Alexander Zverev and Roberto Carballes Baena will square off in the 2nd round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 10:30 pm on MANOLO SANTANA STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Zverev who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.25
Roberto Carballes Baena -> 3.95

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Roberto Carballes Baena

There is no head to head record between Alexander Zverev and Roberto Carballes Baena since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Alexander Zverev

Alexander Zverev

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Rank
3
High
2
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 55-25 24-9 18-7 7-6 6-3 0-0
2024 69-21 29-10 23-6 11-3 6-2 0-0
2023 55-27 22-13 20-7 8-5 5-2 0-0
2022 29-10 9-4 17-5 3-1 0-0 0-0
2021 59-15 28-6 14-4 13-3 4-2 0-0

Ranked no. 16, the German will start his run in Madrid after he played his last match in Munich where he lost 7-6(2) 6-4 to O in the 2nd round on the 20th of April.

Zverev has a composed 10-11 win-loss record in 2023, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Alexander’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Dubai.

Talking about his overall career, Alexander has an overall 416-208 record. He has a positive 147-68 record on clay.

Previously in Madrid

Previously, he won this tournament twice in 2018 and 2021. See his history.

Madrid
Zverev's Record

Roberto Carballes Baena

Roberto Carballes Baena

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Rank
133
High
49
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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. 53, Roberto got to the 2nd round after defeating David Goffin 6-4 6-4.

In the 1st round, Carballes Baena had a good straight sets win against Goffin (6-4 6-4). During the match Carballes Baena scored 67 points vs Goffin’s 46. Roberto was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.

About the serving games, Carballes Baena made 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Roberto Carballes Baena was very effective on serve to win 90% (35/39) of his 1st serve and 58% (7/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Roberto broke Goffin twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

His best result of the current season was winning the title in Marrakech where he overcame Alexandre Muller in the final 4-6 7-6(3) 6-2.

Roberto has an overall 10-10 win-loss record in 2023, 8-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Madrid

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2016 and 2018. See his history.

Madrid
Carballes Baena's Record

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