Matteo Berrettini upsets Roberto Carballes Baena 7-5 6-2 in the final in Marrakech on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 46 minutes. This is the first time that Berrettini conquered this tournament. His most significant achievement in this competition so far was reaching the 1st round. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Berrettini added € 36,725 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned € 88,125 in total after conquering this tournament.
Highlights Matteo Berrettini vs. Roberto Carballes Baena Grand Prix Hassan II – Marrakech
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:46
At the end of the match, Matteo scored 70 points vs. the Spaniard’s 57.
Berrettini
The Italian was well focused in converting 57% of the break points that he conquered (4/7).
Carballes Baena
On the other side, Roberto was not so effective in converting his break points (only 13% – 1/8). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Berrettini and Carballes Baena is 3-1 for Matteo.
This was the 8th career title for Matteo. (see list of titles and finals). Roberto remains with 2nd titles after he conquered the tournament in Quito 2018 and in Marrakech 2023. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Matteo clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Matteo broke back in the 5th (2-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game to conquer the set 7-5.
Roberto was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 4-5 to 7-5.
Matteo was on the money in converting all his break points in the 5th (1-3 15-40) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A). On the other side, Carballes Baena converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 40-A), the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 12th game (5-6 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 74 points. This set was so close that, Berrettini won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Matteo conceded 13 points on serve (25-13). In addition, on the other side, Carballes Baena conceded 12 points on serve (24-12).
The Italian in this set was in much better shape than Carballes Baena and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking Roberto in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game.
It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Matteo won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to bring the game count from 1-1 to 5-1.
Matteo converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Roberto was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st game (0-0 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 53 points. Matteo was the one to win the set after conquering 13 points more than the Spaniard (33-20). Matteo lost 9 points on serve (19-9). On the other side, Carballes Baena conceded 14 points on serve (11-14).
