Borna Coric and Sebastian Baez will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Winston-Salem for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:30 pm on Stadium. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Borna Coric who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Borna Coric is the pick to win this match.
Borna Coric -> 1.57
Sebastian Baez -> 2.41
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Prediction and head to head Borna Coric vs. Sebastian Baez
There is no head to head record between Borna Coric and Sebastian Baez since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Borna Coric
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-11 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-19 | 10-10 | 9-5 | 3-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-17 | 10-5 | 10-9 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 6-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-12 | 6-5 | 4-4 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 29, Coric reached the semifinal after beating Rinky Hijikata 6-2 7-62, Michael Mmoh 6-4 6-73 6-3 and Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6-3 6-1.
In the quarter, Borna had a good straight sets win against Manuel Cerundolo (6-3 6-1). During the match, Coric scored 64 points vs Manuel Cerundolo’s 40. The Croatian was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Coric scored 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Borna Coric was very effective on serve to win 79% (27/34) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Coric broke Manuel Cerundolo 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Coric has lost 1 set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.
Coric has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (262-197). 10-8 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Coric has a compiled 119-84 record in the last years on hard.
Borna’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Madrid and Los Cabos.
Coric has an aggregate 22-17 win-loss record in 2023, 10-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Winston-Salem
Sebastian Baez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-11 | 3-5 | 19-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2020 | 28-13 | 10-3 | 18-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 42, Sebastian got to the semifinal after beating Daniel Elahi Galan 3-6 6-4 6-4, Aleksandar Vukic 6-4 4-6 6-4 and Laslo Djere 6-3 6-0.
In the quarter, Baez had a good straight sets win against Djere (6-3 6-0). During the match Baez scored 62 points vs Djere’s 42. Sebastian was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Baez scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Sebastian Baez conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Baez put 76% of his first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (7/14) on the 2nd serve. Sebastian broke Djere 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Baez has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in Cordoba where he defeated Federico Coria in the final 6-1 3-6 6-3 and in Kitzbuhel where he defeated Dominic Thiem in the final 6-3 6-1.
Baez has a compiled 26-20 win-loss record in 2023, 4-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Coric | Baez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 69 | 74 |
| Pts | 250-200 | 241-217 |
| Total Points | 450 | 458 |
| Winners | 116 | 115 |
| %Winners | 46% | 48% |
Both Coric and Baez played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Borna Coric dropped 1 set, while Sebastian Baez surrendered 2 sets. Coric has played 1 set(s) less than Baez (7 vs 8). Therefore, Coric played 5 games less than Baez. Coric scored 116 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Sebastian fired 115 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Coric | Baez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 22 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 7.3 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 149/236 | 172/229 |
| %1st in | 63% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 116/149 | 115/172 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 47/87 | 29/57 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 51% |
Coric blasted 22 aces (7.3 per match). Baez struck 7 aces (2.3 per match). Coric won 78% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Baez won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Coric | Baez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 14 |
| Converted | 9/21 | 14/25 |
| % Converted | 43% | 56% |
| Conceded | 20 | 21 |
| Saved | 19 | 13 |
| % Saved | 95% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 8 |
The Croatian broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. Coric conceded his serve once and he saved 95% of the break points that he conceded. Baez broke his opponents 14 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.
| Coric | |||||
| R2 Hijikata |
R3 Mmoh |
1/4 Manuel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-62 | 6-4 6-73 6-3 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 32 | 16 | 69 | |
| pts | 80-63 | 106-97 | 64-40 | 250-200 | |
| Total points | 143 | 203 | 104 | 450 | |
| Winners | 38 | 51 | 27 | 116 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | 42% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 11 | 7 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 47/75 | 68/106 | 34/55 | 149/236 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 64% | 62% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 38/47 | 51/68 | 27/34 | 116/149 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 75% | 79% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/28 | 23/38 | 11/21 | 47/87 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 61% | 52% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 2/8 | 4/8 | 9/21 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 25% | 50% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 4 | 3 | 20 | |
| Saved | 12/13 | 4/4 | 3/3 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 92% | 100% | 100% | 97% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Baez | |||||
| R2 Elahi Galan Riveros |
R3 Vukic |
1/4 Djere |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 4-6 6-4 | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 30 | 15 | 74 | |
| pts | 85-89 | 94-86 | 62-42 | 241-217 | |
| Total points | 174 | 180 | 104 | 458 | |
| Winners | 41 | 43 | 31 | 115 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 46% | 50% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 63/81 | 65/90 | 44/58 | 172/229 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 72% | 76% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 41/63 | 43/65 | 31/44 | 115/172 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 66% | 70% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 11/25 | 7/14 | 29/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 44% | 50% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 6/10 | 4/6 | 14/25 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 60% | 67% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 9 | 5 | 21 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4/9 | 5/5 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 44% | 100% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | |
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