Pedro Sousa and Carlos Taberner will play each other in the final of the Maia Challenger for the 7th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 3:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pedro Sousa who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pedro Sousa is the pick to win this match.
Pedro Sousa -> 1.75
Carlos Taberner -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Pedro Sousa vs. Carlos Taberner
This will be the 7th time that Pedro Sousa and Carlos Taberner fight against each other. The head to head is 4-2 for Sousa (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Sousa won 6-4 6-0 in the semifinal in Tunisia F19 back in 2016.
Pedro Sousa
Ranked no. 113, the Portuguese got to the semifinal after defeating Maxime Hamou 6-2 6-2, Gastao Elias 6-2 6-4, Kimmer Coppejans 6-2 3-6 6-1 and Bernabe Zapata Miralles 6-4 6-1.
In the semifinal, The Portuguese had a good straight sets win against Zapata Miralles (6-4 6-1). During the match Sousa scored 64 points vs Zapata Miralles’s 43. The Portuguese was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sousa couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the match and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Pedro Sousa was quite efficent on serve to win 73% (24/33) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Portuguese broke Zapata Miralles 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Portuguese has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Sousa has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (383-219). 20-13 on clay in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Sousa has a 350-185 record in the last years on clay.
Sousa’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Buenos Aires,the Split Challenger and the Lisbon Challenger.
Pedro has a 21-16 win-loss record in 2020, 20-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Maia Challenger
The Portuguese lost in the 3rd round to Riccardo Bonadio.
Carlos Taberner
Ranked no. 152, Taberner reached the semifinal after defeating Joao Domingues 6-3 6-2, Alexey Vatutin 7-66 6-3, Jozef Kovalik 7-63 6-1 and Duje Ajdukovic 7-5 6-79 6-4.
In the semifinal, Taberner defeated Ajdukovic (7-5 6-79 6-4). During the match Taberner scored 136 points vs Ajdukovic’s 123. The Spaniard was exceptionally aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about serving, Taberner scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Carlos Taberner lost the serve 5 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Taberner put 60% of his first serves in, winning 72% (50/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (20/46) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Ajdukovic 7 times after converting 35% of his break points (7/20).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Spaniard’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Iasi Challenger.
Carlos has a 20-13 win-loss record in 2020, 20-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Maia Challenger
The Spaniard lost in the 2nd round to Maxime Hamou.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sousa | Taberner |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 75 | 94 |
| Pts | 283-209 | 350-281 |
| Total Points | 492 | 631 |
| Winners | 116 | 135 |
| %Winners | 41% | 39% |
Both Sousa and Taberner played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Pedro Sousa conceded 1 set, while Carlos Taberner dropper 1 set. Talking about their workload, Sousa and Taberner have played the same amount of sets 9. However, Sousa played 19 games less than Taberner. Sousa scored 116 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Carlos scored 135 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sousa | Taberner |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2.3 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 169/249 | 182/304 |
| %1st in | 68% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 116/169 | 135/182 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 40/80 | 61/122 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 50% |
Sousa scored 9 aces (2.3 per match). Taberner managed to score 5 aces (1.3 per match). Sousa won 69% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Taberner won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sousa | Taberner |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 21 | 18 |
| Converted | 21/44 | 18/39 |
| % Converted | 48% | 46% |
| Conceded | 19 | 27 |
| Saved | 12 | 17 |
| % Saved | 63% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 10 |
Sousa broke his opponents 21 times with a 48% conversion rate. Pedro surrendered his serve 7 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Taberner broke his opponents 18 times with a 46% conversion rate. Carlos conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sousa | ||||||
| R1 Hamou |
R2 Elias |
1/4 Coppejans |
1/2 Zapata Miralles |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-2 3-6 6-1 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 18 | 24 | 17 | 75 | |
| pts | 59-39 | 78-60 | 82-67 | 64-43 | 283-209 | |
| Total points | 98 | 138 | 149 | 107 | 492 | |
| Winners | 25 | 31 | 36 | 24 | 116 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 40% | 44% | 38% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 36/53 | 49/64 | 51/78 | 33/54 | 169/249 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 77% | 65% | 61% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 25/36 | 31/49 | 36/51 | 24/33 | 116/169 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 63% | 71% | 73% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 8/15 | 12/27 | 11/21 | 40/80 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | 44% | 52% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/16 | 6/12 | 5/8 | 21/44 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 31% | 50% | 63% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 19 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 5/7 | 2/5 | 3/4 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 71% | 40% | 75% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| Taberner | ||||||
| R1 Domingues |
R2 Vatutin |
1/4 Kovalik |
1/2 Ajdukovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 7-66 6-3 | 7-63 6-1 | 7-5 6-79 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 | 20 | 35 | 94 | |
| pts | 57-34 | 80-68 | 77-56 | 136-123 | 350-281 | |
| Total points | 91 | 148 | 133 | 259 | 631 | |
| Winners | 22 | 32 | 31 | 50 | 135 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 40% | 40% | 37% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 30/49 | 42/73 | 41/67 | 69/115 | 182/304 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 58% | 61% | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 32/42 | 31/41 | 50/69 | 135/182 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 76% | 76% | 72% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 13/31 | 14/26 | 20/46 | 61/122 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 42% | 54% | 43% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/7 | 3/6 | 7/20 | 18/39 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 57% | 50% | 35% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 27 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 3/6 | 4/5 | 8/13 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | 80% | 62% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | |
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