Alexander Blockx and Carlos Taberner will play each other in the semifinal of the Cordenons Challenger for the 1^st 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

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

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 2^nd round in 2016. See his history

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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

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

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