Carlos Taberner and Marco Cecchinato will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Kigali 1 Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 -> 1.47
Marco Cecchinato -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Taberner vs. Marco Cecchinato
This will be the 4th time that Carlos Taberner and Marco Cecchinato fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Cecchinato (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Cecchinato won 7-6(2) 6-4 in the quarter in the Lisbon Challenger back in 2022.
Carlos Taberner
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46-28 | 1-3 | 45-24 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 174, the Spaniard got to the 2nd round after beating Andrea Picchione 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, Carlos had a good straight sets win against Picchione (6-2 6-2). During the match, Taberner scored 67 points vs Picchione’s 43. Carlos was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about the service games, Taberner blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Carlos Taberner was pretty efficient on serve to win 86% (19/22) of his 1st serve and 71% (17/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Taberner broke Picchione 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Taberner has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (363-235). 6-2 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Taberner has a compiled 330-186 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Carlos’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Punta Del Este Challenger.
Carlos has a compiled 7-4 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kigali 1 Challenger
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
Marco Cecchinato
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-34 | 0-0 | 39-34 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-25 | 0-2 | 26-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-23 | 1-4 | 12-17 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-33 | 0-3 | 43-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-27 | 1-5 | 31-19 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 426, the Italian reached the 2nd round after defeating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Cecchinato had a good straight sets win against Blancaneaux (6-4 6-4). During the match Cecchinato scored 72 points vs Blancaneaux’s 61. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Cecchinato struck 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Marco Cecchinato was quite effective on serve to win 82% (37/45) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Blancaneaux twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Marco has a compiled 6-5 win-loss record in 2025, 6-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Taberner | Cecchinato |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 |
| Pts | 67-43 | 72-61 |
| Total Points | 110 | 133 |
| Winners | 19 | 37 |
| %Winners | 28% | 51% |
Both Taberner and Cecchinato played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Taberner and Cecchinato have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Taberner played 4 games less than Cecchinato. Taberner scored 19 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, Cecchinato managed to score 37 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Taberner | Cecchinato |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 6 |
| 1st in | 22/46 | 45/70 |
| %1st in | 48% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 19/22 | 37/45 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 17/24 | 13/25 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 52% |
Taberner made 2 aces . Cecchinato struck 6 aces . Taberner won 86% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Cecchinato won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Taberner | Cecchinato |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/13 | 2/8 |
| % Converted | 31% | 25% |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 |
| Saved | 5 | 8 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Carlos broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Carlos pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 5 break points. Cecchinato broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. Marco was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 8 break points.
| Taberner | |||
| R1 Picchione | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 67-43 | 67-43 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 22/46 | 22/46 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 19/22 | 19/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/24 | 17/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Cecchinato | |||
| R1 Blancaneaux | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 72-61 | 72-61 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 45/70 | 45/70 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 37/45 | 37/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 13/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 8/8 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Kigali 1 Challenger
- Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Neil OberleitnerOberleitner – Manuel GuinardGuinard (7-5 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Alex Marti PujolrasMarti Pujolras – Dominik KellovskyKellovsky (7-611 6-2) – See score progression
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Guy Den OudenDen Ouden – Clement TaburTabur (7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Calvin HemeryHemery (6-4 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Eliakim CoulibalyCoulibaly – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrej MartinMartin – Jesper De JongDe Jong (7-61 6-3) – See score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Mathys ErhardErhard – Maximus JonesJones (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Gabriele PennafortiPennaforti (4-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover – Corentin DenollyDenolly (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Andrea PicchionePicchione (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Max HoukesHoukes – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Maxime ChazalChazal (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrej MartinMartin – Jesper De JongDe Jong (7-6(1) 6-3) – See score progression
- Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Calvin HemeryHemery (6-4 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Eliakim CoulibalyCoulibaly – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Guy Den OudenDen Ouden – Clement TaburTabur (7-6(3) 6-4) – See score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andrej MartinMartin – Alex Marti PujolrasMarti Pujolras (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Carlos TabernerTaberner (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mathys ErhardErhard – Luka PavlovicPavlovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Neil OberleitnerOberleitner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max HoukesHoukes – (0-0) – H2H and prediction