6(3) 6–1 | |
| 1 Jun 2026 | W | Lukas Pokorny | Prostejov · Qualifying final | 6–4 6–0 | |
| 31 May 2026 | W |  William Rejchtman Vinciguerra | Prostejov · Qualifying semi-finals | 6–2 7–6(3) | |
| 29 May 2026 | L |  Mathys Erhard | Kosice · Quarter-finals | 6–7(5) 5–7 | |
| 27 May 2026 | W | Lilian Marmousez | Kosice · Round of 16 | 6–3 6–1 | |
| 25 May 2026 | W | Oleg Prihodko | Kosice · Round of 32 | 7–5 6–2 | |
| 16 May 2026 | L |  Rinky Hijikata | Hamburg · Qualifying semi-finals | 3–6 7–6(3) 2–6 | |
| 13 May 2026 | L |  Matteo Berrettini | Valencia · Round of 32 | 4–6 2–6 | |
| 12 May 2026 | W | Carlos Sanchez Jover | Valencia · Qualifying final | 6–2 6–4 | |
| 11 May 2026 | W |  Raul Brancaccio | Valencia · Qualifying semi-finals | 3–6 6–3 6–3 | |
| 20 Apr 2026 | L |  Yuta Shimizu | Gwangju · Qualifying final | 3–6 2–6 | |
| 19 Apr 2026 | W | J. H. Hyun | Gwangju · Qualifying semi-finals | 6–1 6–3 | |
| 14 Apr 2026 | L | Tung-Lin Wu | Busan · Round of 32 | 4–6 4–6 | |
| 13 Apr 2026 | W |  Patrick Zahraj | Busan · Qualifying final | 5–7 6–2 6–4 | |
| 12 Apr 2026 | W | Hee Lee Duck | Busan · Qualifying semi-finals | 6–1 3–0 ret. | |
| 22 Mar 2026 | L |  Michael Mmoh | Morelos · Final | 6–4 4–6 3–6 |
Show next 8 of 8 more
| 21 Mar 2026 | W | Andres Martin | Morelos · Semi-finals | 6–7(2) 6–3 6–4 | |
| 20 Mar 2026 | W |  Facundo Mena | Morelos · Quarter-finals | 6–3 6–4 | |
| 19 Mar 2026 | W |  Andres Andrade | Morelos · Round of 16 | 3–6 6–3 6–2 | |
| 17 Mar 2026 | W | Jake Delaney | Morelos · Round of 32 | 6–4 6–2 | |
| 9 Mar 2026 | L | Dylan Hara Friend Jay | Phoenix · Qualifying semi-finals | 4–6 5–7 | |
| 10 Feb 2026 | L | Dane Sweeny | Brisbane 2 · Round of 32 | 5–7 4–6 | |
| 4 Feb 2026 | L |  Rei Sakamoto | Brisbane · Round of 16 | 6–7(5) 2–6 | |
| 2 Feb 2026 | W | Jake Delaney | Brisbane · Round of 32 | 6–3 7–5 |