Roberto Carballes Baena and Gabriel Diallo will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Hong Kong Tennis Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 5:00 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gabriel Diallo who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gabriel Diallo is the pick to win this match.
Gabriel Diallo -> 1.68
Roberto Carballes Baena -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Gabriel Diallo
There is no head to head record between Roberto Carballes Baena and Gabriel Diallo since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Roberto Carballes Baena
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-31 | 10-12 | 24-13 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-29 | 3-8 | 19-14 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-33 | 3-8 | 41-23 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-30 | 3-5 | 33-20 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 57, the Spaniard will start his run in Hong Kong after he played his last match in Metz where he lost 3-6 6-4 6-3 to Norrie in the 1st round on the 4th of November.
Carballes Baena has an aggregate 37-31 win-loss record in 2024, 10-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Braunschweig Challenger where he beat Botic Van De Zandschulp in the final 6-1 6-3 and the Seville Challenger where he beat Daniel Altmaier in the final 6-3 7-5.
Talking about his overall career, Roberto has an overall 570-400 record. He has a negative 39-62 record on hard.
Previously in Hong Kong
Carballes Baena has never competed in this tournament before.
Gabriel Diallo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 49-26 | 30-12 | 7-6 | 9-4 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-28 | 8-11 | 2-2 | 24-10 | 5-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-10 | 17-6 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-4 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 87, Diallo reached the 1st round after defeating Ki Lung Ng 7-6(2) 6-2 and Hugo Grenier 4-6 6-1 7-5.
In the qualifications against Grenier, Diallo recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 7-5). During the match Diallo scored 85 points vs Grenier’s 69. The Canadian was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.
About the serving games, Diallo recorded 11 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Gabriel Diallo was very effective on serve to win 76% (47/62) of his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Canadian broke Grenier 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gabriel started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Chicago Challenger where he overcame Bu Yunchaokete in the final 6-3 7-6(3).
Gabriel has a composed 49-26 win-loss record in 2024, 30-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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Upcoming matches in the draw
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Kei NishikoriNishikori (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
