Lorenzo Sonego and Sebastian Baez will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Sydney Tennis Classic for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lorenzo Sonego who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Lorenzo Sonego is the pick to win this match.
Lorenzo Sonego -> 1.63
Sebastian Baez -> 2.34

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Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Sonego vs. Sebastian Baez

There is no head to head record between Lorenzo Sonego and Sebastian Baez since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Lorenzo Sonego

Ranked no. 27, Lorenzo reached the 2^nd round after beating Hugo Gaston 3-6 6-3 7-5.

In the 1^st round against Gaston, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-5). During the match, Sonego scored 101 points vs Gaston’s 94. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about the service games, Sonego bagged 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Lorenzo Sonego lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Sonego put 64% of his first serves in, winning 81% (44/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (13/30) on the 2nd serve. Sonego broke Gaston 3 times after converting 21% of his break points (3/14).

Sonego has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (276-187). 1-0 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Sonego has an aggregate48-43 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

Sonego has an aggregate 1-0 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Sydney

Lorenzo has never competed in this tournament before.

Sebastian Baez

Ranked no. 95 (career-high), Baez got to the 2^nd round after beating Moerani Bouzige 6-3 7-5, Daniel Altmaier 7-6⁴ 7-5 and Christopher O Connell 6-2 1-6 7-6⁴.

In the 1^st round, The Argentine defeated O Connell (6-2 1-6 7-6⁴). During the match Baez scored 95 points vs O Connell’s 90. Sebastian was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.

About the serving games, Baez managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sebastian Baez lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Baez put 64% of his first serves in, winning 67% (40/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the 2nd serve. Baez broke O Connell 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

The Argentine has a compiled 4-2 win-loss record in 2022, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Sonego	Baez
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	3	7
Tot Games	30	74
Pts	101-94	263-237
Total Points	195	500
Winners	44	111
%Winners	44%	42%

Sonego played 1 match while Baez competed in 3 matches. Baez started his run from the qualifications while Sonego had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Lorenzo Sonego lost 1 set, while Sebastian Baez dropped 1 set. Sonego has played 4 set(s) less than Baez (3 vs 7). Therefore, Sonego played 44 games less than Baez. Lorenzo scored 44 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Sebastian scored 111 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Sonego	Baez
Aces	8	12
Avg per match	8	4
1st in	54/84	162/240
%1st in	64%	68%
1st pts	44/54	111/162
%1st pts	81%	69%
2nd pts	13/30	44/78
%2nd pts	43%	56%

Sonego managed to score 8 aces . Baez managed to score 12 aces (4 per match). Sonego won 81% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Baez won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Sonego	Baez
Won	3	11
Converted	3/14	11/29
% Converted	21%	38%
Conceded	3	18
Saved	1	11
% Saved	33%	61%
Times Broken	2	7

Sonego broke his opponent 3 times with a 21% conversion rate. Sonego conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Baez broke his opponents 11 times with a 38% conversion rate. Sebastian conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded.

Sonego
	R1 Gaston	Total
Score	3-6 6-3 7-5
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	101-94	101-94
Total points	195	195
Winners	44	44
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	54/84	54/84
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	44/54	44/54
% 1st pts	81%	81%
2nd pts	13/30	13/30
% 2nd pts	43%	43%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/14	3/14
Converted %	21%	21%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	1/3	1
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	2	2

Baez
	Q1 Bouzige	Q3 Altmaier	R1 O	Total
Score	6-3 7-5	7-64 7-5	6-2 1-6 7-64
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	21	25	28	74
pts	73-59	95-88	95-90	263-237
Total points	132	183	185	500
Winners	30	41	40	111
%Winners	41%	43%	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	3	1	8	12
Double Faults	0	2	1	3
1st in	41/52	61/94	60/94	162/240
% 1st in	79%	65%	64%	68%
1st pts	30/41	41/61	40/60	111/162
% 1st pts	73%	67%	67%	69%
2nd pts	8/11	17/33	19/34	44/78
% 2nd pts	73%	52%	56%	56%
Breaks
Won	4	4	3	11
Converted	4/13	4/12	3/4	11/29
Converted %	31%	33%	75%	38%
Conceded	2	6	10	18
Saved	1/2	3/6	7/10	11
Saved %	50%	50%	70%	170%
Times Broken	1	3	3	7

Tennis Scores in Sydney

• Andy MurrayMurray – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-2 1-6 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Maxime CressyCressy – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Hugo GastonGaston (3-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Maxime CressyCressy – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
• Andy MurrayMurray – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-3 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Andy MurrayMurray – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel EvansEvans – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Denis KudlaKudla (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jiri VeselyVesely – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Maxime CressyCressy – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction