Carlos Taberner and Ignacio Buse will square off in the quarter of the Seville Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on CENTRAL. 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 Ignacio Buse who should win in 3 sets.
Ignacio Buse -> 1.83
Carlos Taberner -> 1.89
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Taberner vs. Ignacio Buse
This will be the 2nd time that Carlos Taberner and Ignacio Buse fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Taberner (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Taberner won 6-1 7-6(6) in the 1st round in the Rome Challenger back in 2024.
Carlos Taberner
38 - 20win/loss
103
83
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45-27 | 1-3 | 44-23 | 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 |
Ranked no. 99, Taberner reached the quarter after defeating Alex Martinez 6-2 1-6 6-3 and Guy Den Ouden 6-3 3-1 ret..
In the 2nd round against Den Ouden, Carlos had a free pass after Den Ouden retired on a 6-3 3-1 . scoreline.
Taberner has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (394-251). 37-16 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Taberner has an aggregate 361-200 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the season 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 overcame Dusan Lajovic in the final 7-6(1) 6-2.
Taberner has a composed 38-20 win-loss record in 2025, 37-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Seville Challenger
Ignacio Buse
34 - 22win/loss
105
105
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49-28 | 6-5 | 42-19 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-28 | 3-3 | 44-24 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-19 | 7-3 | 28-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-8 | 4-2 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 135, the Peruvian got to the quarter after beating Bernabe Zapata Miralles 7-6(3) 6-3 and Pablo Llamas Ruiz 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Peruvian had a good straight sets win against Llamas Ruiz (6-3 6-1). During the match Buse scored 57 points vs Llamas Ruiz’s 32. The Peruvian was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about serving, Buse wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Ignacio Buse was pretty effective on serve to win 78% (18/23) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Peruvian broke Llamas Ruiz 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Buse hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Heilbronn Challenger where he defeated Guy Den Ouden in the final 7-5 7-5.
The Peruvian has an aggregate 34-22 win-loss record in 2025, 27-14 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in the Seville Challenger
The Peruvian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Taberner | Buse |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 38 |
| Pts | 129-104 | 141-104 |
| Total Points | 233 | 245 |
| Winners | 43 | 51 |
| %Winners | 33% | 36% |
Both Taberner and Buse played 2 matches. At the moment, Carlos Taberner lost 1 set while Ignacio Buse hasn’t lost a set so far. Taberner has played 2 sets more than Buse (6 vs 4). However, it’s interesting to notice that Taberner played 1 game less than Buse. The Spaniard scored 43 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Buse fired 51 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Taberner | Buse |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 63/105 | 67/120 |
| %1st in | 60% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 43/63 | 51/67 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 27/42 | 25/53 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 47% |
Taberner made 2 aces (1 per match). Buse fired 4 aces (2 per match). Taberner won 68% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Buse won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Taberner | Buse |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 9 |
| Converted | 7/20 | 9/15 |
| % Converted | 35% | 60% |
| Conceded | 8 | 11 |
| Saved | 4 | 7 |
| % Saved | 50% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Carlos broke his opponents 7 times with a 35% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Buse broke his opponents 9 times with a 60% conversion rate. Ignacio conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Taberner | ||||
| R1 Martinez | R2 Den | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 1-6 6-3 | 6-3 3-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 13 | 37 | |
| pts | 73-66 | 56-38 | 129-104 | |
| Total points | 139 | 94 | 233 | |
| Winners | 27 | 16 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 29% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 38/68 | 25/37 | 63/105 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 68% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 16/25 | 43/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 64% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/30 | 8/12 | 27/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 67% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/14 | 7/20 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 29% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Buse | ||||
| R1 Zapata Miralles | R2 Llamas | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-3 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 16 | 38 | |
| pts | 84-72 | 57-32 | 141-104 | |
| Total points | 156 | 89 | 245 | |
| Winners | 33 | 18 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 32% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 44/80 | 23/40 | 67/120 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 58% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 33/44 | 18/23 | 51/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 78% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/36 | 11/17 | 25/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 65% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/7 | 9/15 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 71% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 1 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 0/1 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 0% | 35% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
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