Radu Albot and Carlos Taberner will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Barcelona Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:30 pm on CENTRAL COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Radu Albot who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Radu Albot is the pick to win this match.
Radu Albot -> 1.58
Carlos Taberner -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Radu Albot vs. Carlos Taberner
This will be the 2nd time that Radu Albot and Carlos Taberner clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Albot (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Albot won 6-4 6-1 in the 2nd round in the Girona Challenger back in March 2024.
Radu Albot
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-26 | 12-9 | 17-11 | 4-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-34 | 10-13 | 13-8 | 12-10 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-30 | 25-14 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-27 | 4-9 | 2-8 | 13-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-18 | 0-8 | 2-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 132, Albot got to the 2nd round after beating Daniel Rincon 0-6 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round against Rincon, The Moldovan recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 6-4 6-3).During the match, Albot scored less points (3) than Rincon. In fact, the world no. 132 won 83 points vs Rincon’s. That means that Albot was more focused during the important points. Albot was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Albot scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 6 double faults. Radu Albot lost the serve 5 times. Furthermore, Albot put 64% of his first serves in, winning 53% (25/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the 2nd serve. The Moldovan broke Rincon 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Albot has positive record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (327-275). 9-3 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Albot has a composed 97-80 match record in the last years on clay.
Albot’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Girona Challenger.
Radu has an overall 16-9 win-loss record in 2024, 9-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Barcelona Challenger
The Moldovan has never competed in this tournament before.
Carlos Taberner
9 - 10win/loss
195
85
LLLLWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 20-14 | 0-2 | 20-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 392, Taberner reached the 2nd round after defeating Haruto Ishikawa 6-0 6-1, Jonas Forejtek 6-2 6-1 and Henri Squire 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Carlos had a good straight sets win against Squire (6-4 6-4). During the match Taberner scored 69 points vs Squire’s 56. Taberner was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Taberner was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Carlos Taberner lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Taberner put 75% of his first serves in, winning 75% (33/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (7/15) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Squire 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
The Spaniard has an overall 9-10 win-loss record in 2024, 8-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Albot | Taberner |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 48 |
| Pts | 83-86 | 183-105 |
| Total Points | 169 | 288 |
| Winners | 25 | 65 |
| %Winners | 30% | 36% |
Albot played 1 match while Taberner competed in 3 matches. Taberner started his run from the qualifications while Albot had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Radu Albot surrendered 1 set while Carlos Taberner hasn’t lost a set so far. Albot has played 3 set(s) less than Taberner (3 vs 6). Therefore, Albot played 23 games less than Taberner. Albot scored 25 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard struck 65 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Albot | Taberner |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 0.3 |
| 1st in | 47/74 | 82/127 |
| %1st in | 64% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 25/47 | 65/82 |
| %1st pts | 53% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 27/45 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 60% |
Albot scored 1 ace . Taberner also made 1 ace (0.3 per match). Albot won 53% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Taberner won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Albot | Taberner |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 15 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 15/25 |
| % Converted | 45% | 60% |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 |
Albot broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Moldovan lost his serve 5 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Carlos broke his opponents 15 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Albot | ||||
| R1 Rincon |
R1 Rincon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 0-6 6-4 6-3 | 0-6 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | 50 | |
| pts | 83-86 | 83-86 | 166-172 | |
| Total points | 169 | 169 | 338 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 47/74 | 47/74 | 94/148 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 25/47 | 25/47 | 50/94 | |
| % 1st pts | 53% | 53% | 53% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 15/27 | 30/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | 10/22 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/5 | 0/5 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Taberner | |||||
| Q1 Ishikawa |
Q3 Forejtek |
R1 Squire |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 15 | 20 | 48 | |
| pts | 50-15 | 64-34 | 69-56 | 183-105 | |
| Total points | 65 | 98 | 125 | 288 | |
| Winners | 12 | 20 | 33 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 24% | 31% | 48% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 12/26 | 26/42 | 44/59 | 82/127 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 62% | 75% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 12/12 | 20/26 | 33/44 | 65/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 100% | 77% | 75% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 12/16 | 7/15 | 27/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 75% | 47% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 | |
| Converted | 7/10 | 5/9 | 3/6 | 15/25 | |
| Converted % | 70% | 56% | 50% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 4/4 | 1/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
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