| Sebastián Báez | |
| Residence: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Birth Date: | 2000 12, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Height: | 1.7m (05.6feet) |
| Turnedpro: | 2018 |
| Coach: | Sebastián Gutiérrez |
| Plays: | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney: | US$ 4,059,243 |
| Singlestitles: | 6 |
| Australianopenresult: | 3R (2024) |
| Frenchopenresult: | 2R (2022, 2024) |
| Wimbledonresult: | 2R (2022) |
| Usopenresult: | 3R (2023) |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 18 (24 June 2024) |
| Currentsinglesranking: | No. 27 (4 November 2024) |
| Othertournaments: | yes |
| Olympicsresult: | 3R (2024) |
| Doublestitles: | 0 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 189 (29 July 2024) |
| Currentdoublesranking: | No. 191 (12 August 2024) |
| Australianopendoublesresult: | 1R (2023, 2024) |
| Frenchopendoublesresult: | 2R (2024) |
| Wimbledondoublesresult: | 3R (2024) |
| Usopendoublesresult: | 1R (2022, 2023) |
| Updated: | 26 August 2024 |
| Medaltemplates-Expand: | yes |
Sebastián Báez (pronounced as /es/; born 28 December 2000) is an Argentine professional tennis player.He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 18 achieved on 24 June 2024 and doubles ranking of world No. 189 achieved on 29 July 2024.He is the current Argentine No. 1.[1] Báez has won six ATP singles titles.
He has also won six ATP Challengers, and five ITF singles and one doubles titles. Báez became the top-ranked junior in the ITF combined ranking on 12 March 2018.
Báez made his ATP debut at the 2021 Chile Open where he lost to 2019 Junior French Open champion Holger 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 Concepción (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.[2] Baez advanced to the semifinals with wins over third seed Lorenzo Musetti and eighth seed Hugo Gaston. He lost in the semifinals against top seed Carlos Alcaraz.[3] [4] [5]
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.[6]
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 Cristian Garín.[7] 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 semifinals.[8] 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 Čilić and Richard Gasquet en route.[9] As a result of reaching the semifinals, he debuted in the top 50.[10] [11] Next he defeated Albert Ramos Viñolas to reach his second final of the season and of his career.[12] He won his maiden title defeating third seed Frances Tiafoe and moved into the top 40 on 2 May 2022.[13]
He made his debut at the 2022 French Open and at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships and won his first match at each of the Majors defeating Dušan Lajović and Taro Daniel respectively.
He reached his third final at the 2022 Swedish Open in Båstad with a win over second seed, top-10 player Andrey Rublev,[14] where he lost to compatriot Francisco Cerúndolo.[15] He reached a career-high ranking of No. 32 on 18 July 2022.
In October seeded sixth, he defeated No. 50 Lorenzo Sonego at the 2022 Tennis Napoli Cup and snapped an 11-match losing streak.[16]
In February, he won the second title of his career at the Córdoba Open in Argentina, defeating Luciano Darderi, Tomás Barrios Vera, Hugo Dellien, and compatriot Federico Coria on clay.[17]
He reached the top 30 in the rankings on 17 April 2023 following the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters.
In August, Báez won the third and fourth titles of his career as part of a ten-match winning streak. He won the singles title at the Austrian Open Kitzbühel on clay, defeating Dominic Thiem in the final in straight sets.[18] [19] Next, he won the singles title at the 2023 Winston-Salem Open on hard courts, defeating Jiří Lehečka in the final also in straight sets.[20] [21]
At the US Open he reached the third round of a Major for the first time defeating 27th seed Borna Ćorić and Felipe Meligeni Alves[22] before losing to eventual finalist and third seed Daniil Medvedev.[23]
Following the 2024 Australian Open where he reached a Grand Slam third round for the second time in his career, he moved to a new career-high into the top 25 in the singles rankings.
