Sebastián Báez

Sebastián Báez

Báez with his gold medal after winning the Boys' Doubles final at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.
Country (sports)	Argentina
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born	(2000-12-28) 28 December 2000 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2018
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Sebastián Gutiérrez
Prize money	$592,473 (Prize Money Singles & Doubles Combined)
Singles
Career record	18–14 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 40 (2 May 2022)
Current ranking	No. 40 (2 May 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2022)
French Open	Q1 (2021)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2021)
US Open	Q3 (2021)
Doubles
Career record	0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 514 (12 October 2020)
Current ranking	No. 1041 (25 April 2022)
Last updated on: 25 April 2022.

Sebastián Báez (Spanish pronunciation: [seβasˈtjam ˈba.es]; born 28 December 2000) is an Argentine tennis player.

Báez has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 40 achieved on 2 May 2022 and doubles ranking of world No. 514 achieved on 12 October 2020. Báez has won 6 ATP Challenger singles titles in one year, a historic record, 5 ITF titles and 1 ITF doubles title to date. Báez became the top-ranked junior in the ITF combined ranking on 12 March 2018.

Career

2021: ATP debut and first win, Historic record six Challenger titles, NextGen finals and top 100 debut

Báez made his ATP debut at the 2021 Chile Open where he lost to 2019 Junior French Open champion Holger Vitus Nødskov Rune in straight sets.

He earned his first tour-level win at the 2021 Hamburg European Open, where he defeated Frenchman Corentin Moutet in the first round.

Baez became the youngest player in history to claim five ATP Challenger Tour titles in a season, lifting the trophy in Concepcion (d. F. Cerundolo), Santiago (d. Barrios Vera), Zagreb (d. Varillas), Santiago-3 (d. Meligeni Rodrigues Alves) and Buenos Aires (d. Monteiro).

He qualified for the 2021 Next Generation ATP Finals in Milan after the withdrawal of Jenson Brooksby due to an abdominal injury. Baez advanced to the semi-finals with wins over third seed Lorenzo Musetti and eighth seed Hugo Gaston. He lost in the semifinals against top seed Carlos Alcaraz.

He reached the top 100 for the first time in his career at World No. 97 in the ATP year-end rankings on 22 November 2021 after winning his sixth Challenger in Campinas, Brazil.

2022: Grand Slam debut and first win, Maiden title & Top 40 debut

Baez started the year in the 2022 Melbourne Summer Set 1 where he lost in the final round of qualifying and got in the main draw as a lucky loser. He was defeated by Emil Ruusuvuori in straight sets on the first round. The following week at the 2022 Sydney International, Baez got entry as a qualifier and defeated Christopher O'Connell in three sets. He lost in the second round to Lorenzo Sonego.

On his debut at the 2022 Australian Open he defeated Albert Ramos Viñolas for his first Grand Slam win in his career. In the second round he faced a top-10 opponent for the first time in his career, World No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas. He lost in four sets in a hard fought match. As a result he entered the top 80 at World No. 77 on 31 January 2022.

He reached his first ATP-level quarterfinal at the 2022 Córdoba Open, defeating Fernando Verdasco and World No. 18 and third seed Christian Garín. Baez received a wildcard in his hometown tournament, the 2022 Argentina Open, where he defeated Holger Rune and lost again to Lorenzo Sonego in the second round. The following week at the 2022 Rio Open, he surpassed the qualyifing stages with three-set wins against Nikola Milojević and Yannick Hanfmann. He was defeated by Thiago Monteiro in the first round.

At the 2022 Chile Open Baez was the 7th seed, the first time he was seeded in an ATP tournament. He reached his maiden ATP Tour final, defeating Juan Pablo Varillas, fellow countryman Juan Ignacio Londero, Thiago Monteiro and Albert Ramos-Viñolas in the semis. He lost to Pedro Martínez in the final. As a result he reached the top 60 on 7 March 2022.

