Carlos Taberner and Martin Klizan will face off in the qualifications of the Lisbon Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on ESTADIO CIF. In the following paragraphs, 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.
Carlos Taberner -> 1.44
Martin Klizan -> 2.625
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Taberner vs. Martin Klizan
This will be the 2nd time that Carlos Taberner and Martin Klizan face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Taberner (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Taberner won 6-1 6-2 in the qualifications in at the French Open back in 2021.
Carlos Taberner
44 - 30win/loss
196
85
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 47-35 | 0-3 | 46-30 | 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. 210, Taberner got to the qualifications after defeating Joao Domingues 7-5 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Domingues (7-5 6-3). During the match, Taberner scored 76 points vs Domingues’s 73. The Spaniard was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Taberner bagged 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Carlos Taberner lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Taberner put 79% of his first serves in, winning 62% (39/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 24% (4/17) on the 2nd serve. Taberner broke Domingues 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Taberner has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (401-246). 43-27 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Taberner has an aggregate 358-196 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Todi Challenger where he overcame Santiago Rodriguez Taverna in the final 6-4 6-3.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 44-30 win-loss record in 2024, 43-27 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lisbon Challenger
Martin Klizan
47 - 15win/loss
311
24
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-20 | 11-2 | 35-14 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-14 | 0-1 | 6-7 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-15 | 6-4 | 6-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 315, Martin reached the qualifications after defeating Goncalo Falcao 6-1 6-0.
In the qualifications, Klizan had a good straight sets win against Falcao (6-1 6-0). During the match Klizan scored 52 points vs Falcao’s 22. Martin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 13 winners.
About the serving games, Klizan was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Martin Klizan was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (13/17) of his 1st serve and 86% (12/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Slovakian broke Falcao 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Martin’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Heraklion,M15 Telde,M25 Valldoreix and M25 Reggio Emilia.
The Slovakian has a compiled 47-15 win-loss record in 2024, 34-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lisbon Challenger
Martin has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Taberner | Klizan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 13 |
| Pts | 76-73 | 52-22 |
| Total Points | 149 | 74 |
| Winners | 39 | 13 |
| %Winners | 51% | 25% |
Both Taberner and Klizan played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Taberner and Klizan have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Taberner played 8 games more than Klizan. Carlos scored 39 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian made 13 winners (25%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Taberner | Klizan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0 |
| 1st in | 63/80 | 17/31 |
| %1st in | 79% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 39/63 | 13/17 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 4/17 | 12/14 |
| %2nd pts | 24% | 86% |
Taberner struck 2 aces . Klizan didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Taberner won 62% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 24% of the points. On the other side, Klizan won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 86% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Taberner | Klizan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 6/10 |
| % Converted | 63% | 60% |
| Conceded | 10 | 1 |
| Saved | 7 | 1 |
| % Saved | 70% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Taberner broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Spaniard lost his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Martin broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Martin was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Taberner | |||
| Q1 Domingues | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 76-73 | 76-73 | |
| Total points | 149 | 149 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 63/80 | 63/80 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 39/63 | 39/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/17 | 4/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 24% | 24% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Klizan | |||
| Q1 Falcao | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 52-22 | 52-22 | |
| Total points | 74 | 74 | |
| Winners | 13 | 13 | |
| %Winners | 25% | 25% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 17/31 | 17/31 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 13/17 | 13/17 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/14 | 12/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 86% | 86% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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