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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Carballés and the second or maternal family name is Baena.
Roberto Carballés Baena
Country (sports)
Spain
Residence
Granada, Spain
Born
(1993-03-23) 23 March 1993 (age 28) Tenerife, Spain
Roberto Carballés Baena (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈβeɾto kaɾβaˈʝez βaˈena];[3][a] born 23 March 1993) is a Spanish tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 72 in February 2018. He reached the semifinals at Casablanca as a qualifier in 2014. His preferred surface is clay,[4] on which he has won one ATP title and 17 ITF titles in singles.
In a first-round contest between two qualifiers, Carballés Baena recorded his first ATP World Tour win at the 2014 Casablanca Open as he defeated David Goffin of Belgium in straight sets.[5] He followed this up with a tightly fought win over João Sousa in the second round. He faced lucky loser Andrey Kuznetsov in the quarterfinals and won in straight sets. His run was stopped in the semifinals by Guillermo García-López, again in a close three-set match.
2016-2018: Grand Slam debut, top 100 debut, first singles ATP title[]
In February 2018, he won his first ATP tournament at the 2018 Ecuador Open Quito, beating Albert Ramos Vinolas in the final. He became the 1st Spanish qualifier to win a title since Almagro at the 2006 Valencia Open and the youngest Spanish champion at age 24 since Nadal (age 24) at the 2011 Barcelona Open. This victory resulted in him reaching the highest singles ranking of his career of World No. 72 thus far.
2019-2021: French Open third round, first doubles title, Olympics debut[]
In February 2020, Carballés Baena won his first ATP title in doubles at the 2020 Chile Open in Santiago, partnering with fellow Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, where they defeated in the final the 2nd seeded pair Arévalo/O’Mara.
He reached the third round of the 2020 French Open, his best showing at a Grand Slam in his career by defeating 9th seed Denis Shapovalov in the second round, but retired in the next round against 18th seed Grigor Dimitrov.
Carballés Baena qualified to represent Spain at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
in singles and doubles partnering with Pablo Andujar.
Spain
Marcelo Arévalo
Jonny O'Mara
João Sousa
Marc Sieber
Markus Eriksson
Kamil Majchrzak
Marco Cecchinato
Pedro Cachín
Alexis Musialek
Gerald Melzer
Damir Dzumhur
Mark Vervoort
Cristian Garín
James Cerretani
Denis Shapovalov
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