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	28 December 2000 (age 21); Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2018
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$459,679 (Prize Money Singles & Doubles Combined)
Singles
Career record	9–9 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 72 (14 February 2022)
Current ranking	No. 72 (14 February 2022)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2022)
French Open	Q1 (2021)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2021)
US Open	Q3 (2021)
Doubles
Career record	0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 514 (12 October 2020)
Current ranking	No. 886 (3 January 2022)
	Last updated on: 5 January 2022.

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

Báez has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 72 achieved on 14 February 2022 and doubles ranking of world No. 514 achieved on 12 October 2020. Báez has won 5 ITF singles titles, 6 ATP Challenger 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.^[1] 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.^[2]^[3]^[4]

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.^[5]

2022: Grand Slam debut and first win, top 80[]

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.

Next 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 oponent 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.

Then he reached his first ATP-level quarterfinal at the 2022 Córdoba Open, defeating Fernando Verdasco and 3rd 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.

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) Won; (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)

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 Rio 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		0 / 0	0–0	–
Miami Open	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Monte-Carlo Masters	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
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	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	–
Career statistics
Tournaments	2	6	8
Titles–Finals	0–0	0–0	0–0
Overall Win–Loss	3–3	5–6	8–9
Win Percentage	50%	45%	47.06%
Year-end ranking	97		$459,679

Notes[]

^ In isolation, Sebastián is pronounced [seβasˈtjan].

References[]

^ "Baez-milan-2021-qualification-ng | Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals | Tennis".
^ "Baez Gaston Milan 2021 Thursday | Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals | Tennis". Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
^ "Korda Musetti Milan 2021 Thursday | Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals | Tennis". Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
^ "Alcaraz Baez Milan 2021 Friday | Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals | Tennis". Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
^ https://lastwordonsports.com/tennis/2021/11/22/challenger-tour-weekly-recap-molcan-baez-top-100/

External links[]

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

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[1] In isolation, Sebastián is pronounced [seβasˈtjan].

[2] "Baez-milan-2021-qualification-ng | Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals | Tennis".

[3] "Baez Gaston Milan 2021 Thursday | Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals | Tennis". Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals. Retrieved 2021-11-12.

[4] "Korda Musetti Milan 2021 Thursday | Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals | Tennis". Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals. Retrieved 2021-11-12.

[5] "Alcaraz Baez Milan 2021 Friday | Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals | Tennis". Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals. Retrieved 2021-11-12.

[6] ttps://lastwordonsports.com/tennis/2021/11/22/challenger-tour-weekly-recap-molcan-baez-top-100/

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v t Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Latin American male singles tennis players
as of 31 January 2022
1. Diego Schwartzman (14 1) 2. Cristian Garín (18 1) 3. Federico Delbonis (41 3) 4. Federico Coria (64 ) 5. Facundo Bagnis (74 2)
6. Sebastián Báez (77 11) 7. Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (79 1) 8. Pablo Cuevas (90 2) 9. Guido Pella (91 15) 10. Thiago Monteiro (92 13)

v t Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Argentine male singles tennis players as of 14 February 2022
1. Diego Schwartzman (14 1) 2. Federico Delbonis (37 5) 3. Federico Coria (63 2) 4. Sebastián Báez (72 2) 5. Facundo Bagnis (77 1)
6. Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (80 ) 7. Francisco Cerúndolo (100 7) 8. Guido Pella (101 10) 9. Tomás Martín Etcheverry (126 1) 10. Juan Ignacio Londero (144 14)