Roberto Carballes Baena and Federico Gaio will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Marbella Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on ESTADIO MANOLO SANTANA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.16
Federico Gaio -> 5.00
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Prediction and head to head Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Federico Gaio
This will be the 5th time that Roberto Carballes Baena and Federico Gaio clash against each other. The head to head is 4-0 for Carballes Baena (see full H2H stats), 4-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Carballes Baena won 6-0 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Murcia Challenger back in 2019.
Roberto Carballes Baena
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-17 | 4-5 | 11-11 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 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 2nd round after beating Nikola Milojevic 6-3 7-61.
In the 1st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Milojevic (6-3 7-61). During the match, Carballes Baena scored 81 points vs Milojevic’s 66. Carballes Baena was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Carballes Baena wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the encounter and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Roberto Carballes Baena lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Carballes Baena put 70% of his first serves in, winning 65% (34/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the 2nd serve. Carballes Baena broke Milojevic 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Carballes Baena has a favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (385-277). 8-5 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Carballes Baena has an overall 337-215 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Roberto’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Gran Canaria Challenger.
Roberto has an aggregate 9-11 win-loss record in 2022, 8-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Marbella Challenger
Federico Gaio
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-15 | 2-7 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-30 | 14-12 | 25-15 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-28 | 9-9 | 8-15 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-38 | 6-8 | 14-16 | 13-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-19 | 5-4 | 10-12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 187, Federico reached the 2nd round after defeating Pol Martin Tiffon 6-1 1-0 ret..
In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Martin Tiffon (6-1 1-0 ret.). During the match Gaio scored 35 points vs Martin Tiffon’s 16. Federico was quite aggressive to blast 14 winners.
Talking about serving, Gaio scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Federico Gaio conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 73% of his first serves in, win 88% (14/16) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (3/6) on the 2nd serve. Federico was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Martin Tiffon 3 times.
Federico has a compiled 1-7 win-loss record in 2022, 1-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Marbella Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019 and 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Carballes Baena | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 8 |
| Pts | 81-66 | 35-16 |
| Total Points | 147 | 51 |
| Winners | 34 | 14 |
| %Winners | 42% | 40% |
Both Carballes Baena and Gaio played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Carballes Baena has played 1 set(s) less than Gaio (2 vs 3). However, it’s interesting to notice that Carballes Baena played 14 games more than Gaio. Carballes Baena scored 34 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian fired 14 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Carballes Baena | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 1 |
| 1st in | 52/74 | 16/22 |
| %1st in | 70% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 34/52 | 14/16 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 3/6 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 50% |
Carballes Baena didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Gaio scored 1 ace . Carballes Baena won 65% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Gaio won 88% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Carballes Baena | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/3 |
| % Converted | 67% | 100% |
| Conceded | 10 | 0 |
| Saved | 8 | 0 |
| % Saved | 80% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Roberto broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Carballes Baena lost his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Federico was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Carballes Baena | |||
| R1 Milojevic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 81-66 | 81-66 | |
| Total points | 147 | 147 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 52/74 | 52/74 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 34/52 | 34/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 14/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Gaio | |||
| R1 Martin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 1-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 8 | 8 | |
| pts | 35-16 | 35-16 | |
| Total points | 51 | 51 | |
| Winners | 14 | 14 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 16/22 | 16/22 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 14/16 | 14/16 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWLWWWLLWW Tennis Scores in Marbella Challenger
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Federico GaioGaio – Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon (6-1 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Carlos Gomez-HerreraGomez-Herrera (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – Lukas KleinKlein (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Pedro CachinCachin – Dominic ThiemThiem (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Manuel GuinardGuinard – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (6-2 7-63) – See score progression
- Pablo AndujarAndujar – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-1 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Norbert GombosGombos – Carlos Gimeno ValeroGimeno Valero (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Nikola MilojevicMilojevic (6-3 7-61) – See score progression
- Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (2-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-2 6-75 6-3) – See score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Jiri VeselyVesely – Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov (6-72 7-63 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber – Carlos TabernerTaberner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo AndujarAndujar – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Norbert GombosGombos – Jiri VeselyVesely (1-7) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Federico GaioGaio (4-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro CachinCachin – Manuel GuinardGuinard (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elias YmerYmer – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Alex MolcanMolcan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (0-0) – H2H and prediction
