Roberto Carballes Baena and Michael Geerts will clash against each other in the quarter of the Tunis Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT CENTRAL. 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
Michael Geerts -> 4.50
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Prediction and head to head Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Michael Geerts
There is no head to head record between Roberto Carballes Baena and Michael Geerts since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Roberto Carballes Baena
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19-24 | 7-10 | 11-12 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-31 | 10-12 | 24-13 | 2-4 | 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 |
Ranked no. 102, Carballes Baena got to the quarter after beating Raul Brancaccio 6-75 6-0 6-1 and Eduard Esteve Lobato 6-1 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Carballes Baena had a good straight sets win against Esteve Lobato (6-1 6-1). During the match, Carballes Baena scored 55 points vs Esteve Lobato’s 26. Carballes Baena was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Carballes Baena wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Roberto Carballes Baena was exceptionally effective on serve to win 92% (23/25) of his 1st serve and 60% (6/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Roberto broke Esteve Lobato 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 61% of the points he played.
Carballes Baena has a favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (394-283). 17-11 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Carballes Baena has an aggregate 346-221 record in the last years on clay.
The Spaniard’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Gran Canaria Challenger.
Roberto has an aggregate 18-17 win-loss record in 2022, 17-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tunis Challenger
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
Michael Geerts
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-34 | 27-15 | 10-14 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 50-37 | 18-11 | 10-12 | 17-13 | 0-1 | 5-0 |
| 2023 | 32-39 | 13-10 | 13-19 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 42-37 | 5-8 | 24-14 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 35-28 | 13-7 | 14-14 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 325, Michael got to the quarter after defeating Aziz Ouakaa 2-6 6-4 6-1 and Jelle Sels 6-1 4-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Michael defeated Sels (6-1 4-6 6-3). During the match Geerts scored 85 points vs Sels’s 69. Michael was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Geerts recorded 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Michael Geerts lost the serve twice and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Geerts put 56% of his first serves in, winning 83% (40/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (16/37) on the 2nd serve. Michael broke Sels 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Geerts has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Belgian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
Michael has an aggregate 22-14 win-loss record in 2022, 15-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Carballes Baena | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 51 |
| Pts | 158-100 | 169-145 |
| Total Points | 258 | 314 |
| Winners | 60 | 67 |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% |
Both Carballes Baena and Geerts played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Roberto Carballes Baena dropped 1 set, while Michael Geerts dropped 2 sets. Carballes Baena has played 1 set(s) less than Geerts (5 vs 6). Therefore, Carballes Baena played 11 games less than Geerts. Carballes Baena scored 60 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian managed to score 67 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Carballes Baena | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 0.5 | 6.5 |
| 1st in | 78/122 | 87/161 |
| %1st in | 64% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 60/78 | 67/87 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 27/44 | 35/74 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 47% |
Carballes Baena blasted 1 ace (0.5 per match). Geerts also fired 13 aces (6.5 per match). Carballes Baena won 77% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Geerts won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Carballes Baena | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 10 |
| Converted | 12/19 | 10/22 |
| % Converted | 63% | 45% |
| Conceded | 7 | 19 |
| Saved | 6 | 13 |
| % Saved | 86% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
The Spaniard broke his opponents 12 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Geerts broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. Michael conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.
| Carballes Baena | ||||
| R1 Brancaccio |
R2 Esteve Lobato |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-0 6-1 | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 14 | 40 | |
| pts | 103-74 | 55-26 | 158-100 | |
| Total points | 177 | 81 | 258 | |
| Winners | 37 | 23 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 42% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 53/87 | 25/35 | 78/122 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 71% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 37/53 | 23/25 | 60/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 92% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/34 | 6/10 | 27/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 60% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 5/6 | 12/19 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 83% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 2/2 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 100% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Geerts | ||||
| R1 Ouakaa |
R2 Sels |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-4 6-1 | 6-1 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 26 | 51 | |
| pts | 84-76 | 85-69 | 169-145 | |
| Total points | 160 | 154 | 314 | |
| Winners | 27 | 40 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 47% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 39/76 | 48/85 | 87/161 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 56% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 27/39 | 40/48 | 67/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 83% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/37 | 16/37 | 35/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 43% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/9 | 10/22 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 56% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 12 | 19 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 10/12 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 83% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
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