Cristian Garin and Carlos Taberner will play each other in the 2nd round of the Braga Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Cristian Garin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Cristian Garin is the pick to win this match.
Cristian Garin -> 1.64
Carlos Taberner -> 2.15
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Prediction and head to head Cristian Garin vs. Carlos Taberner
This will be the 4th time that Cristian Garin and Carlos Taberner play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Garin (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they played, Garin won 4-6 6-1 6-0 in the 2nd round in the Punta Del Este Challenger back in 2018.
Cristian Garin
20 - 23win/loss
152
17
LWLWWLLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-24 | 3-6 | 13-14 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-25 | 22-12 | 18-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-23 | 4-5 | 9-11 | 1-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-18 | 2-6 | 15-9 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-12 | 2-7 | 15-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 122, Christian got to the 2nd round after defeating Jan Choinski 6-2 6-7(5) 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Chilean defeated Choinski (6-2 6-75 6-1). During the match, Garin scored 93 points vs Choinski’s 66. Christian was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Garin made 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Cristian Garin was extremely effective on serve to win 82% (36/44) of his 1st serve and 63% (27/43) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Christian broke Choinski 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).
Garin has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (305-223). 12-12 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Garin has a composed 210-132 record in the last years on clay.
The Chilean’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Estoril and Munich.
Christian has a composed 20-22 win-loss record in 2024, 12-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braga Challenger
Garin has never competed in this tournament before.
Carlos Taberner
46 - 31win/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. 200, the Spaniard got to the 2nd round after defeating Hynek Barton 6-0 6-3.
In the 1st round, Carlos had a good straight sets win against Barton (6-0 6-3). During the match Taberner scored 58 points vs Barton’s 35. Taberner was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Taberner scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Carlos Taberner was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (26/35) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Taberner broke Barton 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Todi Challenger where he defeated Santiago Rodriguez Taverna in the final 6-4 6-3.
Taberner has a composed 45-31 win-loss record in 2024, 44-28 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braga Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Garin | Taberner |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 15 |
| Pts | 93-66 | 58-35 |
| Total Points | 159 | 93 |
| Winners | 36 | 26 |
| %Winners | 39% | 45% |
Both Garin and Taberner played 1 match. At the moment, Cristian Garin lost 1 set while Carlos Taberner hasn’t lost a set so far. Garin has played 1 set more than Taberner (3 vs 2). Therefore, Garin played 13 games more than Taberner. Christian scored 36 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard bagged 26 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Garin | Taberner |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 1 |
| 1st in | 44/87 | 35/51 |
| %1st in | 51% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 36/44 | 26/35 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 27/43 | 10/16 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 63% |
Garin managed to score 9 aces . Taberner bagged 1 ace . Garin won 82% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Taberner won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Garin | Taberner |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/7 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 86% | 57% |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 60% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Garin broke his opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. The Chilean surrendered his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Carlos broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Spaniard was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Garin | |||
| R1 Choinski |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-75 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 93-66 | 93-66 | |
| Total points | 159 | 159 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 44/87 | 44/87 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 36/44 | 36/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/43 | 27/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Taberner | |||
| R1 Barton |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 58-35 | 58-35 | |
| Total points | 93 | 93 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 35/51 | 35/51 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 26/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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