Daniel Merida Aguilar and Carlos Taberner will play each other in the qualifications of the Madrid Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on PISTA CENTRAL. In the following lines 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Carlos Taberner is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Taberner -> 1.49
Daniel Merida Aguilar -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Daniel Merida Aguilar vs. Carlos Taberner
There is no head to head record between Daniel Merida Aguilar and Carlos Taberner since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Daniel Merida Aguilar
22 - 9win/loss
430
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LWLWLWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-18 | 7-4 | 24-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-31 | 16-13 | 20-17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-26 | 8-9 | 21-16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-14 | 1-4 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 374 (career-high), Daniel reached the qualifications after defeating Rafael Jodar 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Jodar (6-2 6-3). During the match, Merida Aguilar scored 62 points vs Jodar’s 46. Daniel was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Merida Aguilar managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Daniel Merida Aguilar was pretty efficient on serve to win 78% (25/32) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Daniel broke Jodar 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Merida Aguilar has a winning match record in the last 5 years having won 55% of his matches (101-83). 15-5 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Merida Aguilar has a compiled68-51 record in the last 5 years on clay.
Merida Aguilar’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Antalya.
Merida Aguilar has an aggregate 22-9 win-loss record in 2024, 15-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Madrid Challenger
Carlos Taberner
11 - 11win/loss
307
85
LWWLLWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-22 | 0-2 | 25-19 | 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. 392, Carlos reached the qualifications after beating Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 4-1 ret..
In the qualifications against Sanchez-Izquierdo, Carlos had a free pass after Sanchez-Izquierdo retired on a 4-1 . scoreline.
The Spaniard has a compiled 11-11 win-loss record in 2024, 10-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Madrid Challenger
Taberner has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Merida Aguilar | Taberner |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 5 |
| Pts | 62-46 | 0-0 |
| Total Points | 108 | 0 |
| Winners | 25 | 0 |
| %Winners | 40% | 0% |
Both Merida Aguilar and Taberner played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Merida Aguilar and Taberner have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Merida Aguilar played 12 games more than Taberner. Daniel scored 25 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Taberner fired 0 winners (0%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Merida Aguilar | Taberner |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0 |
| 1st in | 32/48 | 0/0 |
| %1st in | 67% | 0% |
| 1st pts | 25/32 | 0/0 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 0% |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 0/0 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 0% |
Merida Aguilar recorded 2 aces . Taberner didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Merida Aguilar won 78% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Taberner won 0% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 0% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Merida Aguilar | Taberner |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 0 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 0/0 |
| % Converted | 44% | 0% |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Daniel broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Spaniard had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 3 break points. On the other side, The Spaniard hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. Carlos was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points without even conceding a single break point.
| Merida Aguilar | |||
| Q1 Jodar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 62-46 | 62-46 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 32/48 | 32/48 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 25/32 | 25/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Taberner | |||
| Q1 Sanchez-Izquierdo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 1 | |
| Tot Games | 5 | 5 | |
| pts | – | 0-0 | |
| Total points | 0 | 0 | |
| Winners | 0 | ||
| %Winners | 0% | 0% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | ||
| 1st in | / | 0/0 | |
| % 1st in | 0% | 0% | |
| 1st pts | / | 0/0 | |
| % 1st pts | 0% | 0% | |
| 2nd pts | / | 0/0 | |
| % 2nd pts | 0% | 0% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | ||
| Converted | / | 0/0 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 0% | |
| Conceded | 0 | ||
| Saved | 0/ | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | ||
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