Carlos Taberner and Jay Clarke will play each other in the 2nd round of the Marbella Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Taberner who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Carlos Taberner is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Taberner -> 1.42
Jay Clarke -> 2.78
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Taberner vs. Jay Clarke
There is no head to head record between Carlos Taberner and Jay Clarke since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Carlos Taberner
Ranked no. 158, Taberner got to the 2nd round after defeating Ramkumar Ramanathan 3-6 7-5 7-64.
In the 1st round against Ramanathan, The Spaniard recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 7-64). During the match Taberner scored 111 points vs Ramanathan’s 105. The Spaniard was quite aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Regarding the service games, Taberner managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Carlos Taberner was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (46/65) of his 1st serve and 63% (22/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Taberner broke Ramanathan 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Taberner has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 66% of his matches (255-133). 14-9 on clay in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Taberner has a 225-106 record in the last 6 years on clay.
The Spaniard’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Iasi Challenger.
The Spaniard has a 14-12 win-loss record in 2020, 14-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Marbella Challenger
Taberner lost in the 3rd round to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.
Jay Clarke
Ranked no. 189, Clarke reached the 2nd round after defeating Jozef Kovalik 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round, Jay had a good straight sets win against Kovalik (6-3 7-5). During the match Clarke scored 73 points vs Kovalik’s 66. Clarke was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Clarke recorded 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jay Clarke lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Clarke put 55% of his first serves in, winning 71% (29/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (14/33) on the 2nd serve. Jay broke Kovalik 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Clarke’s best result of the season was reaching the semi-finals in the Burnie Challenger.
The Brit has a 6-9 win-loss record in 2020, 2-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Marbella Challenger
The Brit didn’t play in the Marbella Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Taberner | Clarke |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 21 |
| Pts | 111-105 | 73-66 |
| Total Points | 216 | 139 |
| Winners | 46 | 29 |
| %Winners | 41% | 40% |
Both Taberner and Clarke played 1 match. At the moment, Carlos Taberner conceded 1 set while Jay Clarke hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Taberner has played 1 set more than Clarke (3 vs 2). Therefore, Taberner played 13 games more than Clarke. Taberner scored 46 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Clarke struck 29 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Taberner | Clarke |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 5 |
| 1st in | 65/100 | 41/74 |
| %1st in | 65% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 46/65 | 29/41 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 22/35 | 14/33 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 42% |
Taberner made 2 aces . Clarke fired 5 aces . Taberner won 71% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Clarke won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Taberner | Clarke |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/10 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 30% | 63% |
| Conceded | 10 | 9 |
| Saved | 7 | 7 |
| % Saved | 70% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Carlos broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Spaniard surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Jay broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Clarke conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Taberner | |||
| R1 Ramanathan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-5 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 111-105 | 111-105 | |
| Total points | 216 | 216 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 65/100 | 65/100 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 46/65 | 46/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/35 | 22/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Clarke | |||
| R1 Kovalik |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 73-66 | 73-66 | |
| Total points | 139 | 139 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 41/74 | 41/74 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 29/41 | 29/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/33 | 14/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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