Carlos Taberner and Lorenzo Giustino will face off in the qualifications of the Zagreb Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:30 am on COURT 6. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.48
Lorenzo Giustino -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Taberner vs. Lorenzo Giustino
This will be the 5th time that Carlos Taberner and Lorenzo Giustino face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Taberner (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Taberner won 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 1 Challenger back in 2022.
Carlos Taberner
22 - 17win/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. 309, Taberner got to the qualifications after defeating Emanuel Ivanisevic 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications, Carlos had a good straight sets win against Ivanisevic (6-1 6-1). During the match, Taberner scored 61 points vs Ivanisevic’s 32. Carlos was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Taberner struck 3 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Carlos Taberner was quite effective on serve to win 92% (24/26) of his 1st serve and 80% (4/5) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Spaniard broke Ivanisevic 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).
Taberner has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (378-233). 20-14 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Taberner has an overall 335-183 record in the last years on clay.
Taberner has an aggregate 21-17 win-loss record in 2024, 20-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zagreb Challenger
Taberner has never competed in this tournament before.
Lorenzo Giustino
22 - 16win/loss
261
127
LWLWWWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 56-33 | 7-5 | 47-23 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-38 | 14-16 | 10-19 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-37 | 3-5 | 19-26 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-39 | 3-8 | 14-26 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-19 | 6-7 | 7-9 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 374, the Italian reached the qualifications after defeating Daniel Cukierman 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Lorenzo had a good straight sets win against Cukierman (6-2 6-2). During the match Giustino scored 57 points vs Cukierman’s 35. Lorenzo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Giustino wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Lorenzo Giustino lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Giustino put 75% of his first serves in, winning 58% (22/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (6/13) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Cukierman 7 times after converting 78% of his break points (7/9).
The Italian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Badalona and M25 Mataro.
Giustino has an overall 22-15 win-loss record in 2024, 18-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Taberner | Giustino |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 16 |
| Pts | 61-32 | 57-35 |
| Total Points | 93 | 92 |
| Winners | 24 | 22 |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% |
Both Taberner and Giustino played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Taberner and Giustino have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Taberner played 2 games less than Giustino. Taberner scored 24 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Lorenzo fired 22 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Taberner | Giustino |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0 |
| 1st in | 26/31 | 38/51 |
| %1st in | 84% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 24/26 | 22/38 |
| %1st pts | 92% | 58% |
| 2nd pts | 4/5 | 6/13 |
| %2nd pts | 80% | 46% |
Taberner blasted 3 aces . Giustino didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Taberner won 92% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 80% of the points. On the other side, Giustino won 58% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Taberner | Giustino |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/15 | 7/9 |
| % Converted | 33% | 78% |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The Spaniard broke his opponent 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. Carlos was rock solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Italian broke his opponent 7 times with a 78% conversion rate. Giustino conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Taberner | |||
| Q1 Ivanisevic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 61-32 | 61-32 | |
| Total points | 93 | 93 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 26/31 | 26/31 | |
| % 1st in | 84% | 84% | |
| 1st pts | 24/26 | 24/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 92% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| % 2nd pts | 80% | 80% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Giustino | |||
| Q1 Cukierman |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 57-35 | 57-35 | |
| Total points | 92 | 92 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 38/51 | 38/51 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 22/38 | 22/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/9 | 7/9 | |
| Converted % | 78% | 78% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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