Francisco Cerundolo and Roberto Carballes Baena will face off in the 2nd round of the ASB Classic for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:30 pm on GRANDSTAND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francisco Cerundolo who should win in 3 sets.
Francisco Cerundolo -> 1.47
Roberto Carballes Baena -> 2.68
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Prediction and head to head Francisco Cerundolo vs. Roberto Carballes Baena
This will be the 6th time that Francisco Cerundolo and Roberto Carballes Baena clash against each other. The head to head is 5-0 for Cerundolo (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Cerundolo won 4-6 6-3 6-3 in the 1st round in Rio de janiero back in 2023.
Highlights Francisco Cerundolo vs Roberto Carballes Baena – Rio de janiero 21-February-2023
Francisco Cerundolo
35 - 31win/loss
30
19
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-31 | 5-10 | 21-13 | 9-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-26 | 10-10 | 19-12 | 4-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-28 | 7-8 | 25-10 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-24 | 3-2 | 39-21 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 36-11 | 5-0 | 31-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 31,he will start his run in Auckland after he played his last match in 1 where he overcame 6-4 6-1 to Musetti in the Rubber 1 on the 21st of November.
This will be the first match of the season on hard.
Talking about his overall career, Cerundolo has an overall 313-167 record. He has a flat 33-33 record on hard.
Previously in Auckland
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.
Roberto Carballes Baena
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 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. 59, Roberto reached the 2nd round after beating Daniel Altmaier 6-3 3-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, Carballes Baena defeated Altmaier (6-3 3-6 7-5). During the match Carballes Baena scored 107 points vs Altmaier’s 90. Roberto was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Carballes Baena scored 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Roberto Carballes Baena was very effective on serve to win 71% (39/55) of his 1st serve and 61% (19/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Carballes Baena broke Altmaier 4 times after converting 24% of his break points (4/17).
The Spaniard has an aggregate 1-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in Auckland
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Auckland
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-66 6-75 6-1) – See score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (1-6 7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Francisco ComesanaComesana (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-2 1-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Gabriel DialloDiallo (7-65 2-6 7-67) – See score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-2 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Luciano DarderiDarderi (5-7 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Nikola Mektic/Michael VenusMektic/Michael Venus – Santiago Gonzalez/Lucas MiedlerGonzalez/Lucas Miedler (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Isaac BecroftBecroft (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Sumit NagalNagal (6-78 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Christian Harrison/Rajeev RamHarrison/Rajeev Ram – Constantin Frantzen/Hendrik JebensFrantzen/Hendrik Jebens (6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-2 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (1-6 7-6(5) 6-3) – See score progression
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Francisco ComesanaComesana (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Gael MonfilsMonfils (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (5-0) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Sebastian BaezBaez (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Nuno BorgesBorges (1-0) – H2H and prediction