At the 2022 Estoril Open Baez reached the second semifinal of the season defeating third seed Marin Cilic and Richard Gasquet en route. As a result of reaching the semifinals, he debuted in the top 50. Next he defeated Albert Ramos Viñolas to reach his second final of the season and of his career. He won his maiden title defeating third seed Frances Tiafoe and moved into the top 40 on 2 May 2022.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP Tour 250 Series (1–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoor (1–1) Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2022	Chile Open, Chile	250 Series	Clay	Pedro Martínez	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Apr 2022	Estoril Open, Portugal	250 Series	Clay	Frances Tiafoe	6–3, 6–2

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 17 (11–6)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (6–3) ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (5–3)

Titles by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (10–6) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2019	M15 Buenos Aires, Argentina	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Agustin Velotti	6–4, 6–0
Win	2–0	Jun 2019	M15 Tabarka, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Alexander Weis	6–2, 6–4
Loss	2–1	Jul 2019	M15 Tabarka, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Enrico Dalla Valle	6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Win	3–1	Jul 2019	M15 Tabarka, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Alexander Weis	6–2, 6–2
Loss	3–2	Sep 2019	M15 Santiago, Chile	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Juan Manuel Cerúndolo	1–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win	4–2	Oct 2019	M25 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Tomás Martín Etcheverry	4–6, 6–4, 4–1 RET
Win	5–2	Jan 2020	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Gauthier Onclin	6–1, 6–2
Loss	5–3	Sep 2020	M25 Prague, Czech Republic	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Jiří Lehečka	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win	6–3	Feb 2021	Concepción, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Francisco Cerúndolo	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5)
Win	7–3	Mar 2021	Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win	8–3	May 2021	Zagreb, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Juan Pablo Varillas	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss	8–4	June 2021	Bratislava, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Tallon Griekspoor	6–7(6–8), 3–6
Loss	8–5	Sep 2021	Kiev, Ukraine	Challenger	Clay	Franco Agamenone	5–7, 2–6
Loss	8–6	Oct 2021	Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Juan Pablo Varillas	4–6, 5–7
Win	9–6	Oct 2021	Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Felipe Meligeni Alves	3–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–1
Win	10–6	Oct 2021	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Thiago Monteiro	6–4, 6–0
Win	11–6	Nov 2021	Campinas, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Thiago Monteiro	6–1, 6–4

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (1–2)

Titles by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2018	Turkey F3, Antalya	Futures	Clay	Juan Pablo Paz	Vít Kopřiva Jaroslav Pospisil	2–6, 0–6
Loss	0–2	Jun 2019	M15 Tabarka, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Nikolás Sánchez Izquierdo	Nicolas Bianchi Genaro Alberto Olivieri	4–6, 7–5, [4–10]
Win	1–2	Sep 2020	M25 Prague, Czech Republic	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Pedro Cachín	Lucas Miedler Jan Zieliński	7–6(7-4), 6–1

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 final)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	2018	French Open	Clay	Tseng Chun-hsin	6–7(5–7), 2–6

Performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2022 Miami Open.

Singles

Tournament	2021	2022	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	2R	1 / 1	1–1	50%
French Open	Q1		0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	Q1		0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	Q3		0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	1–1	0 / 1	1–1	50%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Miami Open	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Madrid Open	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Italian Open	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Canadian Open	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Masters	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Shanghai Masters	NH		0 / 0	0–0	–
Paris Masters	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–3	0 / 3	0–3	0%
Career statistics
Tournaments	2	12	11
Titles / Finals	0 / 0	1 / 2	1 / 2
Overall win–loss	3–3	15–11	18–14
Win Percentage	50%	58%	56.25%
Year-end ranking	97		$592,473

Record against other top 10 players

Báez's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:

Player	Record	Win %	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last Match
Number 3 ranked players
Marin Cilic	1–0	100%	0–0	1–0	0–0	Won (1–6, 6–1, 6–4) at 2022 Estoril
Stefanos Tsitsipas	0–1	0%	0–1	0–0	0–0	Lost (6–7(1–7), 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 4–6) at 2022 Australian Open
Number 7 ranked players
Richard Gasquet	1–0	100%	0–0	1–0	0–0	Won (3–6, 6–1, 6–4) at 2022 Estoril
Fernando Verdasco	1–0	100%	0–0	1–0	0–0	Won (7–6(8–6), 7–5) at 2022 Córdoba
Number 9 ranked players
Carlos Alcaraz	0–1	0%	0–1	0–0	0–0	Lost (2–4, 1–4, 2–4) at 2021 Next Generation ATP Finals
Number 10 ranked players
Pablo Carreno Busta	0–1	0%	0–0	0–1	0–0	Lost (4–6, 6–4, 2–6) at 2022 Monte-Carlo Masters
Total	3–3	50%	0–2 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	0–0 ( – )	* Statistics correct as of 29 April 2022.

External links

• Sebastián Báez at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Sebastián Báez at the International Tennis Federation