Carlos Taberner

Carlos Taberner
Country (sports) Spain
ResidenceValencia, Spain
Born (1997-08-08) 8 August 1997 (age 27)
Valencia, Spain
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2015
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachGermán Anglada (2017-2022)
Prize moneyUS $1,121,538
Singles
Career record13–25
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 85 (23 May 2022)
Current rankingNo. 205 (19 August 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2022)
French Open1R (2018, 2021, 2022)
Wimbledon1R (2022)
US Open1R (2021)
Doubles
Career record0–6
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 337 (18 September 2017)
Current rankingNo. 1020 (19 August 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2022)
Last updated on: 20 August 2024.

Carlos Taberner Segarra (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkaɾlos taβeɾˈneɾ]; born 8 August 1997) is a Spanish professional tennis player.[1] He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 85 achieved on 23 May 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 337 achieved on 18 September 2017.

He has reached 21 career ITF singles finals, with a record of 10 wins and 11 losses, including seven Challengers titles all won on clay courts (2020 Iași Open, 2021 Antalya Challenger II, 2021 Open du Pays d'Aix, 2021 Lošinj Open, 2022 Challenger di Roseto degli Abruzzi, 2023 Schwaben Open, 2024 Internazionali di Tennis Città di Todi). Additionally, he has reached seven career ITF doubles finals with a record of 4 wins and 3 losses including one ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2017 San Benedetto Tennis Cup.

Professional career

2018: ATP and Grand Slam debut

Taberner made his ATP Tour debut at the 2018 Open Sud de France in Marseilles where he advanced through 2 qualifying matches to reach the main draw. In qualifying, he defeated Benjamin Bonzi 6–2, 6–4 and Marco Trungelliti 4–6, 6–2, 6–4, where he then won his first round match against Norbert Gombos in two tie-breakers 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–1). His run would end in the second round, as he was defeated by Lucas Pouille in straight sets 1–6, 2–6.

He made his Grand Slam debut in the main draw at the 2018 French Open as a qualifier where he lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas.

2021: Challenger tour success, top 100 & Masters debut & first win

He also qualified for the 2021 French Open where he lost to Roman Safiullin.

He won his third Challenger title at the 2021 Open du Pays d'Aix defeating Manuel Guinard. As a result, he reached a career-high ranking of World No. 113 on 21 June 2021.

He entered the main draw as a direct entry for the first time at the 2021 US Open (tennis) on his debut at this Major. He also entered directly into the main draw for his second Masters 1000 of the season and in his career at the 2021 BNP Paribas Open and made it to the second round, recording his first win at this level by defeating fellow Spaniard Jaume Munar.

In October he won his fourth Challenger at the 2021 Lošinj Open and made his debut in the top 100 at World No. 93 on 25 October 2021.

2022: Second ATP 500 win, Top 85 debut

He made his debut at the 2022 Australian Open losing to Dominik Koepfer.

He earned his first and second ATP wins of the season at the 2022 Córdoba Open against 5th seeded Argentinian Federico Delbonis and at the 2022 Chile Open against another Argentine Juan Manuel Cerundolo.

At the 2022 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell he earned as a qualifier his second ATP 500 (after the Hamburg European Open in 2021) and biggest win thus far in the season where he bagelled Sebastian Korda in the second set.[2] He lost to Félix Auger-Aliassime.[3] He reached the top 85 on 23 May 2022.

He made also his debut at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships where he lost to 15th seed Reilly Opelka.

2023-2024: Out of top 400, Challenger title, back to top 205

In February 2023, he made the main draw as lucky loser in Santiago, Chile after the withdrawal of Bernabé Zapata Miralles. In August, he won his sixth Challenger at the 2023 Schwaben Open in Augsburg, Germany.[4]

He dropped out of the top 400 on 18 March 2024. The following month, he qualified for the main draw at the 2024 Țiriac Open having entered the qualifying competition as an alternate.

