Frances Tiafoe and Roberto Carballes Baena will face off in the 2^nd round of the Cincinnati Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 7:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Frances Tiafoe who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Frances Tiafoe is the pick to win this match.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.143
Roberto Carballes Baena -> 5.6

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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Roberto Carballes Baena

There is no head to head record between Frances Tiafoe and Roberto Carballes Baena since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Frances Tiafoe

Ranked no. 14, Francis will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in Toronto where he lost 6-2 4-6 6-4 to De Minaur in the 4^th round on the 3^rd of August.

The American has a compiled 22-17 win-loss record in 2025, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Tiafoe’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Houston.

Talking about his overall career, Tiafoe has an overall 396-277 record. He has a positive 188-129 record on hard.

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2024. See his history.

Roberto Carballes Baena

Ranked no. 87, Carballes Baena reached the 2^nd round after beating Hugo Gaston 6-4 5-7 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Roberto defeated Gaston (6-4 5-7 6-3). During the match Carballes Baena scored 94 points vs Gaston’s 85. The Spaniard was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.

About the serving games, Carballes Baena scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Roberto Carballes Baena was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 72% (41/57) of his 1st serve and 56% (24/43) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Spaniard broke Gaston 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Roberto’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Marrakech.

The Spaniard has an aggregate 14-17 win-loss record in 2025, 7-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Roberto has never competed in this tournament before.

Tennis Scores in Cincinnati

• Luca NardiNardi – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Kei NishikoriNishikori (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander BlockxBlockx – Marcos GironGiron (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander BlockxBlockx – Marcos GironGiron (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Emilio NavaNava – Borna CoricCoric (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Tristan BoyerBoyer – Brandon HoltHolt (6-3 7-6³) – See score progression
• Emilio NavaNava – Borna CoricCoric (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Zizou BergsBergs – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Nicolas JarryJarry (1-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Hugo GastonGaston (6-4 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Joao FonsecaFonseca – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (4-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Juncheng ShangShang (6-7⁵ 7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Fabian Marozsan
  Marozsan – Colton SmithSmith (6-1 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Sebastian BaezBaez – David GoffinGoffin (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-7¹ 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Emilio NavaNava – Borna CoricCoric (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Kei NishikoriNishikori (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Tristan BoyerBoyer – Brandon HoltHolt (6-3 7-6(3)) – See score progression
• Alexander BlockxBlockx – Marcos GironGiron (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Luca NardiNardi – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Hugo DellienDellien – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marcos GironGiron – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Borna CoricCoric – Emilio NavaNava (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Tommy PaulPaul (1-4) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian OfnerOfner – Valentin RoyerRoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (1-3) – H2H and prediction
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Casper RuudRuud – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (4-0) – H2H and prediction
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Zizou BergsBergs – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Adam WaltonWalton – Mariano NavoneNavone (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Gabriel DialloDiallo (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tomas MachacMachac – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Tristan BoyerBoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-0) – H2H and prediction