Roberto Carballes Baena and Botic Van De Zandschulp will square off in the final of the Braunschweig Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:30 pm on BRAWO CENTER COURT. 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 Roberto Carballes Baena who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Roberto Carballes Baena is the pick to win this match.
Roberto Carballes Baena -> 1.61
Botic Van De Zandschulp -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp

There is no head to head record between Roberto Carballes Baena and Botic Van De Zandschulp since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Roberto Carballes Baena

Ranked no. 64, Roberto got to the final after defeating Rudolf Molleker 6-1 2-6 6-3, Lukas Klein 6-2 6-4, Cristian Garin 4-6 6-3 7-5, Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-4 6-1 and Botic Van De Zandschulp .

In the semifinal, Carballes Baena had a good straight sets win against Herbert (6-4 6-1). During the match, Carballes Baena scored 67 points vs Herbert’s 48. Carballes Baena was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Carballes Baena was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Roberto Carballes Baena was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (29/38) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Roberto broke Herbert 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Carballes Baena has dropped 2 set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.

Carballes Baena has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (365-288). 15-11 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Carballes Baena has an overall 316-207 record in the last years on clay.

The Spaniard’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Marrakech.

Roberto has an overall 20-18 win-loss record in 2024, 15-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Braunschweig Challenger

Botic Van De Zandschulp

Ranked no. 97, Botic reached the final after beating Matteo Martineau 6-2 6-4, Benjamin Hassan 6-1 6-2, Henri Squire 7-5 7-6(2) and Pedro Cachin 6-2 6-7(5) 6-3.

In the semifinal, Van De Zandschulp defeated Cachin (6-2 6-7⁵

6-3). During the match Van De Zandschulp scored 110 points vs Cachin’s 96. Van De Zandschulp was quite aggressive to blast 44 winners.

About the serving games, Van De Zandschulp couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 7 double faults. Botic Van De Zandschulp lost the serve 5 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Van De Zandschulp put 68% of his first serves in, winning 62% (44/71) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (15/34) on the 2nd serve. Van De Zandschulp broke Cachin 8 times after converting 73% of his break points (8/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Van De Zandschulp has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Botic’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Braunschweig Challenger.

Botic has an overall 17-19 win-loss record in 2024, 11-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Carballes Baena	Van De Zandschulp
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	10	9
Tot Games	90	88
Pts	339-271	324-254
Total Points	610	578
Winners	129	122
%Winners	38%	38%

Both Carballes Baena and Van De Zandschulp played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Roberto Carballes Baena surrendered 2 sets, while Botic Van De Zandschulp lost 1 set. Carballes Baena has played 1 set more than Van De Zandschulp (10 vs 9). Therefore, Carballes Baena played 2 games more than Van De Zandschulp. Roberto scored 129 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Botic struck 122 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Carballes Baena	Van De Zandschulp
Aces	14	13
Avg per match	3.5	3.3
1st in	191/293	176/276
%1st in	65%	64%
1st pts	129/191	122/176
%1st pts	68%	69%
2nd pts	59/102	59/100
%2nd pts	58%	59%

Carballes Baena fired 14 aces (3.5 per match). Van De Zandschulp recorded 13 aces (3.3 per match). Carballes Baena won 68% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Van De Zandschulp won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Carballes Baena	Van De Zandschulp
Won	19	19
Converted	19/44	19/42
% Converted	43%	45%
Conceded	32	19
Saved	23	11
% Saved	72%	58%
Times Broken	9	8

Carballes Baena broke his opponents 19 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Spaniard lost his serve 9 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded. Botic broke his opponents 19 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Dutch conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.

Carballes Baena
	R1 Molleker	R2 Klein	1/4 Garin	1/2 Herbert	Total
Score	6-1 2-6 6-3	6-2 6-4	4-6 6-3 7-5	6-4 6-1
Tot Set	3	2	3	2	10
Tot Games	24	18	31	17	90
pts	76-60	73-55	123-108	67-48	339-271
Total points	136	128	231	115	610
Winners	31	25	44	29	129
%Winners	41%	34%	36%	43%	38%
SERVE
Aces	10	2	2	0	14
Double Faults	0	2	2	0	4
1st in	41/66	37/60	75/114	38/53	191/293
% 1st in	62%	62%	66%	72%	65%
1st pts	31/41	25/37	44/75	29/38	129/191
% 1st pts	76%	68%	59%	76%	68%
2nd pts	13/25	15/23	23/39	8/15	59/102
% 2nd pts	52%	65%	59%	53%	58%
Breaks
Won	5	4	6	4	19
Converted	5/9	4/9	6/16	4/10	19/44
Converted %	56%	44%	38%	40%	43%
Conceded	9	6	13	4	32
Saved	6/9	5/6	8/13	4/4	23
Saved %	67%	83%	62%	100%	78%
Times Broken	3	1	5	0	9

Van De Zandschulp
	R1 Martineau	R2 Hassan	1/4 Squire	1/2 Cachin	Total
Score	6-2 6-4	6-1 6-2	7-5 7-62	6-2 6-75 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	18	15	25	30	88
pts	61-39	56-34	97-85	110-96	324-254
Total points	100	90	182	206	578
Winners	24	23	31	44	122
%Winners	39%	41%	32%	40%	38%
SERVE
Aces	5	3	5	0	13
Double Faults	1	2	6	7	16
1st in	27/42	33/50	45/79	71/105	176/276
% 1st in	64%	66%	57%	68%	64%
1st pts	24/27	23/33	31/45	44/71	122/176
% 1st pts	89%	70%	69%	62%	69%
2nd pts	12/15	13/17	19/34	15/34	59/100
% 2nd pts	80%	76%	56%	44%	59%
Breaks
Won	3	4	4	8	19
Converted	3/11	4/8	4/12	8/11	19/42
Converted %	27%	50%	33%	73%	45%
Conceded	0	4	7	8	19
Saved	0/0	4/4	4/7	3/8	11
Saved %	–	100%	57%	38%	49%
Times Broken	0	0	3	5	8

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