Roberto Carballés Baena

Roberto Carballés Baena
	Carballés Baena at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Granada, Spain
Born	23 March 1993; Tenerife, Spain
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2011
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Jose Maria Garrido, Jose Maria Arenas
Prize money	US$4,259,343
Singles
Career record	95–122 (43.8% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 49 (10 April 2023)
Current ranking	No. 63 (8 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2021)
French Open	3R (2020)
Wimbledon	2R (2023)
US Open	2R (2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2020)
Doubles
Career record	27–50 (35.1% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 127 (2 March 2020)
Current ranking	No. 240 (8 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2019, 2022)
French Open	2R (2018, 2023)
Wimbledon	1R (2018, 2019, 2023)
US Open	2R (2019)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2020)
	Last updated on: 8 January 2024.

Roberto Carballés Baena (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈβeɾto kaɾβaˈʝes βaˈena]; born 23 March 1993) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 49 on 10 April 2023. His preferred surface is clay, on which he has won two ATP titles and nineteen ITF titles in singles.

Tennis career

2014–2015: First ATP win

In a first-round contest between two qualifiers, Carballés Baena recorded his first ATP World Tour win at the 2014 Casablanca Open as he defeated David Goffin of Belgium in straight sets. He followed this up with a tightly fought win over João Sousa in the second round. He faced lucky loser Andrey Kuznetsov in the quarterfinals and won in straight sets. His run was stopped in the semifinals by Guillermo García-López, again in a close three-set match.

2016–2018: Major, Masters and top 100 debuts, first singles ATP title

He made his Masters 1000 debut as a wildcard at the 2016 Miami Open. He made his debut as a qualifier at his home Masters at the 2016 Mutua Madrid Open. He made also his Major debut at the 2016 French Open after qualifying.

In February 2018, he won his first ATP tournament at the 2018 Ecuador Open Quito, beating Albert Ramos Viñolas in the final. He became the first Spanish qualifier to win a title since Almagro at the 2006 Valencia Open and the youngest Spanish champion at age 24 since Nadal (age 24) at the 2011 Barcelona Open. This victory resulted in him reaching the highest singles ranking of his career of World No. 72 thus far.

2020–21: First doubles title & French Open third round & top-10 win, Olympics debut

In February 2020, Carballés Baena won his first ATP title in doubles at the 2020 Chile Open in Santiago, partnering with fellow Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, where they defeated in the final the 2nd seeded pair Arévalo/O’Mara.

He reached the third round of the 2020 French Open, his best showing at a Grand Slam in his career by defeating 9th seed Denis Shapovalov in the second round, his first top-10 win and first victory in five sets, but retired in the next round against 18th seed Grigor Dimitrov.

In April 2021, he won his first title of the year at the 2021 Belgrade Challenger. In May, he qualified for the Masters 1000 in Rome for the first time.

Carballés Baena qualified to represent Spain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in singles and doubles partnering with Pablo Andujar. In September 2021, following his 2021 US Open second round showing, he reached his third Challenger final of the year as a top seed at the 2021 Murcia Open in Spain, losing to second seed Tallon Griekspoor. At the same tournament he also reached the final in doubles partnering Alberto Barroso Campos.

2022: First hard court ATP quarterfinal

At the 2022 Firenze Open Carballes Baena advanced to his 15th ATP Tour quarterfinal, but only his first on a surface other than clay, defeating second seed Matteo Berrettini, his third Top-20 triumph.

2023: Second ATP title and top 50 debut, First Masters third round

Carballes Baena was defeated in the first round of the 2023 Australian Open in straight sets by eventual champion Novak Djokovic.

At the ATP 250 2023 Córdoba Open he broke the record for the longest match ever in the tournament history when he lost to compatriot Bernabe Zapata Miralles in three hours and 26 minutes in the first round. The previous-longest match was in 2020, when Albert Ramos-Vinolas outlasted Pablo Andujar in three hours and 20 minutes.

Five years after his first ATP title, he won his second at the 2023 Grand Prix Hassan II in Marrakech defeating fifth seed Maxime Cressy in the first round, fourth seed Tallon Griekspoor in the quarterfinals, second seed Dan Evans in the semifinals and Alexandre Müller in the final. As a result, he moved to a new career high in the top 50 at world No. 49 on 10 April 2023.

He won his first match ever in Madrid and only his fifth at a Masters 1000 level, defeating David Goffin. He also won his first match ever in Rome defeating Hugo Dellien. Next he defeated Dan Evans for a second time in the season in a marathon lasting almost four hours, the longest best-of-three-set match of the season, to reach the third round for the first time in his career at a Masters level.