As the defending champion, at the 2024 Córdoba Open, he reached the semifinals for a second consecutive year[24] but lost to qualifier Luciano Darderi. Seeded fifth, he reached the biggest final of his career at the 2024 Rio Open defeating fourth seed and compatriot Francisco Cerúndolo.[25] [26] He won his fifth and biggest title defeating qualifier and first time ATP finalist, compatriot Mariano Navone.[27] As a result he moved to a new career-high ranking of world No. 21 on 26 February 2024.The following week, at the 2024 Chile Open he won his second title of the season defeating home favorite Alejandro Tabilo. As a result he became the Latin American No. 1 player when he moved into the top 20 in the rankings at world No. 19.[28] [29]
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | ||
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| Loss | 0–1 | Chile Open, Chile | ATP 250 | Clay |  Pedro Martínez | 6–4, 4–6, 4–6 | |||
| Win | 1–1 | Estoril Open, Portugal | ATP 250 | Clay |  Frances Tiafoe | 6–3, 6–2 | |||
| Loss | 1–2 | Swedish Open, Sweden | ATP 250 | Clay |  Francisco Cerúndolo | 6–7(4–7), 2–6 | |||
| Win | 2–2 | Córdoba Open, Argentina | ATP 250 | Clay | Federico Coria | 6–1, 3–6, 6–3 | |||
| Win | 3–2 | Austrian Open, Austria | ATP 250 | Clay |  Dominic Thiem | 6–3, 6–1 | |||
| Win | 4–2 | Winston-Salem, United States | ATP 250 | Hard |  Jiří Lehečka | 6–4, 6–3 | |||
| Win | 5–2 | style=background:#D4F1C5 | Rio Open, Brazil | style=background:#D4F1C5 | ATP 500 | Clay | Mariano Navone | 6–2, 6–1 | |
| Win | 6–2 | Chile Open, Chile | ATP 250 | Clay | Alejandro Tabilo | 3–6, 6–0, 6–4 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Concepción, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Francisco Cerúndolo | 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5) | ||
| Win | 2–0 | Santiago, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera | 6–3, 7–6(7–4) | ||
| Win | 3–0 | Zagreb, Croatia | Challenger | Clay |  Juan Pablo Varillas | 3–6, 6–3, 6–1 | ||
| Loss | 3–1 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Challenger | Clay | Tallon Griekspoor | 6–7(6–8), 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 3–2 | Kyiv, Ukraine | Challenger | Clay |  Franco Agamenone | 5–7, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 3–3 | Santiago, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Juan Pablo Varillas | 4–6, 5–7 | ||
| Win | 4–3 | Santiago, Chile | Challenger | Clay |  Felipe Meligeni Alves | 3–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–1 | ||
| Win | 5–3 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Challenger | Clay | Thiago Monteiro | 6–4, 6–0 | ||
| Win | 6–3 | Campinas, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Thiago Monteiro | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | M15 Buenos Aires, Argentina | WTT | Clay | Agustín Velotti | 6–4, 6–0 | ||
| Win | 2–0 | M15 Tabarka, Tunisia | WTT | Clay | Alexander Weis | 6–2, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 2–1 | M15 Tabarka, Tunisia | WTT | Clay | Enrico Dalla Valle | 6–3, 4–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 3–1 | M15 Tabarka, Tunisia | WTT | Clay | Alexander Weis | 6–2, 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 3–2 | M15 Santiago, Chile | WTT | Clay | Juan Manuel Cerúndolo | 1–6, 6–2, 3–6 | ||
| Win | 4–2 | M25 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | WTT | Clay | Tomás Martín Etcheverry | 4–6, 6–4, 4–1 RET | ||
| Win | 5–2 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | WTT | Hard |  Gauthier Onclin | 6–1, 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 5–3 | M25 Prague, Czech Republic | WTT | Clay | Jiří Lehečka | 6–3, 3–6, 4–6 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Turkey F3, Antalya | Futures | Clay | Juan Pablo Paz | Vít Kopřiva Jaroslav Pospíšil | 2–6, 0–6 | ||
| Loss | 0–2 | M15 Tabarka, Tunisia | WTT | Clay | Nikolás Sánchez Izquierdo | Nicolas Bianchi Genaro Alberto Olivieri | 4–6, 7–5, [4–10] | ||
| Win | 1–2 | M25 Prague, Czech Republic | WTT | Clay | Pedro Cachín | Lucas Miedler Jan Zieliński | 7–6(7–4), 6–1 |
| Result | Year | width=150 | Tournament | Surface | width=150 | Opponent | width=120 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 2018 | French Open | Clay | Tseng Chun-hsin | 6–7(5–7), 2–6 |
Current through the 2024 US Open.
| Tournament | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||
| Australian Open | A | 2R | 1R | 3R | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | ||
| French Open | Q1 | 2R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | ||
| Wimbledon | Q1 | 2R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | ||
| US Open | Q3 | 1R | 3R | 2R | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | ||
| style=text-align:left | Win–loss | 0–0 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–4 | 0 / 12 | 9–12 | |
| National representation | ||||||||
| bgcolor=efefef align=left | Summer Olympics | A | NH | 3R | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | ||
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||
| bgcolor=efefef align=left | Indian Wells Masters | A | 1R | 3R | 3R | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | |
| bgcolor=efefef align=left | Miami Open | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | |
