Sebastian Baez and Dominic Thiem will clash against each other in the quarter of the Nordea Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 3 sets.
Sebastian Baez -> 1.5
Dominic Thiem -> 2.74
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Baez vs. Dominic Thiem
There is no head to head record between Sebastian Baez and Dominic Thiem since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Sebastian Baez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20-27 | 3-9 | 17-14 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-28 | 5-9 | 26-11 | 0-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-27 | 9-7 | 22-13 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-32 | 6-12 | 27-12 | 0-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 56-16 | 2-1 | 52-12 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 34 (career-high), the Argentine reached the quarter after defeating Fabio Fognini 6-3 6-4 and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Baez had a good straight sets win against Davidovich Fokina (6-2 6-3). During the match, Baez scored 65 points vs Davidovich Fokina’s 46. The Argentine was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Baez wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Sebastian Baez was exceptionally effective on serve to win 76% (31/41) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Argentine broke Davidovich Fokina 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Baez hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.
Baez has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 70% of his matches (184-80). 25-9 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Baez has an overall162-62 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Estoril where he defeated Frances Tiafoe in the final 6-3 6-2.
Sebastian has a compiled 32-18 win-loss record in 2022, 25-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Bastad
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
Dominic Thiem
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-14 | 2-3 | 4-9 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-30 | 1-5 | 18-15 | 8-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-19 | 2-2 | 8-11 | 13-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-9 | 5-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 25-9 | 14-4 | 6-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 339, the Austrian got to the quarter after defeating Emil Ruusuvuori 3-6 6-1 7-65 and Roberto Bautista Agut 7-65 3-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Austrian defeated Bautista-Agut (7-65 3-6 6-4).During the match Thiem scored less points (4) than Bautista-Agut. In fact, the world no. 34 won 97 points vs Bautista-Agut’s. That means that Thiem was more focused during the important points. The Austrian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 46 winners.
About the serving games, Thiem scored 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Dominic Thiem lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Thiem put 66% of his first serves in, winning 71% (46/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (15/33) on the 2nd serve. Dominic broke Bautista-Agut twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dominic has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
The Austrian has a composed 3-8 win-loss record in 2022, 3-8 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Baez | Thiem |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 61 |
| Pts | 130-98 | 196-189 |
| Total Points | 228 | 385 |
| Winners | 54 | 91 |
| %Winners | 42% | 46% |
Both Baez and Thiem played 2 matches. At the moment, Dominic Thiem dropped 2 sets while Sebastian Baez hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Baez has played 2 set(s) less than Thiem (4 vs 6). Therefore, Baez played 25 games less than Thiem. Sebastian scored 54 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Thiem recorded 91 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Baez | Thiem |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 74/106 | 134/196 |
| %1st in | 70% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 54/74 | 91/134 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 19/32 | 29/62 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 47% |
Baez didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Thiem struck 9 aces (4.5 per match). Baez won 73% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Thiem won 68% 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 | Baez | Thiem |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 7 |
| Converted | 8/14 | 7/15 |
| % Converted | 57% | 47% |
| Conceded | 7 | 17 |
| Saved | 5 | 10 |
| % Saved | 71% | 59% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 7 |
Baez broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Sebastian lost his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Dominic broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Thiem conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded.
| Baez | ||||
| R1 Fognini | R2 Davidovich Fokina | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 17 | 36 | |
| pts | 65-52 | 65-46 | 130-98 | |
| Total points | 117 | 111 | 228 | |
| Winners | 23 | 31 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 48% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 33/49 | 41/57 | 74/106 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 72% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 23/33 | 31/41 | 54/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 76% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 10/16 | 19/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 63% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 3/7 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 43% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 2/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 100% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Thiem | ||||
| R1 Ruusuvuori | R2 Bautista-Agut | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 7-65 | 7-65 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 32 | 61 | |
| pts | 99-88 | 97-101 | 196-189 | |
| Total points | 187 | 198 | 385 | |
| Winners | 45 | 46 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 47% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 69/98 | 65/98 | 134/196 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 66% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 45/69 | 46/65 | 91/134 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 71% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/29 | 15/33 | 29/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 45% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 2/8 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 25% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 5 | 17 | |
| Saved | 8/12 | 2/5 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 40% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
Tennis Scores in Bastad
- Rafael Matos/David Vega HernandezMatos/David Vega Hernandez – Andres Molteni/Hugo NysMolteni/Hugo Nys (7-5 5-7 10-8) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Simone Bolelli/Fabio FogniniBolelli/Fabio Fognini – Pablo Carreno-Busta/Joao SousaCarreno-Busta/Joao Sousa (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Laslo DjereDjere – Andrey RublevRublev (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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