Carlos Taberner and Luka Mikrut will play each other in the semifinal of the Valencia Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on PISTA PABLO ANDUJAR. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luka Mikrut who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Luka Mikrut is the pick to win this match.
Luka Mikrut -> 1.81
Carlos Taberner -> 1.92

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Prediction and head to head Carlos Taberner vs. Luka Mikrut

There is no head to head record between Carlos Taberner and Luka Mikrut since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Carlos Taberner

Ranked no. 104, Carlos got to the semifinal after beating Diego Dedura 3-6 6-4 4-2 ret., Luka Pavlovic 6-2 6-3 and Marco Trungelliti 6-4 6-4.

In the quarter, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Trungelliti (6-4 6-4). During the match, Taberner scored 76 points vs Trungelliti’s 62. Taberner was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Taberner scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Carlos Taberner was very effective on serve to win 72% (31/43) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Taberner broke Trungelliti 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Carlos hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Taberner has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (398-254). 41-19 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Taberner has a composed 365-203 match record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the current 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 defeated Dusan Lajovic in the final 7-6(1) 6-2.

Carlos has an aggregate 42-23 win-loss record in 2025, 41-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Valencia Challenger

Luka Mikrut

Ranked no. 239 (career-high), Mikrut reached the semifinal after beating Alejandro Moro Canas 4-6 6-2 6-3, Carlos Lopez Montagud 6-3 6-1 and Christoph Negritu 4-6 7-6(4) 6-4.

In the quarter against Negritu, Luka recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-6⁴ 6-4). During the match Mikrut scored 108 points vs Negritu’s 100. Mikrut was quite aggressive to blast 52 winners.

Talking about serving, Mikrut scored 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Luka Mikrut was very effective on serve to win 83% (52/63) of his 1st serve and 54% (22/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Luka broke Negritu once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Mikrut has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Como Challenger where he defeated Duje Ajdukovic in the final 6-3 7-5 and the Braga Challenger where he defeated Vilius Gaubas in the final 6-3 6-4.

The Croatian has a composed 54-17 win-loss record in 2025, 51-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Valencia Challenger

The Croatian has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Taberner	Mikrut
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	8	8
Tot Games	62	76
Pts	217-183	249-208
Total Points	400	457
Winners	95	106
%Winners	44%	43%

Both Taberner and Mikrut played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Carlos Taberner lost 1 set, while Luka Mikrut dropped 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Taberner and Mikrut have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Taberner played 14 games less than Mikrut. Carlos scored 95 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Mikrut fired 106 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Taberner	Mikrut
Aces	1	15
Avg per match	0.3	5
1st in	133/195	134/228
%1st in	68%	59%
1st pts	95/133	106/134
%1st pts	71%	79%
2nd pts	31/62	51/94
%2nd pts	50%	54%

Taberner scored 1 ace (0.3 per match). Mikrut also made 15 aces (5 per match). Taberner won 71% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Mikrut won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Taberner	Mikrut
Won	12	10
Converted	12/24	10/20
% Converted	50%	50%
Conceded	17	8
Saved	12	4
% Saved	71%	50%
Times Broken	5	4

Taberner broke his opponents 12 times with a 50% conversion rate. Carlos surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Croatian broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. Mikrut conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Taberner
	R1 Dedura	R2 Pavlovic	1/4 Trungelliti	Total
Score	3-6 6-4 4-2 ret.	6-2 6-3	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	25	17	20	62
pts	79-75	62-46	76-62	217-183
Total points	154	108	138	400
Winners	34	30	31	95
%Winners	43%	48%	41%	44%
SERVE
Aces	0	0	1	1
Double Faults	1	2	2	5
1st in	49/70	41/60	43/65	133/195
% 1st in	70%	68%	66%	68%
1st pts	34/49	30/41	31/43	95/133
% 1st pts	69%	73%	72%	71%
2nd pts	7/21	10/19	14/22	31/62
% 2nd pts	33%	53%	64%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	4	3	12
Converted	5/13	4/5	3/6	12/24
Converted %	38%	80%	50%	50%
Conceded	8	3	6	17
Saved	4/8	3/3	5/6	12
Saved %	50%	100%	83%	78%
Times Broken	4	0	1	5

Mikrut
	R1 Moro	R2 Lopez	1/4 Negritu	Total
Score	4-6 6-2 6-3	6-3 6-1	4-6 7-64 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	27	16	33	76
pts	85-78	56-30	108-100	249-208
Total points	163	86	208	457
Winners	34	20	52	106
%Winners	40%	36%	48%	43%
SERVE
Aces	6	2	7	15
Double Faults	2	0	4	6
1st in	48/84	23/40	63/104	134/228
% 1st in	57%	58%	61%	59%
1st pts	34/48	20/23	52/63	106/134
% 1st pts	71%	87%	83%	79%
2nd pts	17/36	12/17	22/41	51/94
% 2nd pts	47%	71%	54%	54%
Breaks
Won	5	4	1	10
Converted	5/8	4/6	1/6	10/20
Converted %	63%	67%	17%	50%
Conceded	5	0	3	8
Saved	2/5	0/0	2/3	4
Saved %	40%	–	67%	36%
Times Broken	3	0	1	4

Tennis Scores in Valencia Challenger

• Luka MikrutMikrut – Christoph NegrituNegritu (4-6 7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Carlos TabernerTaberner – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Marcelo Demoliner/Orlando LuzDemoliner/Orlando Luz – Filip Pieczonka/Michael VrbenskyPieczonka/Michael Vrbensky (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Henri SquireSquire – Sumit NagalNagal (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Trey Hilderbrand/Mac KigerHilderbrand/Mac Kiger – N.Sriram Balaji/N. Vijay Sundar PrashanthBalaji/N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Inigo Cervantes/Daniel CukiermanCervantes/Daniel Cukierman – Alexander Merino/Christoph NegrituMerino/Christoph Negritu (6-4 7-6⁰) – See score progression
• Ariel Behar/Rafael MatosBehar/Rafael Matos – Sergio Martos Gornes/David Vega HernandezMartos Gornes/David Vega Hernandez (6-3 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Henri SquireSquire (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos TabernerTaberner – (0-0) – H2H and prediction