Taro Daniel

Taro Daniel
Country  Japan
Residence Valencia, Spain
Born 27 January 1993
New York, USA
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro 2010
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es) José Francisco Altur
Prize money $207,512
Singles
Career record 2–9 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 155 (11 March 2015)
Current ranking No. 164 (27 April 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Q3 (2014)
French Open Q1 (2014)
Wimbledon Q1 (2014)
US Open 1R (2014)
Doubles
Career record 0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 566 (23 September 2013)
Current ranking No. 1128 (27 April 2015)
Last updated on: 27 April 2015.

Taro Daniel (ダニエル 太郎) (born 27 January 1993) is an American-born Japanese professional tennis player. He trains in Valencia, Spain with coach José Francisco Altur and prefers clay courts.

Personal life

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

Tennis career

Early Age

Taro started playing tennis when he was 7, 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.

Pro tour

Taro reached the third qualifying round of the 2014 Australian Open, defeating Henri Laaksonen and Paul Capdeville, before losing to Thomaz Bellucci.

Qualifying for his first ATP tournament, he made the quarterfinals of the 2014 Royal Guard Open in Viña del Mar, after gaining revenge over Bellucci and defeating eighth seed Federico Delbonis. Previously, he had won a couple of Futures events and made the semifinals or finals of some Challenger Circuit events.

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