Carlos Taberner and Luka Pavlovic will face off in the 1st round of the Kigali 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:00 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 Carlos Taberner who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Carlos Taberner is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Taberner -> 1.32
Luka Pavlovic -> 3.15
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Taberner vs. Luka Pavlovic
This will be the 2nd time that Carlos Taberner and Luka Pavlovic clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Taberner (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Taberner won 6-4 6-7(6) 7-6(5) in the quarter in the Todi Challenger back in 2024.
Carlos Taberner
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7-6 | 1-2 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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, Taberner will start his run in the Kigali 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Kigali 1 Challenger where he lost 7-6(6) 7-5 to Cecchinato in the 2nd round on the 26th of February.
Carlos has an aggregate 7-5 win-loss record in 2025, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Spaniard’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Punta Del Este Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Taberner has an overall 411-257 record. He has a positive 367-203 record on clay.
Previously in the Kigali 2 Challenger
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
Luka Pavlovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 44-18 | 0-0 | 42-16 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-12 | 0-1 | 38-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-12 | 3-2 | 8-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-14 | 1-1 | 15-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 346 (career-high), the French player reached the 1st round after defeating Julien De Cuyper 6-1 6-3 and Adrian Oetzbach 6-3 7-5.
In the qualifications, The French player had a good straight sets win against Oetzbach (6-3 7-5). During the match Pavlovic scored 70 points vs Oetzbach’s 56. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Pavlovic scored 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Luka Pavlovic conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Pavlovic put 58% of his first serves in, winning 86% (36/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. Pavlovic was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Oetzbach twice.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Luka started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 60% of the points he played.
The French player has an overall 6-2 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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- Maxime ChazalChazal – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Clement TaburTabur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Andrej MartinMartin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Ivan GakhovGakhov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mathys ErhardErhard – Maxime JanvierJanvier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex Marti PujolrasMarti Pujolras – Max HoukesHoukes (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Carlos TabernerTaberner (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yanki ErelErel – Calvin HemeryHemery (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (0-2) – H2H and prediction
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