Roberto Carballes Baena and Zizou Bergs will square off in the quarter of the ASB Classic for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:30 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 Zizou Bergs who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zizou Bergs is the pick to win this match.
Zizou Bergs -> 1.51
Roberto Carballes Baena -> 2.56
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Prediction and head to head Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Zizou Bergs
There is no head to head record between Roberto Carballes Baena and Zizou Bergs since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Roberto Carballes Baena
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 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 quarter after beating Daniel Altmaier 6-3 3-6 7-5 and Francisco Cerundolo 6-2 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Carballes Baena had a good straight sets win against Cerundolo (6-2 7-5). During the match, Carballes Baena scored 71 points vs Cerundolo’s 57. The Spaniard was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Carballes Baena bagged 3 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Roberto Carballes Baena was exceptionally effective on serve to win 73% (37/51) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Spaniard broke Cerundolo 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Carballes Baena has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (338-271). 2-1 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Carballes Baena has a compiled 35-56 match record in the last years on hard.
Carballes Baena has a compiled 2-1 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Auckland
Zizou Bergs
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5-1 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-29 | 9-9 | 17-7 | 15-9 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-27 | 8-7 | 16-7 | 9-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-30 | 7-5 | 7-7 | 17-16 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-21 | 2-5 | 15-10 | 21-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 66, the Belgian got to the quarter after defeating Pablo Carreno-Busta 2-6 7-6(6) 6-4, Francisco Comesana 3-6 6-4 6-3, Isaac Becroft 6-3 7-5 and Luca Nardi 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Bergs had a good straight sets win against Nardi (6-1 6-4). During the match Bergs scored 70 points vs Nardi’s 46. The Belgian was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Bergs recorded 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Zizou Bergs was pretty efficient on serve to win 81% (21/26) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Zizou broke Nardi 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zizou started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Zizou has an overall 5-1 win-loss record in 2025, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Auckland
Bergs has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Carballes Baena | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 50 | 97 |
| Pts | 178-147 | 336-289 |
| Total Points | 325 | 625 |
| Winners | 76 | 138 |
| %Winners | 43% | 41% |
Carballes Baena played 2 matches while Bergs competed in 4 matches. Bergs started his run from the qualifications while Carballes Baena had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Roberto Carballes Baena surrendered 1 set, while Zizou Bergs surrendered 2 sets. Carballes Baena has played 5 set(s) less than Bergs (5 vs 10). Therefore, Carballes Baena played 47 games less than Bergs. The Spaniard scored 76 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Bergs made 138 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Carballes Baena | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 32 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 8 |
| 1st in | 106/155 | 187/305 |
| %1st in | 68% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 76/106 | 138/187 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 30/49 | 60/118 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 51% |
Carballes Baena managed to score 7 aces (3.5 per match). Bergs recorded 32 aces (8 per match). Carballes Baena won 72% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Bergs won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Carballes Baena | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 15 |
| Converted | 7/22 | 15/35 |
| % Converted | 32% | 43% |
| Conceded | 9 | 30 |
| Saved | 6 | 20 |
| % Saved | 67% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 10 |
The Spaniard broke his opponents 7 times with a 32% conversion rate. The Spaniard dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Bergs broke his opponents 15 times with a 43% conversion rate. Bergs conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Carballes Baena | ||||
| R1 Altmaier |
R2 Cerundolo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 7-5 | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 20 | 50 | |
| pts | 107-90 | 71-57 | 178-147 | |
| Total points | 197 | 128 | 325 | |
| Winners | 39 | 37 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 52% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 55/86 | 51/69 | 106/155 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 74% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 39/55 | 37/51 | 76/106 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 73% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/31 | 11/18 | 30/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/17 | 3/5 | 7/22 | |
| Converted % | 24% | 60% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 2/2 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 100% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Bergs | ||||||
| Q1 Carreno-Busta |
Q3 Comesana |
R1 Becroft |
R2 Nardi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-66 6-4 | 3-6 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 7-5 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 28 | 21 | 17 | 97 | |
| pts | 105-104 | 92-85 | 69-54 | 70-46 | 336-289 | |
| Total points | 209 | 177 | 123 | 116 | 625 | |
| Winners | 49 | 36 | 32 | 21 | 138 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 39% | 46% | 30% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 11 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 32 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 71/107 | 52/81 | 38/70 | 26/47 | 187/305 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 64% | 54% | 55% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 49/71 | 36/52 | 32/38 | 21/26 | 138/187 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | 84% | 81% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/36 | 15/29 | 16/32 | 12/21 | 60/118 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 52% | 50% | 57% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 4/10 | 3/4 | 5/12 | 15/35 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 40% | 75% | 42% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 30 | |
| Saved | 11/15 | 3/6 | 3/4 | 3/5 | 20 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 50% | 75% | 60% | 129% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
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