Prediction Of Fils Vs Baena H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Rolex Shanghai Masters 2024?

What Time Will Arthur Fils Play Against Roberto Carballes Baena?

Fils and Baena are on the Day 3 Schedule at Rolex Shanghai Masters 2024 on Friday 4 October 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.

Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?

2R: [21] Arthur Fils (FRA) will face Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) for the first time.
According to their 52-week averages:
Arthur Fils has a higher conversion score, steal score, serve quality, return quality, and forehand quality compared to Carballes Baena.
The forehand quality of Fils has been improving, and in his title-winning run in Tokyo, he averaged 9.0 on that side.
Arthur Fils is 20 years old and currently ranked 21st in the world, with a career-high ranking of 20. In 2024, he has a record of 32-23 and has won two titles. In the 2023 Shanghai tournament, he reached the third round with a record of 2-1.
Fils achieved a new career-high ranking 13 times in 2023, breaking into the top 200 in January, top 100 in May, and top 50 in July before reaching his peak at No. 20 in July 2024.
He had a notable victory over No. 4 Zverev to win the 2024 Hamburg title, and in the final of the 2024 Tokyo tournament, he saved a championship point to defeat Humbert.
At 18 years and 11 months, Fils became the youngest Frenchman to win an ATP Tour title since Gael Monfils in 2005. He achieved this by winning the 2023 Lyon title as the No. 112-ranked wildcard.
In February 2023, Fils reached the semifinals of the ATP Tour at Montpellier and Marseille, becoming the youngest Frenchman to do so since Gasquet in 2004.
As a 16-year-old ranked 1,035th, Fils defeated former top-20 player Tomic in his Grand Slam qualifying debut at the 2021 Roland Garros. He also reached the boys’ singles final and won the boys’ doubles title during the 2021 season.
Fils is currently on a 6-match winning streak after winning his third ATP Tour title in Tokyo, including defeating countryman Humbert in the final. He is ranked No. 1 on the PIF ATP Live Race To Jeddah and aims to reach the ATP Masters 1000 Round of 16 for the third time in Shanghai and Indian Wells.
Roberto Carballes Baena is 31 years old and currently ranked 54th in the world, with a career-high ranking of 49. In 2024, he has a record of 23-22, and his best result so far is reaching the final in Marrakech. In the 2024 Shanghai tournament, he has a record of 1-1, reaching the second round.
Carballes Baena entered the top 50 at the age of 30, reaching a career-high ranking of 49 in April 2023 after winning his second ATP Tour title in Marrakech.
He became the first Spanish qualifier to win an ATP Tour title since Almagro in 2006 at the 2018 Quito tournament.
Carballes Baena has notable victories over No. 11 Shapovalov in five sets at the 2020 Roland Garros and No. 4 Rune at the 2023 US Open, which were his first top 20 and top 10 wins respectively.
He also achieved his first ATP Tour win by defeating Goffin en route to reaching the semifinals of the 2014 Casablanca tournament as a qualifier.
Carballes Baena has a Challenger record of 243-151, including clay-court titles at the 2022, 2023, and 2024 Seville tournaments.
In his career, Carballes Baena has recorded consecutive ATP Masters 1000 wins once before at the 2023 Rome tournament. He is 2-19 against top 30 players on hard courts, with wins over No. 16 Berrettini in the 2022 Florence tournament and No. 4 Rune in the 2023 US Open.
In the PIF ATP Live Race To Jeddah, Arthur Fils is currently in first place with 2,115 points. He can earn 40 points with a second-round win against Carballes Baena in Shanghai. Other players in the race include Alex Michelsen (USA) in second place, Shang Juncheng (CHN) in third place, Jakub Mensik (CZE) in fourth place, and Luca Van Assche (FRA) in fifth place.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Fils will win.
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