Carlos Taberner and Mate Valkusz will square off in the 1st round of the Tenerife 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on CENTRAL COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Taberner who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Carlos Taberner is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Taberner -> 1.615
Mate Valkusz -> 2.2

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Prediction and head to head Carlos Taberner vs. Mate Valkusz

There is no head to head record between Carlos Taberner and Mate Valkusz since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Carlos Taberner

Carlos Taberner

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Rank
103
High
83
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 46-28 1-3 45-24 0-0 0-1 0-0
2024 47-36 0-3 46-31 1-2 0-0 0-0
2023 25-23 3-4 22-19 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 31-33 1-2 29-27 1-2 0-2 0-0
2021 40-25 3-4 33-15 3-5 1-1 0-0

Ranked no. 170, the Spaniard will start his run in the Tenerife 1 Challenger after he played his last match at the Australian Open where he lost 7-5 6-3 to Kudla in the qualifications on the 11th of January.

The Spaniard has an aggregate 1-1 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, The Spaniard has an overall 333-194 record. He has a positive 21-18 record on hard.

Previously in the Tenerife 1 Challenger

Carlos has never competed in this tournament before.

Tenerife 1 Challenger
Taberner's Record

Mate Valkusz

Mate Valkusz

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Rank
632
High
204
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 20-7 0-1 20-6 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 6-8 3-2 3-5 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 33-24 5-2 23-14 5-7 0-0 0-1
2022 33-14 5-5 27-6 1-2 0-1 0-0
2021 31-9 4-2 27-7 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 278, Valkusz got to the 1st round after beating Evgeny Karlovskiy 7-63 6-1 and Daniel Merida Aguilar 6-4 5-7 7-5.

In the qualifications, Mate defeated Merida Aguilar (6-4 5-7 7-5). During the match Valkusz scored 118 points vs Merida Aguilar’s 117. Mate was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about serving, Valkusz struck 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Mate Valkusz lost the serve 6 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Valkusz put 60% of his first serves in, winning 59% (40/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (22/45) on the 2nd serve. Valkusz broke Merida Aguilar 7 times after converting 33% of his break points (7/21).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Hungarian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Valkusz has a composed 2-2 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Tenerife 1 Challenger
Valkusz's Record

Tennis Scores in Tenerife 1 Challenger

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