Carlos Taberner and Daniel Merida Aguilar will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Menorca Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on MENORCA CENTER COURT. In the following lines 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Carlos Taberner is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Taberner -> 1.49
Daniel Merida Aguilar -> 2.48

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Prediction and head to head Carlos Taberner vs. Daniel Merida Aguilar

This will be the 3rd time that Carlos Taberner and Daniel Merida Aguilar square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Taberner (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Taberner won 7-6(1) 7-6(2) in the 2nd round in the Murcia Challenger back in March 2025.

Carlos Taberner

Carlos Taberner

13 - 7win/loss

Hard
1-2
I Hard
0-0
Clay
12-5
Rank
102
High
83
LWLWWLLWLW
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 46-28 1-3 45-24 0-0 0-1 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
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Ranked no. 145, the Spaniard reached the 2nd round after beating Denis Yevseyev 6-2 4-6 6-1.

In the 1st round, Carlos defeated Yevseyev (6-2 4-6 6-1). During the match, Taberner scored 91 points vs Yevseyev’s 77. Taberner was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about the service games, Taberner wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 4 double faults. Carlos Taberner lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Taberner put 52% of his first serves in, winning 82% (36/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (18/41) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Yevseyev 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Taberner has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (369-238). 12-5 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Taberner has a composed 336-189 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Murcia Challenger where he overcame Jesper De Jong in the final 7-6(3) 4-6 6-2.

Carlos has a composed 13-7 win-loss record in 2025, 12-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Menorca Challenger

Carlos has never competed in this tournament before.

Menorca Challenger
Taberner's Record

Daniel Merida Aguilar

Daniel Merida Aguilar

11 - 5win/loss

Hard
5-2
I Hard
0-2
Clay
6-1
Rank
170
High
163
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 47-24 15-5 32-15 0-4 0-0 0-0
2024 57-33 17-9 40-23 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 37-31 16-13 20-17 1-1 0-0 0-0
2022 29-26 8-9 21-16 0-1 0-0 0-0
2021 12-14 1-4 11-10 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 337, the Spaniard reached the 2nd round after defeating Carlos Lopez Montagud 6-1 6-4, Neil Oberleitner 0-6 6-3 6-3 and Nick Hardt 6-7(3) 6-4 6-2.

In the 1st round against Hardt, Merida recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-4 6-2). During the match Merida scored 108 points vs Hardt’s 95. Daniel was extremely aggressive to blast 56 winners.

About the serving games, Merida made 3 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Daniel Merida Aguilar lost the serve 4 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Merida put 78% of his first serves in, winning 60% (56/94) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Hardt 7 times after converting 78% of his break points (7/9).

Daniel’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Doha.

The Spaniard has a composed 11-5 win-loss record in 2025, 6-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Menorca Challenger
Merida's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

C.Taberner
D.Merida Aguilar
2h:08
2h:08
Time on court​
!
5h:28
5h:28
!
2h:08
2h:08
Last match​
!
2h:28
2h:28
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
25
25
Games Played​
72
72
3
3
Set played​​
8
8
91
91
Total points​
256
256
91
91
Avg point​
85.3
85.3
36
36
Winners
120
120
36
36
Avg Winners​
40
40
40%
40%
Ratio winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
5
5
0
0
Avg Aces
1.7
1.7
4
4
Double Faults
2
2
4
4
Avg Double Faults
0.7
0.7
36/44
36/44
1st won total​
120/191
120/191
!
82%
82%
1st won %
63%
63%
18/41
18/41
2nd won total​
26/50
26/50
44%
44%
2nd won %
52%
52%
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
BP won
15/25
15/25
5/10
5/10
Avg BP won
5/8.3
5/8.3
50%
50%
Won
!
60%
60%
6
6
Conceded
23
23
6
6
Avg Conceded
7.7
7.7
1
1
Broken
9
9
1
1
Avg Broken
3
3
5
5
Saved
14
14
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Taberner Merida
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 3 8
Tot Games 25 72
Pts 91-77 256-215
Total Points 168 471
Winners 36 120
%Winners 40% 47%

Taberner played 1 match while Merida competed in 3 matches. Merida started his run from the qualifications while Taberner had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Carlos Taberner lost 1 set, while Daniel Merida Aguilar dropped 2 sets. Taberner has played 5 set(s) less than Merida (3 vs 8). Therefore, Taberner played 47 games less than Merida. The Spaniard scored 36 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Daniel recorded 120 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve Taberner Merida
Aces 0 5
Avg per match 0 1.7
1st in 44/85 191/241
%1st in 52% 79%
1st pts 36/44 120/191
%1st pts 82% 63%
2nd pts 18/41 26/50
%2nd pts 44% 52%

Taberner didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Merida managed to score 5 aces (1.7 per match). Taberner won 82% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Merida won 63% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Taberner Merida
Won 5 15
Converted 5/10 15/25
% Converted 50% 60%
Conceded 6 23
Saved 5 14
% Saved 83% 61%
Times Broken 1 9

Carlos broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Carlos dropped his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 15 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded.

Taberner
R1
Yevseyev		 Total
Score 6-2 4-6 6-1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 25 25
pts 91-77 91-77
Total points 168 168
Winners 36 36
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 44/85 44/85
% 1st in 52% 52%
1st pts 36/44 36/44
% 1st pts 82% 82%
2nd pts 18/41 18/41
% 2nd pts 44% 44%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/10 5/10
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 5/6 5
Saved % 83% 83%
Times Broken 1 1
Merida
Q1
Lopez Montagud		 Q3
Oberleitner 		R1
Hardt		 Total
Score 6-1 6-4 0-6 6-3 6-3 6-73 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 17 24 31 72
pts 66-44 82-76 108-95 256-215
Total points 110 158 203 471
Winners 30 34 56 120
%Winners 45% 41% 52% 47%
SERVE
Aces 0 2 3 5
Double Faults 0 2 0 2
1st in 45/58 52/63 94/120 191/241
% 1st in 78% 83% 78% 79%
1st pts 30/45 34/52 56/94 120/191
% 1st pts 67% 65% 60% 63%
2nd pts 8/13 5/11 13/26 26/50
% 2nd pts 62% 45% 50% 52%
Breaks
Won 4 4 7 15
Converted 4/4 4/12 7/9 15/25
Converted % 100% 33% 78% 60%
Conceded 2 7 14 23
Saved 1/2 3/7 10/14 14
Saved % 50% 43% 71% 164%
Times Broken 1 4 4 9

Tennis Scores in Menorca Challenger

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