He returned to the top 205 on 19 August 2024, following a Challenger final in Cordenons, and his tenth title at the Challenger 2024 Internazionali di Tennis Città di Todi, both in Italy.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 21 (10 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (7–5)
ITF Futures (3–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (10–11)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2016 Spain F3, Paguera Futures Clay Norway Casper Ruud 6–2, 6–7(11–13), 0–6
Loss 0–2 May 2016 Spain F13, Valldoreix Futures Clay Spain Albert Alcaraz Ivorra 2–6, 3–6
Loss 0–3 May 2016 Tunisia F20, Hammamet Futures Clay Chile Cristian Garín 3–6, 6–7(1–7)
Win 1–3 Jun 2016 Romania F7, Bucharest Futures Clay Argentina Mariano Kestelboim 6–1, 5–7, 6–4
Win 2–3 Jul 2016 Spain F22, Denia Futures Clay Spain Jaume Munar 4–6, 7–5, 7–5
Loss 2–4 Jul 2016 Spain F23, Xàtiva Futures Clay Spain Pedro Martínez 6–2, 1–6, 4–6
Loss 2–5 Oct 2016 Spain F35, La Vall d'Uixó Futures Clay Russia Ivan Gakhov 2–6, 2–6
Win 3–5 Nov 2016 Tunisia F33, Hammamet Futures Clay Portugal Gonçalo Oliveira 6–4, 7–5
Loss 3–6 Jul 2017 Spain F20, Getxo Futures Clay Spain Bernabé Zapata Miralles 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 3–7 Sep 2017 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina Challenger Clay Germany Maximilian Marterer 1–6, 2–6
Loss 3–8 Sep 2017 Sibiu, Romania Challenger Clay Germany Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 3–6, 3–6
Win 4–8 Sep 2020 Iași, Romania Challenger Clay France Mathias Bourgue 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 4–9 Nov 2020 Maia, Portugal Challenger Clay Portugal Pedro Sousa 0–6, 7–5, 2–6
Win 5–9 Feb 2021 Antalya, Turkey Challenger Clay Spain Jaume Munar 6–4, 6–1
Win 6–9 Jun 2021 Aix-en-Provence, France Challenger Clay France Manuel Guinard 6–2, 6–2
Win 7–9 Oct 2021 Lošinj, Croatia Challenger Clay Italy Marco Cecchinato walkover
Win 8–9 Mar 2022 Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy Challenger Clay Portugal Nuno Borges 6–2, 6–3
Win 9–9 Aug 2023 Augsburg, Germany Challenger Clay Spain Oriol Roca Batalla 6–4, 6–4
Loss 9–10 Aug 2024 Cordenons, Italy Challenger Clay Lithuania Vilius Gaubas 6–2, 2–6, 4–6
Win 10–10 Aug 2024 Todi, Italy Challenger Clay Argentina Santiago Rodríguez Taverna 6–4, 6–3
Loss 10–11 Aug 2024 Porto, Portugal Challenger Clay Bulgaria Adrian Andreev 3–6, 0–6

Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
ITF Futures (3–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2015 Turkey F47, Antalya Futures Clay Japan Kento Yamada Netherlands Romano Frantzen
Netherlands Alban Meuffels
6–2, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Feb 2016 Spain F2, Paguera Futures Clay Japan Kento Yamada Bosnia and Herzegovina Tomislav Brkić
Poland Kamil Majchrzak
3–6, 4–6
Loss 1–2 Feb 2016 Spain F5, Cartagena Futures Clay Japan Kento Yamada Romania Vasile Antonescu
Romania Alexandru Jecan
4–6, 1–6
Loss 1–3 May 2016 Tunisia F19, Hammamet Futures Clay Japan Kento Yamada Chile Cristóbal Saavedra Corvalán
Uruguay Marcel Felder
3–6, 0–6
Win 2–3 Jul 2016 Spain F22, Denia Futures Clay Spain Marc Giner Spain Sergio Martos Gornés
Spain Adria Mas Mascolo
6–3, 6–1
Win 3–3 Oct 2016 Spain F35, La Vall d'Uixó Futures Clay Russia Ivan Gakhov Spain Javier Barranco Cosano
Italy Raúl Brancaccio
7–6(7–2), 3–6, [10–7]
Win 4–3 Jul 2017 San Benedetto, Italy Challenger Clay Spain Pol Toledo Bagué Italy Flavio Cipolla
Romania Adrian Ungur
7–5, 6–4

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q2 A Q1 Q2 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A 1R A Q2 1R 1R 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Wimbledon A A A NH Q2 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A A A A 1R Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–3 0 / 6 0–6 0%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A NH 2R A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Miami Open A A A NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A NH A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open Q1 A A NH 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Italian Open A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A A NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Shanghai Masters A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Paris Masters A A A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Career statistics
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Overall win–loss 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 6–8 5–11 0 / 23 13–23 36%
Year-end ranking 185 283 190 143 101 168 $1,048,793

Record against top 10 players

Taberner's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:

Player Record Win % Hard Clay Grass Last Match
Number 3 ranked players
Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas 0–1 0% 0–1 Lost (5–7, 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 3–6) at 2018 French Open
Number 5 ranked players
Russia Andrey Rublev 0–1 0% 0–1 Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2021 Indian Wells
Number 6 ranked players
Canada Félix Auger-Aliassime 0–2 0% 0–2 Lost (6–1, 2–6, 2–6) at 2022 Estoril
Number 7 ranked players
Spain Fernando Verdasco 1–0 100% 1–0 Won (4–6, 6–1, 6–4) at 2020 Córdoba
Number 9 ranked players
Italy Fabio Fognini 0–1 0% 0–1 Lost (6–7(4–7), 6–2, 3–6) at 2021 Madrid
Number 10 ranked players
Spain Pablo Carreño Busta 0–1 0% 0–1 Lost (5–7, 3–6) at 2021 Hamburg
France Lucas Pouille 0–1 0% 0–1 Lost (1–6, 2–6) at 2018 Montpellier
Total 1–7 12.5% 0–2
(0%)
1–5
(17%)
0–0
( – )
* Statistics correct as of 1 May 2022

References

  1. ^ ATP Profile
  2. ^ "Sebastian Korda crashes out of Barcelona against Taberner". 19 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Felix Auger-Aliassime Fends off Carlos Taberner Threat in Barcelona".
  4. ^ Lima Challenger 2023 Finalatptour.com Archived 2023-09-02 at the Wayback Machine