# Carlos Taberner

Carlos Taberner Segarra (Spanish pronunciation:; born 8 August 1997) is a Spanish professional tennis player. 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 US Open 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 in Indian Wells 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. He lost to Félix Auger-Aliassime. 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 200

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.
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 10th title at the Challenger 2024 Internazionali di Tennis Città di Todi, both in Italy. A month later he returned to the top 200 at world No. 198 on 23 September 2024.

## 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 | Casper Ruud | 6–2, 6–7$^{(11–13)}$, 0–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | May 2016 | Spain F13, Valldoreix | Futures | Clay | Albert Alcaraz Ivorra | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | May 2016 | Tunisia F20, Hammamet | Futures | Clay | Cristian Garín | 3–6, 6–7$^{(1–7)}$ |
| Win | 1–3 | Jun 2016 | Romania F7, Bucharest | Futures | Clay | Mariano Kestelboim | 6–1, 5–7, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–3 | Jul 2016 | Spain F22, Denia | Futures | Clay | Jaume Munar | 4–6, 7–5, 7–5 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Jul 2016 | Spain F23, Xàtiva | Futures | Clay | Pedro Martínez | 6–2, 1–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–5 | Oct 2016 | Spain F35, La Vall d'Uixó | Futures | Clay | Ivan Gakhov | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 3–5 | Nov 2016 | Tunisia F33, Hammamet | Futures | Clay | Gonçalo Oliveira | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Loss | 3–6 | Jul 2017 | Spain F20, Getxo | Futures | Clay | Bernabé Zapata Miralles | 3–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3–7 | Sep 2017 | Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Challenger | Clay | Maximilian Marterer | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 3–8 | Sep 2017 | Sibiu, Romania | Challenger | Clay | Cedrik-Marcel Stebe | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 4–8 | Sep 2020 | Iași, Romania | Challenger | Clay | Mathias Bourgue | 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Loss | 4–9 | Nov 2020 | Maia, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | Pedro Sousa | 0–6, 7–5, 2–6 |
| Win | 5–9 | Feb 2021 | Antalya, Turkey | Challenger | Clay | Jaume Munar | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 6–9 | Jun 2021 | Aix-en-Provence, France | Challenger | Clay | Manuel Guinard | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 7–9 | Oct 2021 | Lošinj, Croatia | Challenger | Clay | Marco Cecchinato | walkover |
| Win | 8–9 | Mar 2022 | Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Nuno Borges | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 9–9 | Aug 2023 | Augsburg, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Oriol Roca Batalla | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 9–10 | Aug 2024 | Cordenons, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Vilius Gaubas | 6–2, 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 10–10 | Aug 2024 | Todi, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Santiago Rodríguez Taverna | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 10–11 | Aug 2024 | Porto, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | 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 | Kento Yamada | Romano Frantzen Alban Meuffels | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Feb 2016 | Spain F2, Paguera | Futures | Clay | Kento Yamada | Tomislav Brkić Kamil Majchrzak | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Feb 2016 | Spain F5, Cartagena | Futures | Clay | Kento Yamada | Vasile Antonescu Alexandru Jecan | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 1–3 | May 2016 | Tunisia F19, Hammamet | Futures | Clay | Kento Yamada | Cristóbal Saavedra Corvalán Marcel Felder | 3–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 2–3 | Jul 2016 | Spain F22, Denia | Futures | Clay | Marc Giner | Sergio Martos Gornés Adria Mas Mascolo | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 3–3 | Oct 2016 | Spain F35, La Vall d'Uixó | Futures | Clay | Ivan Gakhov | Javier Barranco Cosano Raúl Brancaccio | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 3–6, [10–7] |
| Win | 4–3 | Jul 2017 | San Benedetto, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Pol Toledo Bagué | Flavio Cipolla Adrian Ungur | 7–5, 6–4 |

## Performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 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 | NH | 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 | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 |
| Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 6–8 | 5–11 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0 / 25 | 13–25 | 34% |
| Year-end ranking | 185 | 283 | 190 | 143 | 101 | 168 | 363 | 195 | $1,145,142 | $1,145,142 | $1,145,142 |

## 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 | | | | | | |
| 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 | | | | | | |
| Andrey Rublev | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2021 Indian Wells |
| Number 6 ranked players | | | | | | |
| Félix Auger-Aliassime | 0–2 | 0% | – | 0–2 | – | Lost (6–1, 2–6, 2–6) at 2022 Estoril |
| Number 7 ranked players | | | | | | |
| Fernando Verdasco | 1–0 | 100% | – | 1–0 | – | Won (4–6, 6–1, 6–4) at 2020 Córdoba |
| Number 9 ranked players | | | | | | |
| Fabio Fognini | 0–1 | 0% | – | 0–1 | – | Lost (6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 6–2, 3–6) at 2021 Madrid |
| Number 10 ranked players | | | | | | |
| Pablo Carreño Busta | 0–1 | 0% | – | 0–1 | – | Lost (5–7, 3–6) at 2021 Hamburg |
| 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 |