Sebastian Baez and Filip Horansky will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Bratislava Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:00 pm on CENTRAL COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Baez who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sebastian Baez is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Baez -> 1.33
Filip Horansky -> 3.32
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Baez vs. Filip Horansky
There is no head to head record between Sebastian Baez and Filip Horansky since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Sebastian Baez
Ranked no. 185, Sebastian got to the semifinal after defeating Renzo Olivo 1-6 6-1 6-3, Frederico Ferreira Silva 6-3 5-7 6-4 and Matthias Bachinger 7-66 7-60.
In the quarter, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Bachinger (7-66 7-60). During the match, Baez scored 104 points vs Bachinger’s 93. Sebastian was extremely aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Regarding the service games, Baez made 3 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Sebastian Baez was quite efficient on serve to win 72% (51/71) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Baez started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 2 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Baez has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 69% of his matches (131-58). 25-5 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Baez has an aggregate115-48 record in the last 6 years on clay.
Sebastian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Concepcion Challenger,the Santiago Challenger and the Zagreb Challenger.
The Argentine has a compiled 25-5 win-loss record in 2021, 25-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava Challenger
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
Filip Horansky
Ranked no. 187, Horansky reached the semifinal after beating Maximilian Marterer 6-2 6-4, Norbert Gombos 6-2 6-2 and Cem Ilkel 6-3 6-4.
In the quarter, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Ilkel (6-3 6-4). During the match Horansky scored 68 points vs Ilkel’s 53. Horansky was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Horansky scored 3 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Filip Horansky was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (27/35) of his 1st serve and 67% (8/12) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Slovakian broke Ilkel 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Filip started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Horansky’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Quimper Challenger.
Horansky has a composed 13-14 win-loss record in 2021, 8-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2014. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Baez | Horansky |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 80 | 53 |
| Pts | 287-258 | 184-138 |
| Total Points | 545 | 322 |
| Winners | 129 | 83 |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% |
Both Baez and Horansky played 3 matches. At the moment, Sebastian Baez dropped 2 sets while Filip Horansky hasn’t dropped a set so far. Baez has played 2 sets more than Horansky (8 vs 6). Therefore, Baez played 27 games more than Horansky. Sebastian scored 129 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian scored 83 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Baez | Horansky |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 1.3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 198/259 | 109/153 |
| %1st in | 76% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 129/198 | 83/109 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 26/61 | 28/44 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 64% |
Baez blasted 4 aces (1.3 per match). Horansky bagged 9 aces (3 per match). Baez won 65% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Horansky won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Baez | Horansky |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 11 |
| Converted | 14/31 | 11/22 |
| % Converted | 45% | 50% |
| Conceded | 25 | 6 |
| Saved | 14 | 5 |
| % Saved | 56% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 11 | 1 |
Baez broke his opponents 14 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Argentine dropped his serve 11 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. The Slovakian broke his opponents 11 times with a 50% conversion rate. Horansky conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Baez | |||||
| R1 Olivo |
R2 Ferreira Silva |
1/4 Bachinger |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-1 6-3 | 6-3 5-7 6-4 | 7-66 7-60 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 31 | 26 | 80 | |
| pts | 77-61 | 106-104 | 104-93 | 287-258 | |
| Total points | 138 | 210 | 197 | 545 | |
| Winners | 29 | 49 | 51 | 129 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 46% | 49% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 43/57 | 84/111 | 71/91 | 198/259 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 76% | 78% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 29/43 | 49/84 | 51/71 | 129/198 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 58% | 72% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/14 | 8/27 | 12/20 | 26/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 30% | 60% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 8 | 0 | 14 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 8/11 | 0/6 | 14/31 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 73% | 0% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 16 | 4 | 25 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 9/16 | 4/4 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 56% | 100% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 7 | 0 | 11 | |
| Horansky | |||||
| R1 Marterer |
R2 Gombos |
1/4 Ilkel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 16 | 19 | 53 | |
| pts | 62-49 | 54-36 | 68-53 | 184-138 | |
| Total points | 111 | 90 | 121 | 322 | |
| Winners | 29 | 27 | 27 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 50% | 40% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 39/58 | 35/48 | 35/47 | 109/153 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 73% | 74% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 29/39 | 27/35 | 27/35 | 83/109 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 77% | 77% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 8/13 | 8/12 | 28/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 62% | 67% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/5 | 4/11 | 11/22 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 80% | 36% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 50% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Bratislava Challenger
- Filip HoranskyHoransky – Cem IlkelIlkel (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Matthias BachingerBachinger (7-66 7-60) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (2-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Martin KlizanKlizan – Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Martin KlizanKlizan – Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov (7-6(4) 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Martin KlizanKlizan – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip HoranskyHoransky – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
