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Sebastián Báez

Báez at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports)	Argentina
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born	(2000-12-28) 28 December 2000 (age 23) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2018
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Sebastián Gutiérrez
Prize money	US$ 4,059,243
Singles
Career record	91–87
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 18 (24 June 2024)
Current ranking	No. 27 (4 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2024)
French Open	2R (2022, 2024)
Wimbledon	2R (2022)
US Open	3R (2023)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	3R (2024)
Doubles
Career record	9–28
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 189 (29 July 2024)
Current ranking	No. 191 (12 August 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2023, 2024)
French Open	2R (2024)
Wimbledon	3R (2024)
US Open	1R (2022, 2023)
Medal record Men's tennis Representing  Argentina (ARG) Summer Youth Olympics 2018 Buenos Aires Doubles
Last updated on: 26 August 2024.

Sebastián Báez (Spanish pronunciation: [seβasˈtjam ˈbaes]; 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. 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.

Career

2021: ATP debut, six Challenger titles, NextGen finals & top 100

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. 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.

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.

2022: Major debut & first wins, Maiden title & Top-10 win, Top 35 debut

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. 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. 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. As a result of reaching the semifinals, he debuted in the top 50. Next he defeated Albert Ramos Viñolas to reach his second final of the season and of his career. He won his maiden title defeating third seed Frances Tiafoe and moved into the top 40 on 2 May 2022.

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, where he lost to compatriot Francisco Cerúndolo. 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.

2023: Three ATP titles, top 30, US Open third round

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.

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. 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.

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 before losing to eventual finalist and third seed Daniil Medvedev.

2024: First ATP 500 title, Latin American No. 1, top 20

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 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. He won his fifth and biggest title defeating qualifier and first time ATP finalist, compatriot Mariano Navone. 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.

ATP Tour finals

Singles: 8 (6 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2022	Chile Open, Chile	ATP 250	Clay	Pedro Martínez	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Apr 2022	Estoril Open, Portugal	ATP 250	Clay	Frances Tiafoe	6–3, 6–2
Loss	1–2	Jul 2022	Swedish Open, Sweden	ATP 250	Clay	Francisco Cerúndolo	6–7, 2–6
Win	2–2	Feb 2023	Córdoba Open, Argentina	ATP 250	Clay	Federico Coria	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Win	3–2	Aug 2023	Austrian Open, Austria	ATP 250	Clay	Dominic Thiem	6–3, 6–1
Win	4–2	Aug 2023	Winston-Salem, United States	ATP 250	Hard	Jiří Lehečka	6–4, 6–3
Win	5–2	Feb 2024	Rio Open, Brazil	ATP 500	Clay	Mariano Navone	6–2, 6–1
Win	6–2	Mar 2024	Chile Open, Chile	ATP 250	Clay	Alejandro Tabilo	3–6, 6–0, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: Challenger (6–3), ITF (5–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2021	Concepción, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Francisco Cerúndolo	6–3, 6–7, 7–6
Win	2–0	Mar 2021	Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera	6–3, 7–6
Win	3–0	May 2021	Zagreb, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Juan Pablo Varillas	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss	3–1	June 2021	Bratislava, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Tallon Griekspoor	6–7, 3–6
Loss	3–2	Sep 2021	Kyiv, Ukraine	Challenger	Clay	Franco Agamenone	5–7, 2–6
Loss	3–3	Oct 2021	Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Juan Pablo Varillas	4–6, 5–7
Win	4–3	Oct 2021	Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Felipe Meligeni Alves	3–6, 7–6, 6–1
Win	5–3	Oct 2021	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Thiago Monteiro	6–4, 6–0
Win	6–3	Nov 2021	Campinas, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Thiago Monteiro	6–1, 6–4

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2019	M15 Buenos Aires, Argentina	WTT	Clay	Agustín Velotti	6–4, 6–0
Win	2–0	Jun 2019	M15 Tabarka, Tunisia	WTT	Clay	Alexander Weis	6–2, 6–4
Loss	2–1	Jul 2019	M15 Tabarka, Tunisia	WTT	Clay	Enrico Dalla Valle	6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Win	3–1	Jul 2019	M15 Tabarka, Tunisia	WTT	Clay	Alexander Weis	6–2, 6–2
Loss	3–2	Sep 2019	M15 Santiago, Chile	WTT	Clay	Juan Manuel Cerúndolo	1–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win	4–2	Oct 2019	M25 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	WTT	Clay	Tomás Martín Etcheverry	4–6, 6–4, 4–1 RET
Win	5–2	Jan 2020	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Gauthier Onclin	6–1, 6–2
Loss	5–3	Sep 2020	M25 Prague, Czech Republic	WTT	Clay	Jiří Lehečka	6–3, 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

