Roberto Carballes Baena and Johan Nikles will face off in the quarter of the Gran Canaria Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roberto Carballes Baena who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Roberto Carballes Baena is the pick to win this match.
Roberto Carballes Baena -> 1.18
Johan Nikles -> 4.50
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Prediction and head to head Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Johan Nikles
There is no head to head record between Roberto Carballes Baena and Johan Nikles since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Roberto Carballes Baena
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-18 | 4-5 | 11-11 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2020 | 19-18 | 3-4 | 16-12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 79, the Spaniard reached the quarter after defeating Luciano Darderi 6-2 6-4 and Pol Martin Tiffon 7-65 6-1.
In the 1st round, Roberto had a good straight sets win against Darderi (6-2 6-4). During the match, Carballes Baena scored 61 points vs Darderi’s 42. Roberto was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Carballes Baena scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Roberto Carballes Baena lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Carballes Baena put 71% of his first serves in, winning 79% (27/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (6/14) on the 2nd serve. Carballes Baena broke Darderi 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Carballes Baena has a positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (381-274). 4-4 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Carballes Baena has a compiled 333-214 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Carballes Baena has an aggregate 5-8 win-loss record in 2022, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Gran Canaria Challenger
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
Johan Nikles
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-16 | 3-2 | 25-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-23 | 2-2 | 19-19 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-28 | 1-3 | 42-21 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-11 | 0-0 | 14-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 320 (career-high), Johan reached the quarter after beating Sadio Doumbia 6-2 7-5, Fabien Reboul 6-1 6-1, Federico Gaio 2-6 7-66 6-3 and Goncalo Oliveira 5-7 7-5 7-5.
In the 2nd round against Oliveira, Nikles recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-5 7-5). During the match Nikles scored 110 points vs Oliveira’s 104. Nikles was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Nikles scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Johan Nikles lost the serve 7 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Nikles put 63% of his first serves in, winning 54% (40/74) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (25/44) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Oliveira 8 times after converting 73% of his break points (8/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swiss started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Swiss has an aggregate 6-2 win-loss record in 2022, 4-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Carballes Baena | Nikles |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 100 |
| Pts | 131-93 | 349-309 |
| Total Points | 224 | 658 |
| Winners | 58 | 142 |
| %Winners | 44% | 41% |
Carballes Baena played 2 matches while Nikles competed in 4 matches. Nikles started his run from the qualifications while Carballes Baena had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Johan Nikles lost 2 sets while Roberto Carballes Baena hasn’t conceded a set so far. Carballes Baena has played 6 set(s) less than Nikles (4 vs 10). Therefore, Carballes Baena played 62 games less than Nikles. Carballes Baena scored 58 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Johan made 142 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Carballes Baena | Nikles |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 76/110 | 231/342 |
| %1st in | 69% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 58/76 | 142/231 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 16/34 | 54/111 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 49% |
Carballes Baena scored 2 aces (1 per match). Nikles blasted 4 aces (1 per match). Carballes Baena won 76% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Nikles won 61% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Carballes Baena | Nikles |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 24 |
| Converted | 10/16 | 24/44 |
| % Converted | 63% | 55% |
| Conceded | 10 | 42 |
| Saved | 6 | 27 |
| % Saved | 60% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 15 |
The Spaniard broke his opponents 10 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Spaniard surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Nikles broke his opponents 24 times with a 55% conversion rate. Johan conceded his serve 15 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Carballes Baena | |||
| R1 Darderi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 61-42 | 61-42 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 34/48 | 34/48 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 27/34 | 27/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Nikles | ||||||
| Q1 Doumbia |
Q3 Reboul |
R1 Gaio |
R2 Oliveira |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 6-1 6-1 | 2-6 7-66 6-3 | 5-7 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 14 | 30 | 36 | 100 | |
| pts | 72-61 | 59-31 | 108-113 | 110-104 | 349-309 | |
| Total points | 133 | 90 | 221 | 214 | 658 | |
| Winners | 30 | 25 | 47 | 40 | 142 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | 44% | 36% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 48/60 | 33/46 | 76/118 | 74/118 | 231/342 | |
| % 1st in | 80% | 72% | 64% | 63% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 30/48 | 25/33 | 47/76 | 40/74 | 142/231 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 76% | 62% | 54% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 4/13 | 18/42 | 25/44 | 54/111 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 31% | 43% | 57% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 24 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 6/13 | 5/9 | 8/11 | 24/44 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 46% | 56% | 73% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 42 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2/3 | 16/21 | 7/14 | 27 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 76% | 50% | 243% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | |
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