Sebastian Baez and Facundo Diaz Acosta will face off in the 2nd round of the Rio Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:30 pm on QUADRA 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Baez who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sebastian Baez is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Baez -> 1.65
Facundo Diaz Acosta -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Baez vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta
This will be the 5th time that Sebastian Baez and Facundo Diaz Acosta play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Baez (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on clay.
The last time that they played, Baez won 6-3 6-1 in the quarter in Cordoba back in February 2024.
Highlights Sebastian Baez vs Facundo Diaz Acosta – Cordoba 09-February-2024
Sebastian Baez
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 31-25 | 5-9 | 26-11 | 0-2 | 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 |
2020 | 28-13 | 10-3 | 18-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 30, Baez got to the 2nd round after defeating Corentin Moutet 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Sebastian had a good straight sets win against Moutet (6-4 6-3). During the match, Baez scored 71 points vs Moutet’s 57. Sebastian was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Baez scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 4 double faults. Sebastian Baez lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Baez put 74% of his first serves in, winning 67% (32/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the 2nd serve. Sebastian broke Moutet 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Baez has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (228-126). 6-2 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Baez has a composed192-80 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
Baez’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Cordoba.
Baez has a compiled 8-5 win-loss record in 2024, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rio de Janeiro
Facundo Diaz Acosta
10 - 5win/loss
67
47
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 19-20 | 3-8 | 16-10 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2023 | 50-25 | 4-4 | 46-20 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2022 | 31-21 | 0-1 | 31-19 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2021 | 43-30 | 7-4 | 36-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 22-12 | 10-7 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 59 (career-high), Facundo reached the 2nd round after defeating Stan Wawrinka 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, Facundo had a good straight sets win against Wawrinka (7-5 6-4). During the match Diaz scored 76 points vs Wawrinka’s 70. The Argentine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Diaz scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Facundo Diaz Acosta lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Diaz put 67% of his first serves in, winning 66% (33/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the 2nd serve. Diaz broke Wawrinka 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
His best result of the year was conquering the title in Buenos Aires where he defeated Nicolas Jarry in the final 6-3 6-4.
Facundo has a composed 10-4 win-loss record in 2024, 8-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rio de Janeiro
Diaz has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Baez | Diaz |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
Tot Games | 19 | 22 |
Pts | 71-57 | 76-70 |
Total Points | 128 | 146 |
Winners | 32 | 33 |
%Winners | 45% | 43% |
Both Baez and Diaz played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Baez and Diaz have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Baez played 3 games less than Diaz. The Argentine scored 32 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Facundo blasted 33 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Baez | Diaz |
---|---|---|
Aces | 1 | 1 |
Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
1st in | 48/65 | 50/75 |
%1st in | 74% | 67% |
1st pts | 32/48 | 33/50 |
%1st pts | 67% | 66% |
2nd pts | 9/17 | 13/25 |
%2nd pts | 53% | 52% |
Baez recorded 1 ace . Diaz also recorded 1 ace . Baez won 67% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Diaz won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Baez | Diaz |
---|---|---|
Won | 4 | 4 |
Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 |
% Converted | 44% | 44% |
Conceded | 5 | 9 |
Saved | 3 | 7 |
% Saved | 60% | 78% |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The Argentine broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Facundo broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
Baez | |||
R1 Moutet |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
pts | 71-57 | 71-57 | |
Total points | 128 | 128 | |
Winners | 32 | 32 | |
%Winners | 45% | 45% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 1 | 1 | |
Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
1st in | 48/65 | 48/65 | |
% 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
1st pts | 32/48 | 32/48 | |
% 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
2nd pts | 9/17 | 9/17 | |
% 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Diaz | |||
R1 Wawrinka |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
pts | 76-70 | 76-70 | |
Total points | 146 | 146 | |
Winners | 33 | 33 | |
%Winners | 43% | 43% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 1 | 1 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
1st in | 50/75 | 50/75 | |
% 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
1st pts | 33/50 | 33/50 | |
% 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
2nd pts | 13/25 | 13/25 | |
% 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Head 2 Head
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