Personal life

He married his longtime girlfriend Paula Mustienes Ferrer in December 2023.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (2–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoor (2–0)
Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2018	Ecuador Open, Ecuador	250 Series	Clay	Albert Ramos Viñolas	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Win	2–0	Apr 2023	Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco	250 Series	Clay	Alexandre Müller	4–6, 7–6^(7–3), 6–2

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoor (1–0)
Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2020	Chile Open, Chile	250 Series	Clay	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	Marcelo Arévalo Jonny O'Mara	7–6^(7–3), 6–1

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 38 (20–18)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (11–7)
ITF Futures Tour (9–11)

Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (20–16)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2010	Spain F32, Oviedo	Futures	Clay	Pablo Carreño Busta	6–4, 6–2
Win	2–0	Apr 2011	Spain F12, Madrid	Futures	Clay	Gabriel Trujillo Soler	6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	3–0	May 2011	Spain F13, Vic	Futures	Clay	Jordi Samper Montaña	5–7, 6–4, 6–1
Loss	3–1	May 2011	Spain F15, Lleida	Futures	Clay	João Sousa	3–6, 3–6
Win	4–1	Mar 2012	Spain F6, Badalona	Futures	Clay	David Estruch	6–2, 6–3
Win	5–1	Apr 2012	Croatia F5, Rovinj	Futures	Clay	Marc Sieber	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Loss	5–2	Sep 2012	Spain F26, Santander	Futures	Clay	Gabriel Trujillo Soler	2–6, 3–6
Win	6–2	Oct 2012	Spain F32, Sabadell	Futures	Clay	Gerard Granollers Pujol	6–4, 6–1
Loss	6–3	Feb 2013	Spain F3, Murcia	Futures	Clay	Pablo Carreño Busta	7–6^(9–7), 3–6, 3–6
Loss	6–4	Mar 2013	Spain F4, Cartagena	Futures	Clay	Pablo Carreño Busta	1–6, 0–6
Loss	6–5	Mar 2013	Spain F7, Villajoyosa	Futures	Carpet	Pablo Carreño Busta	3–6, 7–6^(7–3), 3–6
Loss	6–6	Mar 2013	Spain F8, Villajoyosa	Futures	Carpet	Marc Giner	6–7^(4–7), 4–6
Loss	6–7	Jun 2013	Spain F19, Palma del Río	Futures	Clay	Gerard Granollers Pujol	6–7^(5–7), 6–4, 3–6
Loss	6–8	Oct 2013	Spain F33, Sabadell	Futures	Clay	José Checa Calvo	6–3, 0–6, 2–6
Win	7–8	Oct 2013	Spain F34, Sant Cugat	Futures	Clay	Guillermo Olaso	6–3, 6–2
Loss	7–9	Feb 2014	Spain F3, Murcia	Futures	Clay	Markus Eriksson	6–7^(2–7), 6–3, 5–7
Loss	7–10	Feb 2014	Spain F4, Cartagena	Futures	Clay	Kamil Majchrzak	6–1, 6–7^(4–7), 3–6
Loss	7–11	Mar 2014	Italy F7, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Marco Cecchinato	4–6, 1–6
Win	8–11	Oct 2014	Spain F29, Sabadell	Futures	Clay	Pedro Cachin	6–4, 6–4
Win	9–11	Oct 2014	Spain F30, Sant Cugat	Futures	Clay	Alexis Musialek	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	9–12	Sep 2015	Meknes, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Daniel Muñoz de la Nava	4–6, 2–6
Win	10–12	Sep 2015	Kenitra, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Oriol Roca Batalla	6–1, 5–1 ret.
Win	11–12	Oct 2015	Mohammedia, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Kamil Majchrzak	7–6^(7–4), 6–2
Loss	11–13	Jul 2016	Båstad, Sweden	Challenger	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	3–6, 4–6
Win	12–13	Jul 2017	Cortina, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Gerald Melzer	6–1, 6–0
Loss	12–14	Aug 2017	Cordenons, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Elias Ymer	2–6, 3–6
Win	13–14	Aug 2017	Manerbio, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Guillermo García López	6–4, 2–6, 6–2
Win	14–14	Oct 2018	Barcelona, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Pedro Martínez	1–6, 6–3, 6–0
Win	15–14	Apr 2019	Murcia, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Mikael Ymer	2–6, 6–0, 6–2
Win	16–14	May 2019	Lisbon, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Facundo Bagnis	2–6, 7–6^(7–5), 6–1
Win	17–14	Apr 2021	Belgrade, Serbia	Challenger	Clay	Damir Dzumhur	6–4, 7–5
Loss	17–15	Sep 2021	Seville, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Pedro Martínez	4–6, 1–6
Loss	17–16	Oct 2021	Murcia, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Tallon Griekspoor	6–3, 5–7, 3–6
Loss	17–17	Feb 2022	Las Palmas, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Gianluca Mager	6–7^(6–8), 2–6
Win	18–17	May 2022	Tunis, Tunisia	Challenger	Clay	Gijs Brouwer	6–1, 6–1
Loss	18–18	Jul 2022	Amersfoort, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Tallon Griekspoor	1–6, 2–6
Win	19–18	Sep 2022	Seville, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Bernabé Zapata Miralles	6–3, 7–6^(8–6)
Win	20–18	Sep 2023	Seville, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Calvin Hemery	6–3, 6–1

