Javier Barranco Cosano and Carlos Taberner will play each other in the quarter of the Barcelona Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 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 -> 1.62
Javier Barranco Cosano -> 2.17

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Prediction and head to head Javier Barranco Cosano vs. Carlos Taberner

This will be the 3^rd time that Javier Barranco Cosano and Carlos Taberner fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Taberner (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Taberner won 6-4 6-3 in the 1^st round in the Losinj Challenger back in 2021.

Javier Barranco Cosano

Ranked no. 281, Javier got to the quarter after defeating Mathys Erhard 6-4 7-5 and Ivan Gakhov 6-1 3-6 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Javier defeated Gakhov (6-1 3-6 6-4). During the match, Barranco Cosano scored 103 points vs Gakhov’s 91. Barranco Cosano was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Barranco Cosano scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 6 double faults. Javier Barranco Cosano lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Barranco Cosano put 59% of his first serves in, winning 62% (29/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (23/33) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Gakhov 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Javier has lost 1 set in this event to win 53% of the points he played.

Barranco Cosano has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (317-196). 12-4 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Barranco Cosano has a composed285-168 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.

The Spaniard’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Antalya.

Barranco Cosano has a composed 18-8 win-loss record in 2024, 12-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Barcelona Challenger

Carlos Taberner

Ranked no. 392, the Spaniard got to the quarter after defeating Haruto Ishikawa 6-0 6-1, Jonas Forejtek 6-2 6-1, Henri Squire 6-4 6-4 and Radu Albot 6-4 7-5.

In the 2^nd round, Taberner had a good straight sets win against Albot (6-4 7-5). During the match Taberner scored 77 points vs Albot’s 61. Carlos was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

About the serving games, Taberner recorded 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Carlos Taberner lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Taberner put 55% of his first serves in, winning 71% (29/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (16/34) on the 2nd serve. Carlos broke Albot 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Spaniard started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 61% of the points he played.

Carlos has a composed 10-10 win-loss record in 2024, 9-7 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Barranco Cosano	Taberner
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	5	8
Tot Games	48	70
Pts	185-164	260-166
Total Points	349	426
Winners	57	94
%Winners	31%	36%

Barranco Cosano played 2 matches while Taberner competed in 4 matches. Taberner started his run from the qualifications while Barranco Cosano had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Javier Barranco Cosano conceded 1 set while Carlos Taberner hasn’t lost a set so far. Barranco Cosano has played 3 set(s) less than Taberner (5 vs 8). Therefore, Barranco Cosano played 22 games less than Taberner. The Spaniard scored 57 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Carlos recorded 94 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Barranco Cosano	Taberner
Aces	3	3
Avg per match	1.5	0.8
1st in	89/155	123/202
%1st in	57%	61%
1st pts	57/89	94/123
%1st pts	64%	76%
2nd pts	40/66	43/79
%2nd pts	61%	54%

Barranco Cosano struck 3 aces (1.5 per match). Taberner fired 3 aces (0.8 per match). Barranco Cosano won 64% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Taberner won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Barranco Cosano	Taberner
Won	9	20
Converted	9/27	20/31
% Converted	33%	65%
Conceded	16	16
Saved	11	11
% Saved	69%	69%
Times Broken	5	5

Javier broke his opponents 9 times with a 33% conversion rate. Barranco Cosano conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 20 times with a 65% conversion rate. Taberner conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.

Barranco Cosano
	R1 Erhard	R2 Gakhov	Total
Score	6-4 7-5	6-1 3-6 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	22	26	48
pts	82-73	103-91	185-164
Total points	155	194	349
Winners	28	29	57
%Winners	34%	28%	31%
SERVE
Aces	2	1	3
Double Faults	3	6	9
1st in	42/75	47/80	89/155
% 1st in	56%	59%	57%
1st pts	28/42	29/47	57/89
% 1st pts	67%	62%	64%
2nd pts	17/33	23/33	40/66
% 2nd pts	52%	70%	61%
Breaks
Won	5	4	9
Converted	5/14	4/13	9/27
Converted %	36%	31%	33%
Conceded	11	5	16
Saved	8/11	3/5	11
Saved %	73%	60%	67%
Times Broken	3	2	5

Taberner
	Q1 Ishikawa	Q3 Forejtek	R1 Squire	R2 Albot	Total
Score	6-0 6-1	6-2 6-1	6-4 6-4	6-4 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	8
Tot Games	13	15	20	22	70
pts	50-15	64-34	69-56	77-61	260-166
Total points	65	98	125	138	426
Winners	12	20	33	29	94
%Winners	24%	31%	48%	38%	36%
SERVE
Aces	1	0	0	2	3
Double Faults	0	0	4	4	8
1st in	12/26	26/42	44/59	41/75	123/202
% 1st in	46%	62%	75%	55%	61%
1st pts	12/12	20/26	33/44	29/41	94/123
% 1st pts	100%	77%	75%	71%	76%
2nd pts	8/14	12/16	7/15	16/34	43/79
% 2nd pts	57%	75%	47%	47%	54%
Breaks
Won	7	5	3	5	20
Converted	7/10	5/9	3/6	5/6	20/31
Converted %	70%	56%	50%	83%	65%
Conceded	1	4	2	9	16
Saved	0/1	4/4	1/2	6/9	11
Saved %	0%	100%	50%	67%	109%
Times Broken	1	0	1	3	5

Tennis Scores in Barcelona Challenger

• Aisam Qureshi/David Vega HernandezQureshi/David Vega Hernandez – Karol Drzewiecki/Szymon WalkowDrzewiecki/Szymon Walkow (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

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