Carlos Taberner and Kimmer Coppejans will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Murcia Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on PISTA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Taberner who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Carlos Taberner is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Taberner -> 1.53
Kimmer Coppejans -> 2.375

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Prediction and head to head Carlos Taberner vs. Kimmer Coppejans

This will be the 2^nd time that Carlos Taberner and Kimmer Coppejans fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Coppejans (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they played, Coppejans won 6-2 6-1 in the 1^st round in the Heilbronn Challenger back in 2021.

Carlos Taberner

Ranked no. 170, Taberner got to the semifinal after beating Vilius Gaubas 7-5 3-6 6-1, Daniel Merida Aguilar 7-6(1) 7-6(2) and Marton Fucsovics 7-5 5-7 7-6(3).

In the quarter, The Spaniard defeated Fucsovics (7-5 5-7 7-6³). During the match, Taberner and Fucsovics scored the same amount of points (129). However, the world no. 170 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 61 winners.

Regarding the service games, Taberner scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Carlos Taberner lost the serve 4 times and he saved 19 break points. Furthermore, Taberner put 70% of his first serves in, winning 60% (61/101) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (26/44) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Fucsovics 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Carlos has dropped 2 set in this competition to win 53% of the points he played.

Taberner has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (366-237). 9-4 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Taberner has a composed 333-188 record in the last years on clay.

Carlos’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Punta Del Este Challenger.

Taberner has a compiled 10-6 win-loss record in 2025, 9-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Murcia Challenger

Kimmer Coppejans

Ranked no. 325, Coppejans reached the semifinal after defeating Sebastian Ofner 6-1 6-7(4) 6-3, Elmer Moller 6-4 6-4 and Pablo Llamas Ruiz 6-4 6-3.

In the quarter, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Llamas Ruiz (6-4 6-3). During the match Coppejans scored 68 points vs Llamas Ruiz’s 56. The Belgian was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.

About the serving games, Coppejans fired 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Kimmer Coppejans was quite effective on serve to win 72% (21/29) of his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Belgian broke Llamas Ruiz 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Belgian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Coppejans’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger.

Kimmer has a compiled 17-6 win-loss record in 2025, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Murcia Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Taberner	Coppejans
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	8	7
Tot Games	91	68
Pts	331-298	255-204
Total Points	629	459
Winners	150	71
%Winners	45%	28%

Both Taberner and Coppejans played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Carlos Taberner surrendered 2 sets, while Kimmer Coppejans conceded 1 set. Taberner has played 1 set more than Coppejans (8 vs 7). Therefore, Taberner played 23 games more than Coppejans. Taberner scored 150 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian scored 71 winners (28%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Taberner	Coppejans
Aces	3	12
Avg per match	1	4
1st in	222/322	101/201
%1st in	69%	50%
1st pts	150/222	71/101
%1st pts	68%	70%
2nd pts	52/100	58/100
%2nd pts	52%	58%

Taberner bagged 3 aces (1 per match). Coppejans blasted 12 aces (4 per match). Taberner won 68% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Coppejans won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Taberner	Coppejans
Won	12	17
Converted	12/31	17/31
% Converted	39%	55%
Conceded	41	23
Saved	31	16
% Saved	76%	70%
Times Broken	10	7

The Spaniard broke his opponents 12 times with a 39% conversion rate. Carlos conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded. Kimmer broke his opponents 17 times with a 55% conversion rate. Kimmer conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.

Taberner
	R1 Gaubas	R2 Merida	1/4 Fucsovics	Total
Score	7-5 3-6 6-1	7-61 7-62	7-5 5-7 7-63
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	28	26	37	91
pts	96-78	106-91	129-129	331-298
Total points	174	197	258	629
Winners	43	46	61	150
%Winners	45%	43%	47%	45%
SERVE
Aces	1	1	1	3
Double Faults	2	3	2	7
1st in	49/73	72/104	101/145	222/322
% 1st in	67%	69%	70%	69%
1st pts	43/49	46/72	61/101	150/222
% 1st pts	88%	64%	60%	68%
2nd pts	11/24	15/32	26/44	52/100
% 2nd pts	46%	47%	59%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	4	4	12
Converted	4/16	4/8	4/7	12/31
Converted %	25%	50%	57%	39%
Conceded	5	13	23	41
Saved	3/5	9/13	19/23	31
Saved %	60%	69%	83%	71%
Times Broken	2	4	4	10

Coppejans
	R1 Ofner	R2 Moller	1/4 Llamas	Total
Score	6-1 6-74 6-3	6-4 6-4	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	29	20	19	68
pts	119-95	68-53	68-56	255-204
Total points	214	121	124	459
Winners	27	23	21	71
%Winners	23%	34%	31%	28%
SERVE
Aces	2	6	4	12
Double Faults	4	1	1	6
1st in	40/92	32/52	29/57	101/201
% 1st in	43%	62%	51%	50%
1st pts	27/40	23/32	21/29	71/101
% 1st pts	68%	72%	72%	70%
2nd pts	31/52	10/20	17/28	58/100
% 2nd pts	60%	50%	61%	58%
Breaks
Won	8	5	4	17
Converted	8/17	5/6	4/8	17/31
Converted %	47%	83%	50%	55%
Conceded	12	6	5	23
Saved	9/12	3/6	4/5	16
Saved %	75%	50%	80%	68%
Times Broken	3	3	1	7

Tennis Scores in Murcia Challenger

• Jesper de Jong/Mats Hermansde Jong/Mats Hermans – Edas Butvilas/Ramkumar RamanathanButvilas/Ramkumar Ramanathan (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Ivan GakhovGakhov – Jesper De JongDe Jong (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos TabernerTaberner – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (0-1) – H2H and prediction