Carlos Taberner and Luka Pavlovic will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Valencia Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on PISTA PABLO ANDUJAR. 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 Carlos Taberner who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Carlos Taberner is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Taberner -> 1.44
Luka Pavlovic -> 2.64

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Prediction and head to head Carlos Taberner vs. Luka Pavlovic

This will be the 3^rd time that Carlos Taberner and Luka Pavlovic fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Taberner and Pavlovic (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Pavlovic won 7-6(4) 6-2 in the 1^st round in the Kigali 2 Challenger back in March 2025.

Carlos Taberner

Ranked no. 104, Taberner reached the 2^nd round after beating Diego Dedura 3-6 6-4 4-2 ret..

In the 1^st round against Dedura, Carlos had a free pass after Dedura retired on a 3-6 6-4 4-2 . scoreline.

Taberner has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (396-254). 39-19 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Taberner has a composed 363-203 record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Murcia Challenger where he defeated 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 a composed 40-23 win-loss record in 2025, 39-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Valencia Challenger

Luka Pavlovic

Ranked no. 217, the French player got to the 2^nd round after defeating Bernabe Zapata Miralles 2-6 6-1 6-1.

In the 1^st round against Zapata Miralles, Pavlovic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-1 6-1). During the match Pavlovic scored 68 points vs Zapata Miralles’s 49. Pavlovic was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Pavlovic fired 5 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Luka Pavlovic lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Pavlovic put 63% of his first serves in, winning 68% (26/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Zapata Miralles 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

The French player best result of the season was reaching the final in the Mexico City Challenger and the Brasov Challenger.

Luka has a compiled 32-20 win-loss record in 2025, 30-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Valencia Challenger

Luka has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Taberner	Pavlovic
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	4	3
Tot Games	25	22
Pts	79-75	68-49
Total Points	154	117
Winners	34	26
%Winners	43%	38%

Both Taberner and Pavlovic played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Carlos Taberner lost 1 set, while Luka Pavlovic lost 1 set. Taberner has played 1 set more than Pavlovic (4 vs 3). Therefore, Taberner played 3 games more than Pavlovic. The Spaniard scored 34 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The French player made 26 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Taberner	Pavlovic
Aces	0	5
Avg per match	0	5
1st in	49/70	38/60
%1st in	70%	63%
1st pts	34/49	26/38
%1st pts	69%	68%
2nd pts	7/21	14/22
%2nd pts	33%	64%

Taberner didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Pavlovic bagged 5 aces . Taberner won 69% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 33% of the points. On the other side, Pavlovic won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Taberner	Pavlovic
Won	5	5
Converted	5/13	5/7
% Converted	38%	71%
Conceded	8	4
Saved	4	2
% Saved	50%	50%
Times Broken	4	2

Taberner broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Taberner conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Pavlovic broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Taberner
	R1 Dedura	Total
Score	3-6 6-4 4-2 ret.
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	25	25
pts	79-75	79-75
Total points	154	154
Winners	34	34
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	49/70	49/70
% 1st in	70%	70%
1st pts	34/49	34/49
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	7/21	7/21
% 2nd pts	33%	33%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/13	5/13
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	4/8	4
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	4	4

Pavlovic
	R1 Zapata Miralles	Total
Score	2-6 6-1 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	22	22
pts	68-49	68-49
Total points	117	117
Winners	26	26
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	38/60	38/60
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	26/38	26/38
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	14/22	14/22
% 2nd pts	64%	64%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/7
Converted %	71%	71%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	2/4	2
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Valencia Challenger

• Christoph NegrituNegritu – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (2-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Cezar CretuCretu (6-1 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Miguel DamasDamas (6-7² 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Tiago PereiraPereira (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Luka MikrutMikrut – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Sumit NagalNagal – Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Ivan GakhovGakhov – Vilius GaubasGaubas (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Henri SquireSquire – Daniel RinconRincon (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Nerman FaticFatic (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Carlos TabernerTaberner – Diego DeduraDedura (3-6 6-4 4-2 ret.) – See score progression
• Zdenek KolarKolar – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Ignacio BuseBuse (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (7-5 1-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud – Elmer MollerMoller (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Nerman FaticFatic (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (2-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Zdenek KolarKolar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Ivan GakhovGakhov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Henri SquireSquire – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Carlos TabernerTaberner (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Christoph NegrituNegritu (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Sumit NagalNagal (1-0) – H2H and prediction