Holger Rune and Sebastian Baez will play each other in the 3^rd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 6:00 pm on GRAND STAND ARENA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Holger Rune who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Holger Rune is the pick to win this match.
Holger Rune -> 1.58
Sebastian Baez -> 2.39

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Prediction and head to head Holger Rune vs. Sebastian Baez

This will be the 5^th time that Holger Rune and Sebastian Baez square off. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.

The last time that they played, Rune won 7-6(2) 6-1 in the 2^nd round in Basel back in 2023.

Highlights Holger Rune vs Sebastian Baez – Basel 26-October-2023

Holger Rune

Ranked no. 12, the Dane reached the 3^rd round after beating Luca Nardi 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Holger had a good straight sets win against Nardi (6-4 6-4). During the match, Rune scored 70 points vs Nardi’s 56. The Dane was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Rune scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault. Holger Rune was extremely efficient on serve to win 79% (31/39) of his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Dane broke Nardi twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Rune has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 66% of his matches (225-116). 6-3 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rune has a compiled117-52 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.

Holger’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Brisbane.

Rune has an aggregate 19-10 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Sebastian Baez

Ranked no. 19 (career-high), Baez got to the 3^rd round after beating Dusan Lajovic 7-6³ 7-6⁶.

In the 2^nd round, Sebastian had a good straight sets win against Lajovic (7-6³ 7-6⁶). During the match Baez scored 91 points vs Lajovic’s 80. Baez was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.

About the serving games, Baez scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Sebastian Baez lost the serve 6 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Baez put 78% of his first serves in, winning 57% (39/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Lajovic 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).

His best result of the season was winning the title in Rio de Janeiro where he defeated Mariano Navone in the final 6-2 6-1 and in Santiago where he beat Alejandro Tabilo in the final 3-6 6-0 6-4.

Sebastian has an overall 19-10 win-loss record in 2024, 16-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Rome

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2022 and 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Rune	Baez
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	26
Pts	70-56	91-80
Total Points	126	171
Winners	31	39
%Winners	44%	43%

Both Rune and Baez played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Rune and Baez have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Rune played 6 games less than Baez. Holger scored 31 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine bagged 39 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Rune	Baez
Aces	1	1
Avg per match	1	1
1st in	39/67	69/88
%1st in	58%	78%
1st pts	31/39	39/69
%1st pts	79%	57%
2nd pts	17/28	9/19
%2nd pts	61%	47%

Rune managed to score 1 ace . Baez also managed to score 1 ace . Rune won 79% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Baez won 57% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Rune	Baez
Won	2	6
Converted	2/4	6/15
% Converted	50%	40%
Conceded	6	13
Saved	6	7
% Saved	100%	54%
Times Broken	0	6

Holger broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Dane had a solid display on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 6 break points. Sebastian broke his opponent 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. Sebastian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded.

Rune
	R2 Nardi	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	70-56	70-56
Total points	126	126
Winners	31	31
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	39/67	39/67
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	31/39	31/39
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	17/28	17/28
% 2nd pts	61%	61%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/4	2/4
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	6/6	6
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Baez
	R2 Lajovic	Total
Score	7-63 7-66
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	26	26
pts	91-80	91-80
Total points	171	171
Winners	39	39
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	69/88	69/88
% 1st in	78%	78%
1st pts	39/69	39/69
% 1st pts	57%	57%
2nd pts	9/19	9/19
% 2nd pts	47%	47%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/15	6/15
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	13	13
Saved	7/13	7
Saved %	54%	54%
Times Broken	6	6

Tennis Scores in Rome

• Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-2 4-6 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Terence AtmaneAtmane (7-6³ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Taylor FritzFritz – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Francesco PassaroPassaro (4-6 7-6⁸ 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings

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