Alexander Blockx and Carlos Taberner will play each other in the semifinal of the Cordenons Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 5:30 pm on SERENA MANIVA CENTER. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.71
Alexander Blockx -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Blockx vs. Carlos Taberner
There is no head to head record between Alexander Blockx and Carlos Taberner since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Alexander Blockx
14 - 16win/loss
203
203
LWWWWWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-24 | 7-11 | 7-3 | 17-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-15 | 4-3 | 11-7 | 24-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 290, the Belgian reached the semifinal after beating Daniel Rincon 3-6 6-4 6-4, Cezar Cretu 6-4 6-4 and Federico Arnaboldi 6-3 6-2.
In the quarter, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Arnaboldi (6-3 6-2). During the match, Blockx scored 64 points vs Arnaboldi’s 46. Blockx was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Blockx couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Alexander Blockx lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Blockx put 52% of his first serves in, winning 73% (19/26) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Arnaboldi 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Blockx has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Blockx has a solid record in the last 3 years having won 61% of his matches (57-37). 4-2 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Blockx has an overall17-13 match record in the last 3 years on clay.
Blockx’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Nottingham Challenger and the Hamburg Challenger.
Blockx has a composed 14-15 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cordenons Challenger
Alexander has never competed in this tournament before.
Carlos Taberner
32 - 26win/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. 298, Carlos reached the semifinal after defeating Nino Serdarusic 6-4 1-6 6-0, Sandro Kopp 6-4 6-3 and Riccardo Bonadio 6-4 6-3.
In the quarter, Carlos had a good straight sets win against Bonadio (6-4 6-3). During the match Taberner scored 66 points vs Bonadio’s 50. The Spaniard was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Taberner scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Carlos Taberner lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Taberner put 60% of his first serves in, winning 66% (25/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the 2nd serve. Taberner broke Bonadio 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Carlos has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 31-26 win-loss record in 2024, 30-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cordenons Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2016. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blockx | Taberner |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 66 | 61 |
| Pts | 239-208 | 199-160 |
| Total Points | 447 | 359 |
| Winners | 73 | 74 |
| %Winners | 31% | 37% |
Both Blockx and Taberner played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alexander Blockx surrendered 1 set, while Carlos Taberner dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Blockx and Taberner have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Blockx played 5 games more than Taberner. The Belgian scored 73 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard made 74 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blockx | Taberner |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 113/215 | 111/175 |
| %1st in | 53% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 73/113 | 74/111 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 54/102 | 34/64 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 53% |
Blockx scored 5 aces (1.7 per match). Taberner blasted 4 aces (1.3 per match). Blockx won 65% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Taberner won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Blockx | Taberner |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 15 |
| Converted | 15/35 | 15/26 |
| % Converted | 43% | 58% |
| Conceded | 20 | 14 |
| Saved | 12 | 6 |
| % Saved | 60% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 8 |
Alexander broke his opponents 15 times with a 43% conversion rate. Alexander surrendered his serve 8 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 15 times with a 58% conversion rate. Taberner conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.
| Blockx | |||||
| R1 Rincon |
R2 Cretu |
1/4 Arnaboldi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 20 | 17 | 66 | |
| pts | 98-96 | 77-66 | 64-46 | 239-208 | |
| Total points | 194 | 143 | 110 | 447 | |
| Winners | 23 | 31 | 19 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 23% | 40% | 30% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 43/88 | 44/77 | 26/50 | 113/215 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 57% | 52% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 23/43 | 31/44 | 19/26 | 73/113 | |
| % 1st pts | 53% | 70% | 73% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/45 | 16/33 | 11/24 | 54/102 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 48% | 46% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 4/13 | 6/8 | 15/35 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 31% | 75% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 9 | 5 | 20 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 7/9 | 3/5 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 78% | 60% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Taberner | |||||
| R1 Serdarusic |
R2 Kopp |
1/4 Bonadio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 1-6 6-0 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 19 | 19 | 61 | |
| pts | 73-64 | 60-46 | 66-50 | 199-160 | |
| Total points | 137 | 106 | 116 | 359 | |
| Winners | 22 | 27 | 25 | 74 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 45% | 38% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 36/61 | 37/51 | 38/63 | 111/175 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 73% | 60% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 22/36 | 27/37 | 25/38 | 74/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 73% | 66% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 8/14 | 14/25 | 34/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 57% | 56% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 4/6 | 5/8 | 15/26 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 67% | 63% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | |
| Saved | 0/4 | 3/4 | 3/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 75% | 50% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLWLWWLW Tennis Scores in Cordenons Challenger
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Vilius GaubasGaubas – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander BlockxBlockx – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Andrew PaulsonPaulson – Andrea CollariniCollarini (4-6 6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Daniel Cukierman/Neil OberleitnerCukierman/Neil Oberleitner – David Stevenson/Marcus WillisStevenson/Marcus Willis (6-4 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Jiri Barnat/Andrew PaulsonBarnat/Andrew Paulson – Vlad Victor Cornea/Jonathan EyssericVictor Cornea/Jonathan Eysseric (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andrew PaulsonPaulson – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
