Carlos Taberner and Max Alcala Gurri will face off in the 2^nd round of the Cordenons Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 7:00 pm on SERENA MANIVA CENTER. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Taberner who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Carlos Taberner is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Taberner -> 1.193
Max Alcala Gurri -> 4.25

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Prediction and head to head Carlos Taberner vs. Max Alcala Gurri

There is no head to head record between Carlos Taberner and Max Alcala Gurri since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Carlos Taberner

Ranked no. 84 (career-high), Taberner got to the 2^nd round after defeating Federico Bondioli 6-3 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Carlos had a good straight sets win against Bondioli (6-3 6-1). During the match, Taberner scored 65 points vs Bondioli’s 46. Carlos was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Regarding the service games, Taberner struck 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Carlos Taberner was quite efficient on serve to win 82% (23/28) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Carlos broke Bondioli 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Taberner has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (390-249). 33-15 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Taberner has a compiled 357-199 record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the year was conquering 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 overcame Dusan Lajovic in the final 7-6(1) 6-2.

Carlos has an aggregate 34-18 win-loss record in 2025, 33-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cordenons Challenger

Max Alcala Gurri

Ranked no. 427, Max got to the 2^nd round after defeating Sebastian Dominko 6-4 6-2, Dominik Kellovsky 6-4 6-2 and Lorenzo Giustino 6-2 4-6 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Spaniard defeated Giustino (6-2 4-6 6-4). During the match Alcala scored 95 points vs Giustino’s 85. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

About the serving games, Alcala couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 6 double faults. Max Alcala Gurri lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Alcala put 64% of his first serves in, winning 66% (37/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Giustino 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).

The Spaniard’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Valencia,M15 Antalya and M25 Santa margherita di Pula.

Alcala has a composed 40-17 win-loss record in 2025, 40-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cordenons Challenger

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

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Taberner	Alcala
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	7
Tot Games	16	64
Pts	65-46	222-181
Total Points	111	403
Winners	23	98
%Winners	35%	44%

Taberner played 1 match while Alcala competed in 3 matches. Alcala started his run from the qualifications while Taberner had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Max Alcala Gurri lost 1 set while Carlos Taberner hasn’t conceded a set so far. Taberner has played 5 set(s) less than Alcala (2 vs 7). Therefore, Taberner played 48 games less than Alcala. Carlos scored 23 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard recorded 98 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Taberner	Alcala
Aces	3	1
Avg per match	3	0.3
1st in	28/48	148/212
%1st in	58%	70%
1st pts	23/28	98/148
%1st pts	82%	66%
2nd pts	11/20	33/64
%2nd pts	55%	52%

Taberner bagged 3 aces . Alcala made 1 ace (0.3 per match). Taberner won 82% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Alcala won 66% of the points on 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	Alcala
Won	4	15
Converted	4/10	15/23
% Converted	40%	65%
Conceded	1	18
Saved	1	11
% Saved	100%	61%
Times Broken	0	7

The Spaniard broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Carlos had a solid display on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Alcala broke his opponents 15 times with a 65% conversion rate. Max conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded.

Taberner
	R1 Bondioli	Total
Score	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	65-46	65-46
Total points	111	111
Winners	23	23
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	28/48	28/48
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	23/28	23/28
% 1st pts	82%	82%
2nd pts	11/20	11/20
% 2nd pts	55%	55%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/10	4/10
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Alcala
	Q1 Dominko	Q3 Kellovsky	R1 Giustino	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	6-4 6-2	6-2 4-6 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	18	18	28	64
pts	69-54	58-42	95-85	222-181
Total points	123	100	180	403
Winners	34	27	37	98
%Winners	49%	47%	39%	44%
SERVE
Aces	1	0	0	1
Double Faults	3	2	6	11
1st in	51/72	41/53	56/87	148/212
% 1st in	71%	77%	64%	70%
1st pts	34/51	27/41	37/56	98/148
% 1st pts	67%	66%	66%	66%
2nd pts	11/21	8/12	14/31	33/64
% 2nd pts	52%	67%	45%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	5	6	15
Converted	4/5	5/6	6/12	15/23
Converted %	80%	83%	50%	65%
Conceded	7	3	8	18
Saved	6/7	1/3	4/8	11
Saved %	86%	33%	50%	169%
Times Broken	1	2	4	7

Tennis Scores in Cordenons Challenger

• Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (6-3 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Tiago PereiraPereira (7-6⁵ 4-6 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Zsombor PirosPiros – Valentin VacherotVacherot (7-6⁴ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Zsombor PirosPiros (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas KickerKicker – Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos TabernerTaberner – Max Alcala GurriAlcala Gurri (0-0) – H2H and prediction