Roberto Carballes Baena and Nikoloz Basilashvili will square off in the 1st round of the Plava Laguna Croatia Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 9:30 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.82
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 1.99
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Prediction and head to head Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
This will be the 4th time that Roberto Carballes Baena and Nikoloz Basilashvili clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Basilashvili (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Basilashvili won 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in Tokyo back in 2021.
Roberto Carballes Baena
12 - 15win/loss
130
49
LLWLWLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19-24 | 7-10 | 11-12 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-31 | 10-12 | 24-13 | 2-4 | 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 |
Ranked no. 79, Roberto will start his run in Umag after he played his last match in Gstaad where he lost 6-1 6-4 to Comesana in the 2nd round on the 17th of July.
Carballes Baena has an aggregate 12-15 win-loss record in 2025, 6-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Spaniard’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Marrakech.
Talking about his overall career, Roberto has an overall 582-415 record. He has a positive 505-307 record on clay.
Previously in Umag
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022 and 2023. See his history.
Nikoloz Basilashvili
26 - 20win/loss
109
16
LWWWLWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-29 | 18-13 | 9-10 | 9-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-32 | 11-8 | 27-15 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 4-19 | 1-8 | 0-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-31 | 3-11 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-27 | 18-11 | 8-8 | 3-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 112, the Georgean will start his run in Umag after he played his last match in Gstaad where he lost 4-6 7-5 7-6(5) to Cazaux in the 1st round on the 14th of July.
Nikoloz has a composed 26-20 win-loss record in 2025, 8-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Basilashvili’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Bordeaux Challenger.
In terms of his career, Basilashvili has an overall 469-411 record. He has a positive 176-140 record on clay.
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLWWLWL Tennis Scores in Umag
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- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Raphael CollignonCollignon (3-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Terence AtmaneAtmane (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – Mariano NavoneNavone (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Titouan DroguetDroguet – Christian GarinGarin (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
