Carlos Taberner and Geoffrey Blancaneaux will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Losinj Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.23
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 4.2
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Taberner vs. Geoffrey Blancaneaux
This will be the 2nd time that Carlos Taberner and Geoffrey Blancaneaux fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Blancaneaux (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Blancaneaux won 7-6(5) 5-7 7-5 in the qualifications in the Trnava Challenger back in 2016.
Carlos Taberner
Ranked no. 111, Taberner got to the 2nd round after defeating Javier Barranco Cosano 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Taberner had a good straight sets win against Barranco Cosano (6-4 6-3). During the match, Taberner scored 69 points vs Barranco Cosano’s 58. Taberner was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Taberner scored 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Carlos Taberner lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Taberner put 50% of his first serves in, winning 83% (25/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Barranco Cosano 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Taberner has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 66% of his matches (297-156). 30-15 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Taberner has a composed261-123 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the season was conquering the title in the Antalya 2 Challenger where he beat Jaume Antoni Munar Clar in the final 6-4 6-1 and in the Aix En Provence Challenger where he beat Manuel Guinard in the final 6-2 6-2.
The Spaniard has an overall 36-21 win-loss record in 2021, 30-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Losinj Challenger
Taberner has never competed in this tournament before.
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
Ranked no. 284, Geoffrey reached the 2nd round after defeating Filip Cristian Jianu 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Geoffrey had a good straight sets win against Cristian Jianu (6-2 6-3). During the match Blancaneaux scored 65 points vs Cristian Jianu’s 47. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Blancaneaux scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Geoffrey Blancaneaux lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Blancaneaux put 79% of his first serves in, winning 67% (31/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (8/12) on the 2nd serve. Geoffrey broke Cristian Jianu 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Blancaneaux has a composed 19-24 win-loss record in 2021, 12-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Taberner | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 17 |
| Pts | 69-58 | 65-47 |
| Total Points | 127 | 112 |
| Winners | 25 | 31 |
| %Winners | 36% | 48% |
Both Taberner and Blancaneaux played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Taberner and Blancaneaux have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Taberner played 2 games more than Blancaneaux. The Spaniard scored 25 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The French player made 31 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Taberner | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 30/60 | 46/58 |
| %1st in | 50% | 79% |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 31/46 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 14/30 | 8/12 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 67% |
Taberner recorded 2 aces . Blancaneaux blasted 1 ace . Taberner won 83% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Blancaneaux won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Taberner | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 36% | 36% |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 80% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Carlos broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Spaniard surrendered his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Geoffrey broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Blancaneaux conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Taberner | |||
| R1 Barranco |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 69-58 | 69-58 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 30/60 | 30/60 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 25/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/30 | 14/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Blancaneaux | |||
| R1 Cristian |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 65-47 | 65-47 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 46/58 | 46/58 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 31/46 | 31/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/12 | 8/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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