Carlos Taberner and Alex Barrena will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Guayaquil Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.363
Alex Barrena -> 2.94
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Taberner vs. Alex Barrena
There is no head to head record between Carlos Taberner and Alex Barrena since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Carlos Taberner
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-23 | 0-2 | 25-20 | 1-1 | 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 |
| 2020 | 20-14 | 0-2 | 20-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 364, Taberner reached the qualifications after defeating Wilson Leite 3-6 7-5 6-1.
In the qualifications against Leite, Taberner recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 6-1). During the match, Taberner scored 98 points vs Leite’s 91. Carlos was pretty aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about the service games, Taberner scored 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Carlos Taberner lost the serve twice and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Taberner put 71% of his first serves in, winning 64% (49/77) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Leite 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Taberner has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (356-214). 21-17 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Taberner has an overall314-167 record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Augsburg Challenger where he beat Oriol Roca Batalla in the final 6-4 6-4.
The Spaniard has a compiled 24-21 win-loss record in 2023, 21-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guayaquil Challenger
Taberner has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Barrena
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-30 | 0-0 | 51-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-19 | 2-1 | 26-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-24 | 1-5 | 10-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 412, the Argentine got to the qualifications after beating Angel Diaz Jalil 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, Alex had a good straight sets win against Diaz Jalil (6-2 6-4). During the match Barrena scored 75 points vs Diaz Jalil’s 59. Alex was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Barrena fired 2 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alex Barrena was very effective on serve to win 73% (32/44) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Argentine broke Diaz Jalil 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
The Argentine’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya and M15 Warmbad Villach.
The Argentine has an overall 46-26 win-loss record in 2023, 46-26 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Taberner | Barrena |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 18 |
| Pts | 98-91 | 75-59 |
| Total Points | 189 | 134 |
| Winners | 49 | 32 |
| %Winners | 50% | 43% |
Both Taberner and Barrena played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Carlos Taberner conceded 1 set while Alex Barrena hasn’t lost a set so far. Taberner has played 1 set more than Barrena (3 vs 2). Therefore, Taberner played 10 games more than Barrena. Carlos scored 49 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Alex recorded 32 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Taberner | Barrena |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 77/109 | 44/71 |
| %1st in | 71% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 49/77 | 32/44 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 18/32 | 15/27 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 56% |
Taberner made 2 aces . Barrena recorded 2 aces . Taberner won 64% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Barrena won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Taberner | Barrena |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 44% | 38% |
| Conceded | 12 | 10 |
| Saved | 10 | 10 |
| % Saved | 83% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Carlos broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Carlos lost his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Argentine was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 10 break points.
| Taberner | |||
| Q1 Leite |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 98-91 | 98-91 | |
| Total points | 189 | 189 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 77/109 | 77/109 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 49/77 | 49/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/32 | 18/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 10/12 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Barrena | |||
| Q1 Diaz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 75-59 | 75-59 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 44/71 | 44/71 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 32/44 | 32/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 15/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 10/10 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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