Sebastian Baez demolishes Dominic Thiem 6-3 6-1 in the final in Kitzbuhel on Saturday after playing an extraordinary match to win his 3rd career title, the 2nd of this season. The match lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes. He won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in his career.
Sebastian added € 35,665 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned € 85,605 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Sebastian Baez vs. Dominic Thiem Generali Open – Kitzbuhel
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Sebastian scored 63 points vs. Thiem’s 42.
Baez
Sebastian served extremely well to win 79% of the points (31/39) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (7/14) on his second serve. Sebastian didn’t lose the focus when converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (4/6).
Thiem
On the other side, the Austrian wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Baez and Thiem is 2-0 for Sebastian.
This was the 3rd career title for Baez. He won the previous title in Cordoba. (see list of titles and finals). Thiem remains with 17th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Sebastian snatched in the 4th game (3-1) prior to eventually winning the set (6-3).
The Argentine converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (4-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 30-40). On the other side, Baez didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 64 points. Baez conquered the set after winning 12 points more than the Austrian (38-26). Baez surrendered 6 points on serve (21-6). In addition, on the other side, Dominic conceded 17 points on serve (20-17).
Baez had a great start in this set after breaking Dominic Thiem in the 2nd game (2-0). The Argentine reinforced his lead after breaking Thiem in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.
Thiem was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-1 to 6-1.
The Argentine was on the money in converting all his break points in the 5th (3-1 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, Thiem was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 6th game (1-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 41 points. Baez was the one to win the set after conquering 9 points more than Thiem (25-16). The Argentine dropped 9 points on serve (17-9). Regarding the other side of the net, Thiem conceded 8 points on serve (7-8).