Sebastian Baez victorious over Alejandro Tabilo 3-6 6-0 6-4 in the final in Santiago on Sunday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 14 minutes. This is the first time that Baez conquered this tournament. His best achievement in this competition so far was reaching the final. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Baez added $ 41,935 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 100,640 in total after winning this tournament.
Highlights Sebastian Baez vs. Alejandro Tabilo Movistar Chile Open – Santiago
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Argentine scored 99 points vs. Tabilo’s 79.
Baez
Baez won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points as he converted only 31% (5/16) of the procured opportunities.
Tabilo
On the other side, the Chilean had a tough time converting his break points (only 20% – 2/10). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Baez and Tabilo is 2-1 for Sebastian.
This was the 6th career title for the Argentine. He won the previous title in Rio De Janeiro. (see list of titles and finals). The Chilean 1st remains with 1 title after he conquered the tournament in Auckland 2024. (see list of titles and finals)
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Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the Chilean clinched in the 6th game (4-2) just before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
Alejandro was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the Argentine was spot on in converting all his break points in the 7th game (2-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 80 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Alejandro won just 2 points more than Baez (41-39
). Tabilo conceded 15 points on serve (26-15). On the losing side, Sebastian conceded 15 points on serve (24-15).This set was completely uneven since Sebastian conceded no games to the Chilean before winning the set 6-0.
Baez failed to serve out the set when leading 6-0 to be broken at 40.
Baez was spot on in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 6th game (5-0 0-40). On the other side, Alejandro wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 7th game (1–6 40-A).
They played 34 points. Sebastian was the winner of the set after clinching 18 points more than the Chilean (26-8). Sebastian surrendered 5 points on serve (14-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Tabilo conceded 12 points on serve (3-12).
Baez started the set in the best possible way after breaking Alejandro Tabilo in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, that was not enough for Sebastian to win the set because Alejandro managed to break back in the 9th (4-5) game. Baez kept his cool to break Tabilo in the 10th (6-4) game.
Sebastian converted 20% of his break points (2/10). He had 10 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (4-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 0-40 and 15-40). Moreover, on the other side, Tabilo converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 9th game (3-5 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 64 points. The Argentine was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than Tabilo (34-30). Baez lost 9 points on serve (16-9). on the other side of the court, the Chilean conceded 18 points on serve (21-18).