

What Time Will Roman Safiullin Play Against Roberto Carballes Baena?
Safiullin and Baena are on the Day 2 Schedule at Nordea Open 2024 on Tuesday 16 July 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?
Roman Safiullin, who is currently ranked 67th in the world, will be facing Roberto Carballes Baena in their first meeting. Safiullin, aged 26, reached a career-high ranking of 36 in January 2024. In 2023, he achieved his personal-best of 20 wins, making it to his first ATP Tour final in Chengdu and defeating the world number 2, Alcaraz, at the ATP Masters 1000 in Paris to reach the third round as a qualifier. Safiullin also made history as the lowest-ranked quarterfinalist at Wimbledon since Kyrgios in 2014, when he was ranked 92nd. Prior to his professional career, Safiullin had a successful junior career, winning 11 titles on the ITF Junior Circuit with a record of 105 wins and 21 losses. He ended his junior career as the champion of the 2015 Australian Open, defeating players like Medvedev, Rublev, and Khachanov.
Safiullin aims to secure his first tour-level win on clay since defeating the 73rd-ranked Munar at the 2024 ATP Masters 1000 in Monte-Carlo in April. He recently reached the third round of Wimbledon, winning consecutive matches at the tour level for the second time this
season.
On the other hand, Roberto Carballes Baena, aged 31, is currently ranked 54th in the world, with a career-high ranking of 49. He made his way into the top 50 at the age of 30 after coming back from a set down three times in five matches to win his second ATP Tour title at the 2023 Marrakech tournament. In 2018, Carballes Baena became the first Spanish qualifier to win an ATP Tour title since Almagro in 2006. He achieved notable victories over players like Shapovalov, Rune, and Goffin, earning his first top 20 win at Roland Garros in 2020 and his first top 10 win at the 2023 US Open. In 2014, he reached the semifinals of the Casablanca tournament as a qualifier, defeating Goffin along the way. Carballes Baena also has a successful record in Challenger tournaments, with a record of 238 wins and 151 losses, including clay-court titles in Seville in 2022 and 2023.
Carballes Baena has a solid record on clay this year, with a 7-3 record in opening rounds on the tour-level. 11 out of his 16 tour-level wins in 2024 have come on clay. He recently claimed his 12th Challenger title in Braunschweig.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Safiullin will win.
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