Tomas Barrios Vera and Carlos Taberner will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Punta Del Este Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 6:30 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tomas Barrios Vera who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tomas Barrios Vera is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Barrios Vera -> 1.69
Carlos Taberner -> 2.07

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Prediction and head to head Tomas Barrios Vera vs. Carlos Taberner

This will be the 2^nd time that Tomas Barrios Vera and Carlos Taberner face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Tomas Barrios Vera (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Tomas Barrios Vera won 4-6 6-4 6-2 in the 1^st round in Santiago back in 2020.

Tomas Barrios Vera

Ranked no. 152, the Chilean got to the semifinal after defeating Alvaro Guillen Meza 3-6 6-4 7-6(7), Max Houkes 4-6 6-4 6-3 and Lautaro Midon 6-0 7-6(6).

In the quarter, Marcelo had a good straight sets win against Midon (6-0 7-6⁶). During the match, Tomas Barrios Vera scored 66 points vs Midon’s 52. Marcelo was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Tomas Barrios Vera was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Tomas Barrios Vera lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Tomas Barrios Vera put 62% of his first serves in, winning 67% (26/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the 2nd serve. Tomas Barrios Vera broke Midon 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Chilean has lost 2 set in this event to win 53% of the points he played.

Tomas Barrios Vera has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (345-200). 3-0 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tomas Barrios Vera has an aggregate 260-140 match record in the last years on clay.

Tomas Barrios Vera has an aggregate 4-1 win-loss record in 2025, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Punta Del Este Challenger

Carlos Taberner

Ranked no. 196, Carlos reached the semifinal after beating Hugo Dellien 6-4 6-2, Gabriel Debru 6-2 3-6 7-5 and Marco Trungelliti 6-7(5) 6-2 6-4.

In the quarter against Trungelliti, Taberner recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁵ 6-2 6-4). During the match Taberner scored 117 points vs Trungelliti’s 99. The Spaniard was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.

About the serving games, Taberner fired 4 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Carlos Taberner lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Taberner put 64% of his first serves in, winning 62% (40/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 69% (25/36) on the 2nd serve. Carlos broke Trungelliti 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Spaniard has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

The Spaniard has a compiled 4-1 win-loss record in 2025, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Punta Del Este Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2018 and 2020. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tomas Barrios Vera	Taberner
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	8	8
Tot Games	80	78
Pts	277-246	270-235
Total Points	523	505
Winners	110	99
%Winners	40%	37%

Both Tomas Barrios Vera and Taberner played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Tomas Barrios Vera conceded 2 sets, while Carlos Taberner surrendered 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Tomas Barrios Vera and Taberner have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Tomas Barrios Vera played 2 games more than Taberner. Tomas Barrios Vera scored 110 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Carlos blasted 99 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tomas Barrios Vera	Taberner
Aces	3	7
Avg per match	1	2.3
1st in	174/258	153/239
%1st in	67%	64%
1st pts	110/174	99/153
%1st pts	63%	65%
2nd pts	45/84	55/86
%2nd pts	54%	64%

Tomas Barrios Vera bagged 3 aces (1 per match). Taberner fired 7 aces (2.3 per match). Tomas Barrios Vera won 63% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Taberner won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Tomas Barrios Vera	Taberner
Won	16	15
Converted	16/32	15/31
% Converted	50%	48%
Conceded	24	18
Saved	13	11
% Saved	54%	61%
Times Broken	11	7

The Chilean broke his opponents 16 times with a 50% conversion rate. Marcelo lost his serve 11 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 15 times with a 48% conversion rate. Carlos conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded.

Tomas Barrios Vera
	R1 Guillen Meza	R2 Houkes	1/4 Midon	Total
Score	3-6 6-4 7-67	4-6 6-4 6-3	6-0 7-66
Tot Set	3	3	2	8
Tot Games	32	29	19	80
pts	111-113	100-81	66-52	277-246
Total points	224	181	118	523
Winners	51	33	26	110
%Winners	46%	33%	39%	40%
SERVE
Aces	1	2	0	3
Double Faults	3	2	3	8
1st in	83/112	52/83	39/63	174/258
% 1st in	74%	63%	62%	67%
1st pts	51/83	33/52	26/39	110/174
% 1st pts	61%	63%	67%	63%
2nd pts	15/29	17/31	13/24	45/84
% 2nd pts	52%	55%	54%	54%
Breaks
Won	4	7	5	16
Converted	4/14	7/12	5/6	16/32
Converted %	29%	58%	83%	50%
Conceded	8	11	5	24
Saved	4/8	6/11	3/5	13
Saved %	50%	55%	60%	55%
Times Broken	4	5	2	11

Taberner
	R1 Dellien	R2 Debru	1/4 Trungelliti	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	6-2 3-6 7-5	6-75 6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	18	29	31	78
pts	69-52	84-84	117-99	270-235
Total points	121	168	216	505
Winners	24	35	40	99
%Winners	35%	42%	34%	37%
SERVE
Aces	2	1	4	7
Double Faults	2	4	0	6
1st in	31/50	57/88	65/101	153/239
% 1st in	62%	65%	64%	64%
1st pts	24/31	35/57	40/65	99/153
% 1st pts	77%	61%	62%	65%
2nd pts	14/19	16/31	25/36	55/86
% 2nd pts	74%	52%	69%	64%
Breaks
Won	3	6	6	15
Converted	3/10	6/7	6/14	15/31
Converted %	30%	86%	43%	48%
Conceded	3	8	7	18
Saved	3/3	4/8	4/7	11
Saved %	100%	50%	57%	69%
Times Broken	0	4	3	7

Tennis Scores in Punta Del Este Challenger

• Facundo Mena/Marco TrungellitiMena/Marco Trungelliti – Arklon Huertas Del Pino/Conner Huertas Del PinoHuertas Del Pino/Conner Huertas Del Pino (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

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