Marin Cilic and Carlos Taberner will square off in the 1st round of the Girona Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:30 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 Marin Cilic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marin Cilic is the pick to win this match.
Marin Cilic -> 1.41
Carlos Taberner -> 2.73
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Prediction and head to head Marin Cilic vs. Carlos Taberner
There is no head to head record between Marin Cilic and Carlos Taberner since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Marin Cilic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7-3 | 2-2 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 9-11 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-21 | 16-10 | 9-5 | 4-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-23 | 6-9 | 5-5 | 13-7 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 143, the Croatian will start his run in the Girona Challenger after he played his last match in the Murcia Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-4 to Merida in the 1st round on the 19th of March.
The Croatian has a composed 2-3 win-loss record in 2025, 0-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Cilic has an overall 699-385 record. He has a positive 186-109 record on clay.
Previously in the Girona Challenger
Cilic has never competed in this tournament before.
Carlos Taberner
12 - 6win/loss
145
85
LWWWWWLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12-7 | 1-2 | 11-5 | 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, will start his run in the Girona Challenger after he won the title in the Murcia Challenger after beating 7-6(3) 4-6 6-2 De in the final.
Taberner has an overall 12-6 win-loss record in 2025, 11-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title the Murcia Challenger where he defeated Jesper De Jong in the final 7-6(3) 4-6 6-2.
Carlos won his last 5 matches.
In terms of his career, Taberner has an overall 416-258 record. He has a positive 372-204 record on clay.
Previously in the Girona Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWWLLWL Tennis Scores in Girona Challenger
- Elmer MollerMoller – Federico CoriaCoria (7-64 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer – Justin EngelEngel (6-4 3-6 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (3-6 6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Radu AlbotRadu – Albert Ramos-VinolasAlbert (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marin CilicCilic – Carlos TabernerTaberner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Henri SquireSquire (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro CachinCachin – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Hugo DellienDellien (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Titouan DroguetDroguet (3-0) – H2H and prediction