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 Pospíšil	2–6, 0–6
Loss	0–2	Jun 2019	M15 Tabarka, Tunisia	WTT	Clay	Nikolás Sánchez Izquierdo	Nicolas Bianchi Genaro Alberto Olivieri	4–6, 7–5,
Win	1–2	Sep 2020	M25 Prague, Czech Republic	WTT	Clay	Pedro Cachín	Lucas Miedler Jan Zieliński	7–6, 6–1

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	2018	French Open	Clay	Tseng Chun-hsin	6–7, 2–6

Performance timeline

Singles

Current through the 2024 US Open.

Wins over top 10 players

• He has a 1–15 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	SBR	Ref
2022
1.	Andrey Rublev	8	Swedish Open, Sweden	Clay	SF	6–2, 6–4	34

Longest winning streaks

12-match win streak (2023)

No.	Tournament	Tier	Start date	Surface	Round	Opponent	vsRank	Score
–	Hamburg Open	ATP 500	23 July 2023	Clay	1R	Casper Ruud (1)	4	3–6, 6–1, 3–6
1	Generali Open Kitzbühel	ATP 250	31 July 2023	Clay	1R	Hamad Medjedovic (Q)	168	6–4, 6–2
2					2R	Roberto Carballés Baena	64	6–1, 6–2
3					QF	Alex Molčan	81	6–4, 6–3
4					SF	Tomás Martín Etcheverry (1)	34	7–6, 3–6, 6–4
5					F	Dominic Thiem (WC)	94	6–3, 6–1
–	Winston-Salem Open	ATP 250	20 August 2023	Hard	1R	Bye
6					2R	Daniel Elahi Galán	67	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
7					3R	Aleksandar Vukic (9)	48	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
8					QF	Laslo Djere (4)	34	6–3, 6–0
9					SF	Borna Ćorić (1)	16	6–3, 6–7, 7–6
10					F	Jiří Lehečka (5)	35	6–4, 6–3
11	US Open	Grand Slam	28 August 2023	Hard	1R	Borna Ćorić (27)	23	7–5, 7–5, 6–1
12					2R	Felipe Meligeni Alves (Q)	168	6–7, 6–4, 6–4, ret.
–					3R	Daniil Medvedev (3)	3	2–6, 2–6, 6–7
Sources:

10-match win streak (2024)

No.	Tournament	Tier	Start date	Surface	Round	Opponent	vsRank	Score
–	Argentina Open	ATP 250	12 February 2024	Clay	QF	Federico Coria (SE)	106	1–6, 4–6
1	Rio Open	ATP 500	19 February 2024	Clay	1R	Corentin Moutet (Q)	147	6–4, 6–3
2					2R	Facundo Díaz Acosta	59	7–6, 6–1
3					QF	Thiago Monteiro (WC)	117	6–4, 1–6, 6–2
4					SF	Francisco Cerúndolo (4)	22	7–5, 6–0
5					F	Mariano Navone (Q)	113	6–2, 6–1
–	Chile Open	ATP 250	24 February 2024	Clay	1R	Bye
6					2R	Juan Pablo Varillas	119	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
7					QF	Jaume Munar	70	6–4, 6–4
8					SF	Pedro Martínez	101	6–4, 6–2
9					F	Alejandro Tabilo (4)	51	3–6, 6–0, 6–4
–	Indian Wells Masters	ATP 1000	6 March 2024	Hard	1R	Bye
10					2R	Fabio Fognini (WC)	108	7–5, 6–3
					3R	Taylor Fritz (12)	12	2–6, 2–6
Sources:

Notes

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

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External links

• Sebastián Báez at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Sebastián Báez at the International Tennis Federation
• Sebastián Báez at the Davis Cup
• Sebastián Báez at Olympedia (archive)

v t e Association of Tennis Professionals Top Argentine male singles tennis players
As of Dec 15, 2024
1. Sebastian Baez (27 ) 2. Francisco Cerundolo (30 ) 3. Tomas Martin Etcheverry (39 ) 4. Mariano Navone (47 ) 5. Facundo Diaz Acosta (79 )
6. Francisco Comesana (85 ) 7. Camilo Ugo Carabelli (97 ) 8. Federico Coria (100 ) 9. Thiago Agustin Tirante (117 ) 10. Federico Agustin Gomez (137 )

• 2000 births
• Living people
• Argentine male tennis players
• Tennis players from Buenos Aires
• Tennis players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
• Youth Olympic gold medalists for Argentina
• Tennis players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• 21st-century Argentine sportsmen