| bgcolor=efefef align=left | Monte-Carlo Masters | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | |
| bgcolor= efefef align=left | Madrid Open | A | A | 3R | 3R | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | |
| bgcolor=efefef align=left | Italian Open | A | 2R | 2R | 4R | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | |
| bgcolor=efefef align=left | Canadian Open | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
| bgcolor=efefef align=left | Cincinnati Masters | A | 1R | A | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | |
| bgcolor=efefef align=left | Shanghai Masters | NH | 3R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |||
| bgcolor=efefef align=left | Paris Masters | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | ||
| style=text-align:left | Win–loss | 0–0 | 1–7 | 4–7 | 5–6 | 0 / 20 | 10–20 | |
| Career statistics | ||||||||
| style=text-align:left | Tournaments | 2 | 28 | 29 | 24 | 83 | ||
| style=text-align:left | Titles | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| style=text-align:left | Finals | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | ||
| style=text-align:left | Overall win–loss | 3–3 | 26–30 | 31–26 | 31–22 | 91–81 | ||
| style=text-align:left | Win Percentage | |||||||
| Year-end ranking | 97 | 43 | 28 | $4,108,273 | ||||
| Player | Rank | Event | Surface | class=unsortable | Score | class=unsortable | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | |||||||||||
| 1. |  Andrey Rublev | align=center bgcolor=eee8aa | 8 | Swedish Open, Sweden | Clay | bgcolor=yellow | SF | 6–2, 6–4 | 34 | [31] |
| No. | Tournament | Tier | Start date | Surface | Round | Opponent | vsRank | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Hamburg Open | ATP 500 | 23 July 2023 | Clay | align=center style="background:#afeeee;" | 1R |  Casper Ruud (1) | bgcolor=eee8aa align=center | 4 | 3–6, 6–1, 3–6 |
| 1 | Generali Open Kitzbühel | ATP 250 | 31 July 2023 | Clay | align=center style="background:#afeeee;" | 1R |  Hamad Medjedovic (Q) | 168 | 6–4, 6–2 | |
| 2 | align=center style="background:#afeeee;" | 2R | Roberto Carballés Baena | 64 | 6–1, 6–2 | |||||
| 3 | align=center style="background:#ffebcd;" | QF |  Alex Molčan | 81 | 6–4, 6–3 | |||||
| 4 | align=center style="background:yellow;" | SF | Tomás Martín Etcheverry (1) | 34 | 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–4 | |||||
| 5 | align=center style="background:thistle;" | F | Dominic Thiem (WC) | 94 | 6–3, 6–1 | |||||
| – | Winston-Salem Open | ATP 250 | 20 August 2023 | Hard | align=center style="background:#afeeee;" | 1R | Bye | |||
| 6 | align=center style="background:#afeeee;" | 2R |  Daniel Elahi Galán | 67 | 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 | |||||
| 7 | align=center style="background:#afeeee;" | 3R |  Aleksandar Vukic (9) | 48 | 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 | |||||
| 8 | align=center style="background:#ffebcd;" | QF | Laslo Djere (4) | 34 | 6–3, 6–0 | |||||
| 9 | align=center style="background:yellow;" | SF | Borna Ćorić (1) | 16 | 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–2) | |||||
| 10 | align=center style="background:thistle;" | F | Jiří Lehečka (5) | 35 | 6–4, 6–3 | |||||
| 11 | US Open | Grand Slam | 28 August 2023 | Hard | align=center style="background:#afeeee;" | 1R | Borna Ćorić (27) | 23 | 7–5, 7–5, 6–1 | |
| 12 | align=center style="background:#afeeee;" | 2R | Felipe Meligeni Alves (Q) | 168 | 6–7(7–9), 6–4, 6–4, ret. | |||||
| – | align=center style="background:#afeeee;" | 3R | Daniil Medvedev (3) | align=center bgcolor=99ccff | 3 | 2–6, 2–6, 6–7(6–8) | ||||
| Sources:[32] | ||||||||||
| No. | Tournament | Tier | Start date | Surface | Round | Opponent | vsRank | Score | |
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| – | Argentina Open | ATP 250 | 12 February 2024 | Clay | align=center style="background:#ffebcd;" | QF | Federico Coria (SE) | 106 | 1–6, 4–6 |
| 1 | Rio Open | ATP 500 | 19 February 2024 | Clay | align=center style="background:#afeeee;" | 1R |  Corentin Moutet (Q) | 147 | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 2 | align=center style="background:#afeeee;" | 2R | Facundo Díaz Acosta | 59 | 7–6(7–1), 6–1 | ||||
| 3 | align=center style="background:#ffebcd;" | QF | Thiago Monteiro (WC) | 117 | 6–4, 1–6, 6–2 | ||||
| 4 | align=center style="background:yellow;" | SF | Francisco Cerúndolo (4) | 22 | 7–5, 6–0 | ||||
| 5 | align=center style="background:thistle;" | F | Mariano Navone (Q) | 113 | 6–2, 6–1 | ||||
| – | Chile Open | ATP 250 | 24 February 2024 | Clay | align=center style="background:#afeeee;" | 1R | Bye | ||
| 6 | align=center style="background:#afeeee;" | 2R | Juan Pablo Varillas | 119 | 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 | ||||
| 7 | align=center style="background:#ffebcd;" | QF | Jaume Munar | 70 | 6–4, 6–4 | ||||
| 8 | align=center style="background:yellow;" | SF | Pedro Martínez | 101 | 6–4, 6–2 | ||||
| 9 | align=center style="background:thistle;" | F | Alejandro Tabilo (4) | 51 | 3–6, 6–0, 6–4 | ||||
| – | Indian Wells Masters | ATP 1000 | 6 March 2024 | Hard | align=center style="background:#afeeee;" | 1R | Bye | ||
| 10 | align=center style="background:#afeeee;" | 2R | Fabio Fognini (WC) | 108 | 7–5, 6–3 | ||||
| align=center style="background:#afeeee;" | 3R | Taylor Fritz (12) | 12 | 2–6, 2–6 | |||||
| Sources:[33] | |||||||||