Aleksandar Kovacevic and Carlos Taberner will fight against each other in the 1^st round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 -> 1.81
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 2

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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Carlos Taberner

This will be the 2^nd time that Aleksandar Kovacevic and Carlos Taberner play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Taberner (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Taberner won 7-5 7-6(4) in the qualifications in at the Australian Open back in 2023.

Aleksandar Kovacevic

Ranked no. 80, the American will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in the Estoril Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-3 to Nardi in the 1^st round on the 29^th of April.

The American has a composed 21-11 win-loss record in 2025, 2-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the season was winning the title the Oeiras 2 Challenger where he beat Zsombor Piros in the final 6-4 7-6(4) and the Cap Cana Challenger where he beat Damir Dzumhur in the final 6-2 6-3.

Talking about his overall career, Aleksandar has an overall 202-160 record. He has a negative 21-27 record on clay.

Previously in Rome

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023 and 2024. See his history.

Carlos Taberner

Ranked no. 139, the Spaniard reached the 1^st round after beating Adrian Mannarino 6-1 0-6 6-0 and Jaime Faria 6-0 ret..

In the qualifications against Faria, Carlos had a free pass after Faria retired on a 6-0 . scoreline.

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

Carlos has a compiled 20-10 win-loss record in 2025, 19-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Carlos has never competed in this tournament before.

Tennis Scores in Rome

• Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Jesper De JongDe Jong (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Valentin RoyerRoyer (7-5 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
• Vilius GaubasGaubas – Hugo DellienDellien (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-1 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Sebastian OfnerOfner – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (7-6¹ 6-2) – See score progression
• Carlos TabernerTaberner – Jaime Faria
  Faria (6-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-1 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Valentin RoyerRoyer (7-5 5-7 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Sebastian OfnerOfner (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – (4-0) – H2H and prediction
• Laslo DjereDjere – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander BublikBublik – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos TabernerTaberner – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Francisco ComesanaComesana (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Quentin HalysHalys (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hugo GastonGaston – Nicolas JarryJarry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Corentin MoutetMoutet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Alexandre MullerMuller (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francesco PassaroPassaro – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Mariano NavoneNavone – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Fabio FogniniFognini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – Marcos GironGiron (0-0) – H2H and prediction