Carlos Taberner and Tomas Barrios Vera will play each other in the quarter of the Montevideo Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 8:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tomas Barrios Vera who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tomas Barrios Vera is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Barrios Vera -> 1.55
Carlos Taberner -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Carlos Taberner vs. Tomas Barrios Vera

This will be the 3^rd time that Carlos Taberner and Tomas Barrios Vera clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Tomas Barrios Vera (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Tomas Barrios Vera won 6-1 6-3 in the semifinal in the Punta Del Este Challenger back in January 2025.

Carlos Taberner

Ranked no. 104, the Spaniard got to the quarter after beating Gonzalo Bueno 6-0 6-2 and Zdenek Kolar 7-6(2) 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Carlos had a good straight sets win against Kolar (7-6² 6-3). During the match, Taberner scored 81 points vs Kolar’s 74. The Spaniard was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Regarding the service games, Taberner was unable to score even 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 5 double faults. Carlos Taberner lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Taberner put 63% of his first serves in, winning 66% (35/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (13/31) on the 2nd serve. Taberner broke Kolar 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Taberner hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points he played.

Taberner has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (401-257). 44-22 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Taberner has a compiled 368-206 record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the current season 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.

Taberner has an overall 45-26 win-loss record in 2025, 44-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Montevideo Challenger

Tomas Barrios Vera

Ranked no. 111, Tomas Barrios Vera got to the quarter after beating Juan Carlos Prado Angelo 6-4 6-1 and Franco Roncadelli 6-3 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, The Chilean had a good straight sets win against Roncadelli (6-3 6-3). During the match Tomas Barrios Vera scored 61 points vs Roncadelli’s 45. The Chilean was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.

About the serving games, Tomas Barrios Vera was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Tomas Barrios Vera was very effective on serve to win 79% (22/28) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Tomas Barrios Vera broke Roncadelli 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Marcelo hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Campinas Challenger where he overcame Alvaro Guillen Meza in the final 6-4 6-3 and the Cali Challenger where he defeated Juan Carlos Prado Angelo in the final 6-1 6-4 and the Lima 3 Challenger where he beat Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva in the final 7-6(5) 7-6(3).

Tomas Barrios Vera has a composed 51-27 win-loss record in 2025, 42-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Taberner	Tomas Barrios Vera
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	36	35
Pts	138-99	121-90
Total Points	237	211
Winners	55	52
%Winners	40%	43%

Both Taberner and Tomas Barrios Vera played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Taberner and Tomas Barrios Vera have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Taberner played 1 game more than Tomas Barrios Vera. Carlos scored 55 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Chilean struck 52 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Taberner	Tomas Barrios Vera
Aces	3	2
Avg per match	1.5	1
1st in	77/122	69/106
%1st in	63%	65%
1st pts	55/77	52/69
%1st pts	71%	75%
2nd pts	21/45	21/37
%2nd pts	47%	57%

Taberner fired 3 aces (1.5 per match). Tomas Barrios Vera struck 2 aces (1 per match). Taberner won 71% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Tomas Barrios Vera won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Taberner	Tomas Barrios Vera
Won	10	8
Converted	10/23	8/12
% Converted	43%	67%
Conceded	9	5
Saved	5	3
% Saved	56%	60%
Times Broken	4	2

Carlos broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. Taberner lost his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Tomas Barrios Vera broke his opponents 8 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Chilean conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Taberner
	R1 Bueno	R2 Kolar	Total
Score	6-0 6-2	7-62 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	14	22	36
pts	57-25	81-74	138-99
Total points	82	155	237
Winners	20	35	55
%Winners	35%	43%	40%
SERVE
Aces	3	0	3
Double Faults	2	5	7
1st in	24/38	53/84	77/122
% 1st in	63%	63%	63%
1st pts	20/24	35/53	55/77
% 1st pts	83%	66%	71%
2nd pts	8/14	13/31	21/45
% 2nd pts	57%	42%	47%
Breaks
Won	6	4	10
Converted	6/13	4/10	10/23
Converted %	46%	40%	43%
Conceded	1	8	9
Saved	0/1	5/8	5
Saved %	0%	63%	32%
Times Broken	1	3	4

Tomas Barrios Vera
	R1 Carlos Prado Angelo	R2 Roncadelli	Total
Score	6-4 6-1	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	17	18	35
pts	60-45	61-45	121-90
Total points	105	106	211
Winners	30	22	52
%Winners	50%	36%	43%
SERVE
Aces	2	0	2
Double Faults	2	1	3
1st in	41/59	28/47	69/106
% 1st in	69%	60%	65%
1st pts	30/41	22/28	52/69
% 1st pts	73%	79%	75%
2nd pts	9/18	12/19	21/37
% 2nd pts	50%	63%	57%
Breaks
Won	4	4	8
Converted	4/5	4/7	8/12
Converted %	80%	57%	67%
Conceded	4	1	5
Saved	3/4	0/1	3
Saved %	75%	0%	38%
Times Broken	1	1	2

Tennis Scores in Montevideo Challenger

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