Carlos Taberner and Alexey Vatutin will face off in the 2nd round of the Maia Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
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 -> 1.39
Alexey Vatutin -> 2.9
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Taberner vs. Alexey Vatutin
This will be the 2nd time that Carlos Taberner and Alexey Vatutin fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Vatutin (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
Carlos Taberner
Ranked no. 152, Taberner got to the 2nd round after defeating Joao Domingues 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Carlos had a good straight sets win against Domingues (6-3 6-2). During the match Taberner scored 57 points vs Domingues’s 34. The Spaniard was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Taberner blasted 2 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Carlos Taberner was exceptionally efficent on serve to win 73% (22/30) of his 1st serve and 74% (14/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Spaniard broke Domingues 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Taberner has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 66% of his matches (258-134). 17-10 on clay in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Taberner has a 228-107 match 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 17-13 win-loss record in 2020, 17-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Maia Challenger
Taberner lost in the 2nd round to Maxime Hamou.
Alexey Vatutin
Ranked no. 252, Vatutin reached the 2nd round after beating Constant Lestienne 6-2 6-0.
In the 1st round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Lestienne (6-2 6-0). During the match Vatutin scored 61 points vs Lestienne’s 37. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Vatutin scored 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alexey Vatutin lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Vatutin put 58% of his first serves in, winning 70% (21/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Lestienne 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Alexey has a 5-18 win-loss record in 2020, 1-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Maia Challenger
Alexey didn’t play in the Maia Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Taberner | Vatutin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 14 |
| Pts | 57-34 | 61-37 |
| Total Points | 91 | 98 |
| Winners | 22 | 21 |
| %Winners | 39% | 34% |
Both Taberner and Vatutin played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Taberner and Vatutin have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Taberner played 3 games more than Vatutin. Taberner scored 22 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Vatutin struck 21 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Taberner | Vatutin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 30/49 | 30/52 |
| %1st in | 61% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 21/30 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 12/22 |
| %2nd pts | 74% | 55% |
Taberner scored 2 aces . Vatutin bagged 2 aces . Taberner won 73% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 74% of the points. On the other side, Vatutin won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Taberner | Vatutin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 6/10 |
| % Converted | 67% | 60% |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 |
| Saved | 2 | 8 |
| % Saved | 67% | 89% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Carlos broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Taberner conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Alexey broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Vatutin conceded his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded.
| Taberner | |||
| R1 Domingues |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 57-34 | 57-34 | |
| Total points | 91 | 91 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 30/49 | 30/49 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 22/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 14/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 74% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Vatutin | |||
| R1 Lestienne |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 61-37 | 61-37 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/52 | 30/52 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 21/30 | 21/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 12/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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