Jesper De Jong and Carlos Taberner will clash against each other in the final of the Murcia Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:30 am on PISTA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jesper De Jong who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jesper De Jong is the pick to win this match.
Jesper De Jong -> 1.44
Carlos Taberner -> 2.625
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Prediction and head to head Jesper De Jong vs. Carlos Taberner
This will be the 2nd time that Jesper De Jong and Carlos Taberner play 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 6-3 7-6(0) in the 1st round in the Verona Challenger back in 2021.
Jesper De Jong
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7-8 | 1-3 | 3-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 48-25 | 12-5 | 33-15 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-23 | 19-4 | 30-14 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-28 | 12-7 | 10-13 | 2-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-29 | 2-6 | 27-18 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 105, Jesper reached the final after beating Andrea Pellegrino 6-3 6-3, Valentin Vacherot 6-3 3-6 7-5, Harold Mayot w/o and Ivan Gakhov 7-5 6-1.
In the semifinal, Jesper had a good straight sets win against Gakhov (7-5 6-1). During the match, De Jong scored 65 points vs Gakhov’s 46. The Dutch was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, De Jong bagged 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Jesper De Jong was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (28/37) of his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Dutch broke Gakhov 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
De Jong has lost 1 set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
De Jong has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (260-154). 3-2 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, De Jong has a composed148-80 record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Dutch’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Montpellier and the Murcia Challenger.
Jesper has an overall 7-7 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
Carlos Taberner
11 - 6win/loss
170
85
WWWWWLLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12-6 | 1-2 | 11-4 | 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. 170, Taberner reached the final after beating Vilius Gaubas 7-5 3-6 6-1, Daniel Merida Aguilar 7-6(1) 7-6(2), Marton Fucsovics 7-5 5-7 7-6(3) and Kimmer Coppejans 2-6 7-5 6-4.
In the semifinal against Coppejans, Carlos recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-5 6-4). During the match Taberner and Coppejans scored the same amount of points (100). However, the world no. 105 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Carlos was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Taberner scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Carlos Taberner lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Taberner put 70% of his first serves in, winning 61% (42/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Coppejans 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Taberner has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
The Spaniard’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Punta Del Este Challenger and the Murcia Challenger.
The Spaniard has an overall 11-6 win-loss record in 2025, 10-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | De Jong | Taberner |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 67 | 121 |
| Pts | 226-185 | 431-398 |
| Total Points | 411 | 829 |
| Winners | 88 | 192 |
| %Winners | 39% | 45% |
De Jong played 3 matches while Taberner competed in 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jesper De Jong surrendered 1 set, while Carlos Taberner surrendered 3 sets. De Jong has played 4 set(s) less than Taberner (7 vs 11). Therefore, De Jong played 54 games less than Taberner. Jesper scored 88 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Carlos made 192 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | De Jong | Taberner |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 4.7 | 1 |
| 1st in | 117/201 | 291/421 |
| %1st in | 58% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 88/117 | 192/291 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 45/84 | 69/130 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 53% |
De Jong scored 14 aces (4.7 per match). Taberner blasted 4 aces (1 per match). De Jong won 75% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Taberner won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | De Jong | Taberner |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 16 |
| Converted | 12/20 | 16/39 |
| % Converted | 60% | 41% |
| Conceded | 15 | 49 |
| Saved | 10 | 35 |
| % Saved | 67% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 14 |
The Dutch broke his opponents 12 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Dutch lost his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 16 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 14 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| De Jong | ||||||
| R1 Pellegrino |
R2 Vacherot |
1/4 Mayot |
1/2 Gakhov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 3-6 7-5 | w/o | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | – | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 30 | – | 19 | 67 | |
| pts | 61-43 | 100-96 | – | 65-46 | 226-185 | |
| Total points | 104 | 196 | – | 111 | 411 | |
| Winners | 24 | 36 | – | 28 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 36% | – | 43% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | – | 3 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | – | 4 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 28/49 | 52/92 | – | 37/60 | 117/201 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | – | 62% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 36/52 | – | 28/37 | 88/117 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 69% | – | 76% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 16/40 | – | 15/23 | 45/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 40% | – | 65% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | – | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 6/12 | – | 3/5 | 12/20 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | – | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 10 | – | 3 | 15 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 5/10 | – | 3/3 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | – | 100% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | |
| Taberner | ||||||
| R1 Gaubas |
R2 Merida |
1/4 Fucsovics |
1/2 Coppejans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 3-6 6-1 | 7-61 7-62 | 7-5 5-7 7-63 | 2-6 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 26 | 37 | 30 | 121 | |
| pts | 96-78 | 106-91 | 129-129 | 100-100 | 431-398 | |
| Total points | 174 | 197 | 258 | 200 | 829 | |
| Winners | 43 | 46 | 61 | 42 | 192 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 43% | 47% | 42% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 49/73 | 72/104 | 101/145 | 69/99 | 291/421 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 69% | 70% | 70% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 43/49 | 46/72 | 61/101 | 42/69 | 192/291 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 64% | 60% | 61% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/24 | 15/32 | 26/44 | 17/30 | 69/130 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 47% | 59% | 57% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 16 | |
| Converted | 4/16 | 4/8 | 4/7 | 4/8 | 16/39 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 50% | 57% | 50% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 13 | 23 | 8 | 49 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 9/13 | 19/23 | 4/8 | 35 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 69% | 83% | 50% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |
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