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

Carlos Taberner

46 - 27win/loss

Hard
1-3
I Hard
0-0
Clay
45-23
Grass
0-1
Rank
103
High
83
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 46-27 1-3 45-23 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
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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

Montemar Challenger
Taberner's Record

Ivan Gakhov

Ivan Gakhov

53 - 35win/loss

Hard
3-3
I Hard
5-4
Clay
45-28
Rank
263
High
142
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 53-35 3-3 45-28 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
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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.

Montemar Challenger
Gakhov's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

C.Taberner
I.Gakhov
1h:11
1h:11
Time on court​
1h:32
1h:32
1h:11
1h:11
Last match​
1h:32
1h:32
1
1
Match played
1
1
13
13
Games Played​
18
18
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
63
63
Total points​
72
72
63
63
Avg point​
72
72
22
22
Winners
33
33
22
22
Avg Winners​
33
33
35%
35%
Ratio winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
1
1
3
3
Avg Aces
1
1
1
1
Double Faults
7
7
1
1
Avg Double Faults
!
7
7
22/24
22/24
1st won total​
33/38
33/38
!
92%
92%
1st won %
!
87%
87%
4/11
4/11
2nd won total​
11/30
11/30
!
36%
36%
2nd won %
!
37%
37%
-- Break Points --
6/12
6/12
BP won
4/7
4/7
6/12
6/12
Avg BP won
4/7
4/7
50%
50%
Won
!
57%
57%
3
3
Conceded
8
8
3
3
Avg Conceded
8
8
0
0
Broken
1
1
!
0
0
Avg Broken
1
1
3
3
Saved
7
7
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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

Tennis Scores in Montemar Challenger

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