Sebastian Baez and Franco Agamenone will square off in the final of the Kyiv Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 2:00 pm on COURT 10. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.38
Franco Agamenone -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Baez vs. Franco Agamenone
This will be the 2nd time that Sebastian Baez and Franco Agamenone play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Baez (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Baez won 6-3 0-6 6-3 in the quarter in Argentina F6 (Buenos Aires) back in 2018.
Sebastian Baez
Ranked no. 155, the Argentine reached the final after beating Illya Beloborodko 6-3 7-5, Alex Rybakov 6-4 6-2, Filip Cristian Jianu 6-3 7-5 and Ergi Kirkin 6-3 6-2.
In the semifinal, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Kirkin (6-3 6-2). During the match, Baez scored 61 points vs Kirkin’s 46. Sebastian was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Baez wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault. Sebastian Baez lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Baez put 65% of his first serves in, winning 65% (22/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Kirkin 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Baez started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Baez has a fantastic match record in the last 6 years having won 70% of his matches (131-57). 33-9 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Baez has a composed118-50 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title in the Concepcion Challenger where he beat Francisco Cerundolo in the final 6-3 6-7(5) 7-6(5) and in the Santiago Challenger where he overcame Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera in the final 6-3 7-6(4) and in the Zagreb Challenger where he defeated Juan Pablo Varillas in the final 3-6 6-3 6-1.
The Argentine has a compiled 35-11 win-loss record in 2021, 33-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kyiv Challenger
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
Franco Agamenone
Ranked no. 291 (career-high), Agamenone got to the final after defeating Stefan Kozlov 6-4 7-5, Tristan Lamasine 3-6 6-2 6-4, Oleksii Krutykh 6-2 6-3 and Timofey Skatov 7-64 6-3.
In the semifinal, Agamenone had a good straight sets win against Skatov (7-64 6-3). During the match Agamenone scored 82 points vs Skatov’s 61. Agamenone was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Agamenone blasted 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Franco Agamenone lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Agamenone put 65% of his first serves in, winning 72% (31/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. Agamenone broke Skatov 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in the Prague 3 Challenger where he beat Ryan Peniston in the final 6-3 6-1.
Franco has an aggregate 74-19 win-loss record in 2021, 53-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Baez | Agamenone |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 77 | 88 |
| Pts | 292-237 | 322-256 |
| Total Points | 529 | 578 |
| Winners | 109 | 119 |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% |
Both Baez and Agamenone played 4 matches. At the moment, Franco Agamenone surrendered 1 set while Sebastian Baez hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Baez has played 1 set(s) less than Agamenone (8 vs 9). Therefore, Baez played 11 games less than Agamenone. Baez scored 109 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Agamenone bagged 119 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Baez | Agamenone |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1.3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 168/231 | 171/267 |
| %1st in | 73% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 109/168 | 119/171 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 37/63 | 42/96 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 44% |
Baez made 5 aces (1.3 per match). Agamenone fired 4 aces (1 per match). Baez won 65% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Agamenone won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Baez | Agamenone |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 20 | 22 |
| Converted | 20/47 | 22/45 |
| % Converted | 43% | 49% |
| Conceded | 23 | 19 |
| Saved | 16 | 7 |
| % Saved | 70% | 37% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 12 |
The Argentine broke his opponents 20 times with a 43% conversion rate. Baez lost his serve 7 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Franco broke his opponents 22 times with a 49% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 12 times and he saved 37% of the break points that he conceded.
| Baez | ||||||
| R1 Beloborodko |
R2 Rybakov |
1/4 Cristian |
1/2 Kirkin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-3 7-5 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 77 | |
| pts | 74-66 | 80-67 | 77-58 | 61-46 | 292-237 | |
| Total points | 140 | 147 | 135 | 107 | 529 | |
| Winners | 31 | 32 | 24 | 22 | 109 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 40% | 31% | 36% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 50/69 | 51/60 | 33/50 | 34/52 | 168/231 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 85% | 66% | 65% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 31/50 | 32/51 | 24/33 | 22/34 | 109/168 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 63% | 73% | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 4/9 | 12/17 | 9/18 | 37/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 44% | 71% | 50% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 5/16 | 5/13 | 6/9 | 20/47 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 31% | 38% | 67% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 23 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 7/9 | 1/3 | 4/6 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 78% | 33% | 67% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Agamenone | ||||||
| R1 Kozlov |
R2 Lamasine |
1/4 Krutykh |
1/2 Skatov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 3-6 6-2 6-4 | 6-2 6-3 | 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 27 | 17 | 22 | 88 | |
| pts | 74-64 | 103-89 | 63-42 | 82-61 | 322-256 | |
| Total points | 138 | 192 | 105 | 143 | 578 | |
| Winners | 22 | 46 | 20 | 31 | 119 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 45% | 32% | 38% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 38/62 | 64/96 | 26/43 | 43/66 | 171/267 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 67% | 60% | 65% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 22/38 | 46/64 | 20/26 | 31/43 | 119/171 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 72% | 77% | 72% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 11/32 | 11/17 | 10/23 | 42/96 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 34% | 65% | 43% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 5/14 | 5/10 | 5/8 | 22/45 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 36% | 50% | 63% | 49% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 19 | |
| Saved | 0/5 | 5/8 | 1/2 | 1/4 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 63% | 50% | 25% | 35% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | |
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