Jesper De Jong and Carlos Taberner will clash against each other in the final of the Murcia Challenger for the 2^nd 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 2^nd 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 1^st round in the Verona Challenger back in 2021.

Jesper De Jong

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

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 1^st 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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