Carlos Taberner and Javier Barranco Cosano will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Braga Challenger for the 4^th time in their career. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Carlos Taberner is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Taberner -> 1.46
Javier Barranco Cosano -> 2.56

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Prediction and head to head Carlos Taberner vs. Javier Barranco Cosano

This will be the 4^th time that Carlos Taberner and Javier Barranco Cosano square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Taberner (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Barranco won 7-5 6-0 in the quarter in the Barcelona Challenger back in 2024.

Carlos Taberner

Ranked no. 108, Taberner reached the 2^nd round after beating Thiago Seyboth Wild 7-5 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Seyboth Wild (7-5 6-4). During the match, Taberner scored 80 points vs Seyboth Wild’s 72. Taberner was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Taberner blasted 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Carlos Taberner lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Taberner put 59% of his first serves in, winning 60% (28/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Seyboth Wild 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Taberner has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (395-253). 38-18 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Taberner has a composed 362-202 record in the last years on clay.

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

Carlos has a composed 39-22 win-loss record in 2025, 38-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Braga Challenger

Javier Barranco Cosano

Ranked no. 335, Javier got to the 2^nd round after beating David Pichler 6-4 6-2, Buvaysar Gadamauri 5-7 6-4 7-6(5) and Pedro Araujo 6-0 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Javier had a good straight sets win against Araujo (6-0 6-3). During the match Barranco scored 60 points vs Araujo’s 35. Javier was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.

About the serving games, Barranco made 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Javier Barranco Cosano lost the serve once. Furthermore, Barranco put 72% of his first serves in, winning 68% (19/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (7/11) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Araujo 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).

Barranco’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Denia and M25 Santander.

The Spaniard has a composed 28-20 win-loss record in 2025, 23-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Braga Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Taberner	Barranco
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	4
Tot Games	22	33
Pts	80-72	124-85
Total Points	152	209
Winners	28	38
%Winners	35%	31%

Taberner played 1 match while Barranco competed in 2 matches. Barranco started his run from the qualifications while Taberner had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Taberner has played 2 set(s) less than Barranco (2 vs 4). Therefore, Taberner played 11 games less than Barranco. Taberner scored 28 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Javier made 38 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Taberner	Barranco
Aces	2	4
Avg per match	2	2
1st in	47/79	55/93
%1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	28/47	38/55
%1st pts	60%	69%
2nd pts	16/32	22/38
%2nd pts	50%	58%

Taberner struck 2 aces . Barranco made 4 aces (2 per match). Taberner won 60% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Barranco won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Taberner	Barranco
Won	5	11
Converted	5/12	11/16
% Converted	42%	69%
Conceded	10	6
Saved	7	3
% Saved	70%	50%
Times Broken	3	3

The Spaniard broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Barranco broke his opponents 11 times with a 69% conversion rate. Javier conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Taberner
	R1 Seyboth	Total
Score	7-5 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	80-72	80-72
Total points	152	152
Winners	28	28
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	47/79	47/79
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	28/47	28/47
% 1st pts	60%	60%
2nd pts	16/32	16/32
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/12	5/12
Converted %	42%	42%
Conceded	10	10
Saved	7/10	7
Saved %	70%	70%
Times Broken	3	3

Barranco
	Q1 Pichler	Q3 Gadamauri	R1 Araujo	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	5-7 6-4 7-65	6-0 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	18	35	15	68
pts	64-50	–	60-35	124-85
Total points	114	0	95	209
Winners	19		19	38
%Winners	30%	0%	32%	31%
SERVE
Aces	2	0	2	4
Double Faults	3		3	6
1st in	27/54	/	28/39	55/93
% 1st in	50%	0%	72%	59%
1st pts	19/27	/	19/28	38/55
% 1st pts	70%	0%	68%	69%
2nd pts	15/27	/	7/11	22/38
% 2nd pts	56%	0%	64%	58%
Breaks
Won	5		6	11
Converted	5/8	/	6/8	11/16
Converted %	63%	0%	75%	69%
Conceded	5		1	6
Saved	3/5	0/	0/1	3
Saved %	60%	–	0%	60%
Times Broken	2		1	3

Tennis Scores in Braga Challenger

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• Luka MikrutMikrut – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Johannes IngildsenIngildsen (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos TabernerTaberner – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Zdenek KolarKolar – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Henri SquireSquire – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – (0-0) – H2H and prediction