Roberto Carballes Baena and Marco Cecchinato will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 6th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on ARANTXA SANCHEZ STADIUM. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marco Cecchinato who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marco Cecchinato is the pick to win this match.
Marco Cecchinato -> 1.80
Roberto Carballes Baena -> 1.90

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Prediction and head to head Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Marco Cecchinato

This will be the 6th time that Roberto Carballes Baena and Marco Cecchinato square off. The head to head is 3-2 for Cecchinato (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Carballes Baena won 6-4 7-6(3) in the 1st round in Buenos Aires back in 2020.

Roberto Carballes Baena

Ranked no. 93, the Spaniard reached the qualifications after defeating Emil Ruusuvuori 6-2 6-3.

In the qualifications, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Ruusuvuori (6-2 6-3). During the match Carballes Baena scored 69 points vs Ruusuvuori’s 47. Carballes Baena was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Regarding the service games, Carballes Baena scored just 1 ace during the match and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Roberto Carballes Baena lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Carballes Baena put 71% of his first serves in, winning 67% (30/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Ruusuvuori 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Carballes Baena has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (403-273). 12-10 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Carballes Baena has a 363-224 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

Carballes Baena’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Belgrade Challenger.

Roberto has a 13-12 win-loss record in 2021, 12-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Madrid

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2016 and 2018. See his history.

Madrid
Carballes Baena's Record

Marco Cecchinato

Ranked no. 94, Cecchinato reached the qualifications after defeating Frances Tiafoe 7-64 6-2.

In the qualifications, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Tiafoe (7-64 6-2). During the match Cecchinato scored 74 points vs Tiafoe’s 59. Marco was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Cecchinato managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Marco Cecchinato was pretty effective on serve to win 84% (31/37) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Marco broke Tiafoe 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).

Cecchinato has a 8-10 win-loss record in 2021, 8-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Madrid
Cecchinato's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

R.Carballes Baena
M.Cecchinato
1h:27
1h:27
Time on court​
1h:29
1h:29
1h:27
1h:27
Last match​
1h:29
1h:29
1
1
Match played
1
1
17
17
Games Played​
21
21
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
69
69
Total points​
74
74
69
69
Avg point​
74
74
30
30
Winners
31
31
30
30
Avg Winners​
31
31
43%
43%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
8
8
1
1
Avg Aces
8
8
0
0
Double Faults
1
1
0
0
Avg Double Faults
1
1
30/45
30/45
1st won total​
31/37
31/37
67%
67%
1st won %
!
84%
84%
10/18
10/18
2nd won total​
11/20
11/20
56%
56%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
5/11
5/11
BP won
3/11
3/11
5/11
5/11
Avg BP won
3/11
3/11
45%
45%
Won
!
27%
27%
4
4
Conceded
1
1
4
4
Avg Conceded
1
1
1
1
Broken
1
1
1
1
Avg Broken
1
1
3
3
Saved
0
0

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Carballes Baena Cecchinato
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 21
Pts 69-47 74-59
Total Points 116 133
Winners 30 31
%Winners 43% 42%

Both Carballes Baena and Cecchinato played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Carballes Baena and Cecchinato have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Carballes Baena played 4 games less than Cecchinato. Roberto scored 30 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Cecchinato scored 31 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Carballes Baena Cecchinato
Aces 1 8
Avg per match 1 8
1st in 45/63 37/57
%1st in 71% 65%
1st pts 30/45 31/37
%1st pts 67% 84%
2nd pts 10/18 11/20
%2nd pts 56% 55%

Carballes Baena scored 1 ace . Cecchinato also managed to score 8 aces . Carballes Baena won 67% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Cecchinato won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Carballes Baena Cecchinato
Won 5 3
Converted 5/11 3/11
% Converted 45% 27%
Conceded 4 1
Saved 3 0
% Saved 75% 0%
Times Broken 1 1

Roberto broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Carballes Baena surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Marco broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Marco conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Carballes Baena
Q1
Ruusuvuori
Total
Score 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 69-47 69-47
Total points 116 116
Winners 30 30
%Winners 43% 43%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 45/63 45/63
% 1st in 71% 71%
1st pts 30/45 30/45
% 1st pts 67% 67%
2nd pts 10/18 10/18
% 2nd pts 56% 56%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/11 5/11
Converted % 45% 45%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 3/4 3
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 1 1
Cecchinato
Q1
Tiafoe
Total
Score 7-64 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 21
pts 74-59 74-59
Total points 133 133
Winners 31 31
%Winners 42% 42%
SERVE
Aces 8 8
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 37/57 37/57
% 1st in 65% 65%
1st pts 31/37 31/37
% 1st pts 84% 84%
2nd pts 11/20 11/20
% 2nd pts 55% 55%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/11 3/11
Converted % 27% 27%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 0/1 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 1 1

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