1. Taro Daniel is an American-Japanese professional tennis player.
35 Facts About Taro Daniel
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Taro Daniel achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No 58 on 15 January 2024.
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Taro Daniel has won one ATP Tour singles title at the 2018 Istanbul Open, as well as nine ATP Challenger Tour singles titles.
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Taro Daniel is currently the No 2 Japanese men's singles player.
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Taro Daniel grew up in various places throughout the world.
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Taro Daniel spent most of his elementary school days in Saitama, Japan.
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Taro Daniel started playing tennis when he was 7 years old.
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Taro Daniel practiced at the Shinrin Longwood Tennis Club in Nagoya City during his years in Japan.
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Taro Daniel got third place for under 12 in the All Japan Junior Tennis Tournament.
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Taro Daniel had won a couple of ITF Futures events in Spain and Portugal.
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Taro Daniel reached the third qualifying round of the 2014 Australian Open, losing to Thomaz Bellucci.
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Taro Daniel's run was ended by third seed Nicolas Almagro.
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At the 2014 Davis Cup World Group quarterfinal against the Czech Republic, Taro Daniel was nominated for the first time for the Japan Davis Cup team.
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Taro Daniel played the singles rubber, but lost to Lukas Rosol in a five-setter and Jiri Vesely.
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At 2015 Davis Cup World Group play-offs against Colombia, Taro Daniel won the first Davis Cup match of his career, beating Alejandro Falla in the last tie.
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Taro Daniel's victory completed a come-from-behind victory against Colombia to remain in the World Group for 2016.
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Taro Daniel completed the 2015 season with his third Challenger title in Yokohama, winning over his countryman Go Soeda in the final.
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Taro Daniel entered the top 100 in the ATP rankings for the first time at world No 93 on 23 November 2015.
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Taro Daniel received direct entry to the main draw of the 2016 Australian Open, losing in the first round to Lukas Rosol in five sets.
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Taro Daniel beat Adrian Mannarino in straight sets to reach the second round, where he lost to 12th seed Dominic Thiem in three sets.
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Taro Daniel then competed at Bucharest and Estoril, reaching the second rounds in both tournaments.
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Taro Daniel 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.
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Taro Daniel next competed in the 2016 Wimbledon Championships, losing in the first round to Juan Monaco in four sets.
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Taro Daniel competed in the Olympics, where he defeated the No 14 seed Jack Sock in straight sets in the first round.
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Taro Daniel then beat Kyle Edmund of Great Britain before losing to Juan Martin del Potro, despite having won the first set.
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Taro Daniel reached the second round of the 2017 US Open where he lost to Rafael Nadal in four sets.
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Taro Daniel climbed to his career high ranking of No 64 on 27 August 2018.
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Taro Daniel lost to 10th seed Jannik Sinner in the third round.
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At the 2022 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells in March, having beaten him at Melbourne, Taro Daniel lost to Andy Murray, giving the Scot the 700th match win of his career on the ATP Tour.
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Taro Daniel reached back-to-back quarterfinals in Belgrade, beating Dusan Lajovic and Holger Rune.
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Taro Daniel lost to second seed and eventual champion Andrey Rublev in straight sets.
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Taro Daniel received a wildcard into the 2023 Miami Open where he defeated Arthur Rinderknech who retired in the first round.
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Taro Daniel finished the 2023 season ranked No 75, his highest year-end career ranking.
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Taro Daniel reached his second ATP final at the 2024 ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand defeating top seed Ben Shelton becoming the first Japanese finalist at the tournament.
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Taro Daniel lost to qualifier Alejandro Tabilo in straight sets.