Carlos Taberner and Matej Dodig will face off in the 1st round of the Zagreb Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:30 pm on CENTER 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 -> 1.5
Matej Dodig -> 2.47
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Taberner vs. Matej Dodig
This will be the 2nd time that Carlos Taberner and Matej Dodig clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Taberner (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Taberner won 7-5 6-2 in the qualifications in the Tunis Challenger back in May 2024.
Carlos Taberner
22 - 17win/loss
306
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. 309, the Spaniard got to the 1st round after defeating Emanuel Ivanisevic 6-1 6-1 and Lorenzo Giustino 7-5 6-4.
In the qualifications, Taberner had a good straight sets win against Giustino (7-5 6-4). During the match, Taberner scored 68 points vs Giustino’s 65. Carlos was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Taberner scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Carlos Taberner lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Taberner put 82% of his first serves in, winning 59% (35/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Giustino 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
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 competition to win 57% of the points he played.
Taberner has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (379-233). 21-14 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Taberner has a composed 336-183 match record in the last years on clay.
The Spaniard has a compiled 22-17 win-loss record in 2024, 21-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zagreb Challenger
Taberner has never competed in this tournament before.
Matej Dodig
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-12 | 12-2 | 21-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-16 | 1-2 | 38-12 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 359 (career-high), Dodig will start his run in the Zagreb Challenger after he played his last match in the Skopje Challenger where he lost 0-6 7-6(6) 6-2 to Seggerman in the 2nd round on the 22nd of May.
Dodig has a composed 26-8 win-loss record in 2024, 14-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Croatian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Rovinj.
In terms of his career, Dodig has an overall 69-24 record. He has a positive 52-18 record on clay.
Head 2 Head
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