Roberto Carballes Baena and Joao Sousa will face off in the 2nd round of the Grand Prix Hassan II for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roberto Carballes Baena who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Roberto Carballes Baena is the pick to win this match.
Roberto Carballes Baena -> 1.44
Joao Sousa -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Joao Sousa
This will be the 6th time that Roberto Carballes Baena and Joao Sousa clash against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Carballes Baena (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Carballes Baena won 6-3 6-1 in the 1st round in Cordoba back in 2021.
Roberto Carballes Baena
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-23 | 5-8 | 19-13 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-29 | 3-8 | 19-14 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-33 | 3-8 | 41-23 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-30 | 3-5 | 33-20 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-18 | 3-4 | 16-12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 79, Carballes Baena got to the 2nd round after defeating Marco Cecchinato 7-5 7-61.
In the 1st round, Carballes Baena had a good straight sets win against Cecchinato (7-5 7-61). During the match, Carballes Baena scored 78 points vs Cecchinato’s 57. Carballes Baena was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Carballes Baena scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Roberto Carballes Baena was extremely efficient on serve to win 84% (38/45) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Roberto was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Cecchinato twice.
Carballes Baena has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (387-278). 10-6 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Carballes Baena has an overall 339-216 record in the last years on clay.
Carballes Baena’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Gran Canaria Challenger.
Roberto has a composed 11-12 win-loss record in 2022, 10-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Marrakech
Joao Sousa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-33 | 6-8 | 10-20 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 25-34 | 10-12 | 10-11 | 5-7 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-31 | 11-9 | 4-11 | 11-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-13 | 0-5 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 90, the Portuguese got to the 2nd round after defeating Federico Delbonis 6-2 5-7 6-3.
In the 1st round, Joao defeated Delbonis (6-2 5-7 6-3). During the match Sousa scored 109 points vs Delbonis’s 98. Sousa was very aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Sousa scored 2 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Joao Sousa lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Sousa put 63% of his first serves in, winning 75% (48/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (17/38) on the 2nd serve. Sousa broke Delbonis 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
His best result of the current season was winning the title in in Pune where he defeated Emil Ruusuvuori in the final 7-6(9) 4-6 6-1.
Sousa has a compiled 13-10 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Carballes Baena | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 29 |
| Pts | 78-57 | 109-98 |
| Total Points | 135 | 207 |
| Winners | 38 | 48 |
| %Winners | 49% | 44% |
Both Carballes Baena and Sousa played 1 match. At the moment, Joao Sousa lost 1 set while Roberto Carballes Baena hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Carballes Baena has played 1 set(s) less than Sousa (2 vs 3). Therefore, Carballes Baena played 4 games less than Sousa. Carballes Baena scored 38 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Joao bagged 48 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Carballes Baena | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 45/61 | 64/102 |
| %1st in | 74% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 38/45 | 48/64 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 17/38 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 45% |
Carballes Baena struck 1 ace . Sousa also recorded 2 aces . Carballes Baena won 84% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Sousa won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Carballes Baena | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 5 |
| Converted | 2/2 | 5/14 |
| % Converted | 100% | 36% |
| Conceded | 1 | 10 |
| Saved | 0 | 8 |
| % Saved | 0% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Spaniard broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. Carballes Baena conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Portuguese broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Portuguese conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Carballes Baena | |||
| R1 Cecchinato |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 78-57 | 78-57 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 45/61 | 45/61 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 38/45 | 38/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 11/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 2/2 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Sousa | |||
| R1 Delbonis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 5-7 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 109-98 | 109-98 | |
| Total points | 207 | 207 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 64/102 | 64/102 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 48/64 | 48/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/38 | 17/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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