Luciano Darderi and Carlos Taberner will fight against each other in the final of the Plava Laguna Croatia Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 8:00 pm on G IVANISEVIC STADIUM. 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 Luciano Darderi who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Luciano Darderi is the pick to win this match.
Luciano Darderi -> 1.36
Carlos Taberner -> 3.15

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Prediction and head to head Luciano Darderi vs. Carlos Taberner

There is no head to head record between Luciano Darderi and Carlos Taberner since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Luciano Darderi

Ranked no. 46, the Italian reached the final after beating Chun Hsin Tseng 7-5 6-0, Dino Prizmic 1-6 6-2 6-3 and Camilo Ugo Carabelli 7-6(6) 6-3.

In the semifinal, Luciano had a good straight sets win against Ugo Carabelli (7-6⁶ 6-3). During the match, Darderi scored 76 points vs Ugo Carabelli’s 63. Darderi was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Darderi struck 4 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Luciano Darderi was exceptionally effective on serve to win 82% (31/38) of his 1st serve and 68% (21/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Ugo Carabelli once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Luciano has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Darderi has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (207-136). 24-11 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Darderi has a composed176-98 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.

His best result of the season was winning the title in Marrakech where he beat Tallon Griekspoor in the final 7-6(3) 7-6(4) and in Bastad where he overcame Jesper De Jong in the final 6-4 3-6 6-3.

Luciano has a compiled 27-20 win-loss record in 2025, 24-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Umag

Carlos Taberner

Ranked no. 111, the Spaniard reached the final after beating Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-4 7-6(1), Francisco Cerundolo 6-7(2) 6-4 7-5, Jesper De Jong 7-5 6-3 and Damir Dzumhur 6-2 6-1.

In the semifinal, Taberner had a good straight sets win against Dzumhur (6-2 6-1). During the match Taberner scored 74 points vs Dzumhur’s 50. The Spaniard was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.

About the serving games, Taberner managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Carlos Taberner was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (20/28) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Carlos broke Dzumhur 5 times after converting 31% of his break points (5/16).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Spaniard has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Murcia Challenger where he overcame Jesper De Jong in the final 7-6(3) 4-6 6-2 and the Sassuolo Challenger where he defeated Dusan Lajovic in the final 7-6(1) 6-2.

Carlos has an aggregate 33-17 win-loss record in 2025, 32-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Umag

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2021. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Darderi	Taberner
Match played	3	4
Tot Set	7	9
Tot Games	64	94
Pts	220-188	344-277
Total Points	408	621
Winners	86	132
%Winners	39%	38%

Darderi played 3 matches while Taberner competed in 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Luciano Darderi dropped 1 set, while Carlos Taberner lost 1 set. Darderi has played 2 set(s) less than Taberner (7 vs 9). Therefore, Darderi played 30 games less than Taberner. Darderi scored 86 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard recorded 132 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Darderi	Taberner
Aces	15	6
Avg per match	5	1.5
1st in	116/202	180/276
%1st in	57%	65%
1st pts	86/116	132/180
%1st pts	74%	73%
2nd pts	49/86	49/96
%2nd pts	57%	51%

Darderi scored 15 aces (5 per match). Taberner bagged 6 aces (1.5 per match). Darderi won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Taberner won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Darderi	Taberner
Won	10	19
Converted	10/23	19/45
% Converted	43%	42%
Conceded	10	22
Saved	6	13
% Saved	60%	59%
Times Broken	4	9

Darderi broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. Luciano dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Taberner broke his opponents 19 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded.

Darderi
	R2 Hsin	1/4 Prizmic	1/2 Ugo	Total
Score	7-5 6-0	1-6 6-2 6-3	7-66 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	18	24	22	64
pts	71-51	73-74	76-63	220-188
Total points	122	147	139	408
Winners	26	29	31	86
%Winners	37%	40%	41%	39%
SERVE
Aces	5	6	4	15
Double Faults	1	2	0	3
1st in	36/59	42/74	38/69	116/202
% 1st in	61%	57%	55%	57%
1st pts	26/36	29/42	31/38	86/116
% 1st pts	72%	69%	82%	74%
2nd pts	15/23	13/32	21/31	49/86
% 2nd pts	65%	41%	68%	57%
Breaks
Won	4	5	1	10
Converted	4/11	5/8	1/4	10/23
Converted %	36%	63%	25%	43%
Conceded	2	6	2	10
Saved	2/2	2/6	2/2	6
Saved %	100%	33%	100%	78%
Times Broken	0	4	0	4

Taberner
	R1 Herbert	R2 Cerundolo	1/4 De	1/2 Dzumhur	Total
Score	6-4 7-61	6-72 6-4 7-5	7-5 6-3	6-2 6-1
Tot Set	2	3	2	2	9
Tot Games	23	35	21	15	94
pts	80-62	121-115	69-50	74-50	344-277
Total points	142	236	119	124	621
Winners	37	45	30	20	132
%Winners	46%	37%	43%	27%	38%
SERVE
Aces	1	3	0	2	6
Double Faults	1	7	0	2	10
1st in	44/57	77/124	31/47	28/48	180/276
% 1st in	77%	62%	66%	58%	65%
1st pts	37/44	45/77	30/31	20/28	132/180
% 1st pts	84%	58%	97%	71%	73%
2nd pts	8/13	19/47	10/16	12/20	49/96
% 2nd pts	62%	40%	63%	60%	51%
Breaks
Won	2	9	3	5	19
Converted	2/7	9/15	3/7	5/16	19/45
Converted %	29%	60%	43%	31%	42%
Conceded	1	17	0	4	22
Saved	0/1	10/17	0/0	3/4	13
Saved %	0%	59%	–	75%	45%
Times Broken	1	7	0	1	9

Tennis Scores in Umag

• Romain Arneodo/Manuel GuinardArneodo/Manuel Guinard – Patrik Trhac/Marcus WillisTrhac/Marcus Willis (7-5 7-6²) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Carlos TabernerTaberner – (0-0) – H2H and prediction