Carlos Taberner and Ivan Gakhov will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Montemar Challenger for the 7th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 5:15 pm on IVAN NAVARRO COURT. In the following lines 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Carlos Taberner is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Taberner -> 1.33
Ivan Gakhov -> 2.98
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Taberner vs. Ivan Gakhov
This will be the 7th time that Carlos Taberner and Ivan Gakhov square off. The head to head is 4-2 for Gakhov (see full H2H stats), 4-2 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Taberner won 6-2 4-1 ret. in the semifinal in Spain F20 (Getxo) back in 2017.
Carlos Taberner
46 - 27win/loss
102
83
LWLWWLLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46-28 | 1-3 | 45-24 | 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. 103, Taberner got to the 2nd round after defeating Stefan Palosi 6-0 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Palosi (6-0 6-1). During the match, Taberner scored 63 points vs Palosi’s 36. The Spaniard was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Taberner managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Carlos Taberner conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Taberner put 69% of his first serves in, winning 92% (22/24) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (4/11) on the 2nd serve. Taberner broke Palosi 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Taberner has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (402-258). 45-23 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Taberner has an overall 369-207 win-loss 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 defeated Dusan Lajovic in the final 7-6(1) 6-2.
Taberner has a composed 46-27 win-loss record in 2025, 45-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Montemar Challenger
Ivan Gakhov
53 - 35win/loss
260
142
LLWWLLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54-37 | 3-3 | 46-30 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-35 | 1-2 | 35-32 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-30 | 2-4 | 26-21 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 56-32 | 1-3 | 53-26 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-28 | 0-1 | 38-23 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 263, Ivan reached the 2nd round after beating Adrian Andreev 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Ivan had a good straight sets win against Andreev (6-3 6-3). During the match Gakhov scored 72 points vs Andreev’s 53. Gakhov was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Gakhov scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 7 double faults. Ivan Gakhov lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Gakhov put 56% of his first serves in, winning 87% (33/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (11/30) on the 2nd serve. Ivan broke Andreev 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Gakhov’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Santa margherita di Pula and M25 The Hague.
The Russian has a compiled 53-35 win-loss record in 2025, 45-28 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Montemar Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Taberner | Gakhov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 13 | 18 |
| Pts | 63-36 | 72-53 |
| Total Points | 99 | 125 |
| Winners | 22 | 33 |
| %Winners | 35% | 46% |
Both Taberner and Gakhov played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Taberner and Gakhov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Taberner played 5 games less than Gakhov. Carlos scored 22 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian scored 33 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Taberner | Gakhov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 24/35 | 38/68 |
| %1st in | 69% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 22/24 | 33/38 |
| %1st pts | 92% | 87% |
| 2nd pts | 4/11 | 11/30 |
| %2nd pts | 36% | 37% |
Taberner scored 3 aces . Gakhov scored 1 ace . Taberner won 92% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 36% of the points. On the other side, Gakhov won 87% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 37% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Taberner | Gakhov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 50% | 57% |
| Conceded | 3 | 8 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 100% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Taberner broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Carlos had a solid display on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Russian broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Taberner | |||
| R1 Palosi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 63-36 | 63-36 | |
| Total points | 99 | 99 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 24/35 | 24/35 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 22/24 | 22/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 92% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 36% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Gakhov | |||
| R1 Andreev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 72-53 | 72-53 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 38/68 | 38/68 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 33/38 | 33/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/30 | 11/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 37% | 37% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLLWLWW Tennis Scores in Montemar Challenger
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Stefan PalosiPalosi (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (7-5 6-73 6-4) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Filippo MoroniMoroni (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Andres Santamarta RoigSantamarta Roig – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Max Alcala GurriAlcala Gurri – Edas ButvilasButvilas (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrej NedicNedic – Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Gabriele PirainoPiraino – Adrien BurdetBurdet (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Clement TaburTabur – Svyatoslav GulinGulin (6-2 6-77 6-4) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Gianluca CadenassoCadenasso – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (6-4 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Cezar CretuCretu – Federico BondioliBondioli (7-62 6-3) – See score progression
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Adrian AndreevAndreev (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Miguel DamasDamas – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Elmer MollerMoller – Tiago PereiraPereira (5-7 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar – Alberto Garcia GarciaGarcia Garcia (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Stefan PalosiPalosi (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Gianluca CadenassoCadenasso – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (6-4 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Clement TaburTabur – Svyatoslav GulinGulin (6-2 6-7(7) 6-4) – See score progression
- Max Alcala GurriAlcala Gurri – Edas ButvilasButvilas (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Andres Santamarta RoigSantamarta Roig – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Ivan GakhovGakhov (2-4) – H2H and prediction
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miguel DamasDamas – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Cezar Cretu (ROU)Cretu (ROU) – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max Alcala GurriAlcala Gurri – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
