Roberto Carballes Baena and Lucas Pouille will fight against each other in the 1st round of the ASB Classic for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lucas Pouille who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lucas Pouille is the pick to win this match.
Lucas Pouille -> 1.56
Roberto Carballes Baena -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Lucas Pouille
This will be the 5th time that Roberto Carballes Baena and Lucas Pouille square off. The head to head is 2-2 for Carballes Baena and Pouille (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Carballes Baena won 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in the Madrid Challenger back in 2022.
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, Carballes Baena will start his run in Auckland after he played his last match in Hong Kong where he lost 4-6 7-6(4) 7-5 to Diallo in the 1st round on the 31st of December.
Carballes Baena has an overall 0-1 win-loss record in 2025, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The Spaniard has an overall 570-401 record. He has a negative 39-63 record on hard.
Previously in Auckland
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.
Lucas Pouille
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-17 | 15-5 | 8-5 | 15-7 | 5-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-10 | 3-2 | 7-5 | 4-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 7-15 | 0-3 | 3-6 | 4-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-24 | 7-3 | 2-7 | 7-10 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 101, Pouille will start his run in Auckland after he played his last match in Brisbane where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Basavareddy in the qualifications on the 29th of December.
The French player has a compiled 1-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Lucas has an overall 371-257 record. He has a positive 115-81 record on hard.
Previously in Auckland
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2015. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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LW Tennis Scores in Auckland
- Luca NardiNardi – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (7-5 6-72 6-2) – See score progression
- Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Francisco ComesanaComesana (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-6(5) 6-3) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Francisco ComesanaComesana (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (7-5 6-7(2) 6-2) – See score progression
- Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Lucas PouillePouille (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Gael MonfilsMonfils (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexandre MullerMuller – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-0) – H2H and prediction
