Taro Daniel
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| Country (sports) |
 Japan
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| Residence | Valencia, Spain |
| Born |
27 January 1993 New York, New York, U.S. |
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Turned pro | 2010 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach(es) | José Francisco Altur |
| Prize money | $ 589,861 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 14–29 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 85 (18 April 2016) |
| Current ranking | No. 124 (16 January 2017) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2016) |
| French Open | 2R (2016) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2016) |
| US Open | 1R (2014) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 3R (2016) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–6 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 566 (23 September 2013) |
| Current ranking | No. 1217 (28 November 2016) |
| Last updated on: 1 December 2016. | |
Taro Daniel (ダニエル 太郎 Danieru Tarō?, 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. He has won four ATP Challenger Tour singles titles, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 85 on 18 April 2016.
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 Saitama, 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.
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.
Daniel had won a couple of ITF Futures events in Spain and Portugal. In ATP Challenger Tour, He made the semifinal 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 raise his ATP ranking from world no. 978 to 241.
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.
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