Alexei Popyrin and Carlos Taberner will play each other in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexei Popyrin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexei Popyrin is the pick to win this match.
Alexei Popyrin -> 1.46
Carlos Taberner -> 2.71
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Prediction and head to head Alexei Popyrin vs. Carlos Taberner
This will be the 2nd time that Alexei Popyrin and Carlos Taberner clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Popyrin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Popyrin won 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Bordeaux Challenger back in 2022.
Alexei Popyrin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7-11 | 2-6 | 5-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-22 | 17-8 | 4-8 | 4-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-29 | 18-14 | 15-6 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-31 | 7-16 | 7-4 | 3-5 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-26 | 13-11 | 8-6 | 10-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 25, Alexei will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in the Aix En Provence Challenger where he lost 6-3 3-6 6-1 to Wawrinka in the 2nd round on the 1st of May.
Alexei has a compiled 5-10 win-loss record in 2025, 3-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The Australian has an overall 278-223 record. He has a positive 78-59 record on clay.
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2023. See his history.
Carlos Taberner
21 - 10win/loss
125
85
LWLWWWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22-12 | 1-2 | 21-10 | 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. 139, Taberner got to the 2nd round after defeating Adrian Mannarino 6-1 0-6 6-0, Jaime Faria 6-0 ret. and Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-3 1-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Spaniard defeated Kovacevic (6-3 1-6 7-5).During the match Taberner scored less points (2) than Kovacevic. In fact, the world no. 25 won 83 points vs Kovacevic’s. That means that Taberner was more focused during the important points. Carlos was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Taberner recorded 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Carlos Taberner lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Taberner put 78% of his first serves in, winning 66% (41/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Kovacevic 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Murcia Challenger where he defeated Jesper De Jong in the final 7-6(3) 4-6 6-2.
Taberner has an overall 21-10 win-loss record in 2025, 20-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Carlos has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLLWWWW Tennis Scores in Rome
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera (4-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (7-62 6-2) – See score progression
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Federico CinaCina (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Hugo GastonGaston (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Matteo GiganteGigante – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (7-64 7-64) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Joao FonsecaFonseca (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-1 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-2 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Laslo DjereDjere – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (4-6 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (2-6 6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-3 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (3-6 6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Rinky HijikataHijikata (3-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Vilius GaubasGaubas – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (7-63 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-0 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Quentin HalysHalys (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Federico CinaCina (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Hugo GastonGaston (7-6(4) 6-4) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera (4-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (7-6(2) 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Matteo GiganteGigante – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (7-6(4) 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Joao FonsecaFonseca (6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-1 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Francesco PassaroPassaro (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-4) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Sebastian OfnerOfner (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (2-4) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – Casper RuudRuud (1-6) – H2H and prediction
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Sebastian KordaKorda (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (3-3) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Carlos TabernerTaberner (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Corentin MoutetMoutet (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Sebastian BaezBaez (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Mariano NavoneNavone (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Andrey RublevRublev (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Nicolas JarryJarry (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Fabio FogniniFognini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Marcos GironGiron (0-0) – H2H and prediction