Doubles: 9 (4–5)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–3)
ITF Futures Tour (4–2)

Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (4–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2010	Spain F31, Santander	Futures	Clay	Pablo Carreño Busta	Miguel Ángel López Jaén Pablo Santos González	2–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Aug 2011	Spain F28, Irun	Futures	Clay	Pablo Carreño Busta	Enrique López Pérez Jaime Pulgar-García	6–4, 6–2
Win	2–1	Oct 2011	Spain F39, Vilafranca	Futures	Clay	Gerard Granollers Pujol	Miguel Ángel López Jaén Gabriel Trujillo Soler	3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Win	3–1	Oct 2013	Spain F34, Sant Cugat	Futures	Clay	Oriol Roca Batalla	Marcos Giraldi Requena Iván Gómez Mantilla	6–4, 6–2
Loss	3–2	Feb 2014	Spain F34, Paguera	Futures	Clay	Oriol Roca Batalla	Pedro Martínez Jaume Munar	1–6, 1–6
Win	4–2	Mar 2014	Italy F6, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	David Vega Hernández	Filippo Baldi Pietro Licciardi	6–4, 6–4
Loss	4–3	Oct 2015	Mohammedia, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Pablo Carreño Busta	Íñigo Cervantes Huegun Mark Vervoort	6–3, 6–7^(2–7), [10–12]
Loss	4–4	Aug 2016	Cortina, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Cristian Garín	James Cerretani Philipp Oswald	3–6, 2–6
Loss	4–5	Oct 2021	Murcia, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Alberto Barroso Campos	Raúl Brancaccio Flavio Cobolli	3–6, 6–7^(4–7)

Performance timelines

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (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); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Current through the 2023 French Open.

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q1	A	A	Q2	Q1	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	0 / 5	1–5	17%
French Open	A	Q1	Q3	1R	Q1	1R	2R	3R	1R	2R	2R	0 / 7	5–7	42%
Wimbledon	A	A	Q1	A	Q1	1R	1R	NH	1R	1R	2R	0 / 5	1–5	17%
US Open	A	Q1	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	2R	2R	2R	0 / 6	5–6	45%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–3	1–4	3–3	2–4	2–4	3–4	0 / 23	12–23	34%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	NH	2R	1R	1R	0 / 4	2–4	33%
Miami Open	A	A	A	1R	A	Q1	2R	NH	A	1R	2R	0 / 4	2–4	33%
Monte Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	Q2	Q1	A	NH	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Madrid Open	A	Q1	Q2	1R	Q1	1R	Q2	NH	Q2	Q2	2R	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	1R	A	3R	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Shanghai Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	NH			1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	Q2	A	Q2	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–2	0–2	4–5	0 / 14	7–14	33%
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	3	2	9	2	19	19	8	17	18	6	104
Overall win–loss	0–1	3–3	1–2	6–9	3–2	14–17	19–20	6–8	11–16	11–18	5–6	79–102
Year-end ranking	267	167	131	145	106	73	80	97	79	74		$3,315,035

Doubles

Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	2R	0 / 2	2–2	50%
French Open	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	NH	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–4	0–0	0–0	1–1	0 / 7	4–7	30%

Record against other top 10 players

Carballés Baena's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:

Player	Record	Win %	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last Match
Number 1 ranked players
Rafael Nadal	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (4–6, 4–6) at 2018 Barcelona
Daniil Medvedev	0–2	0%	0–2	–	–	Lost (1–6, 2–6) at 2023 Miami
Novak Djokovic	0–2	0%	0–2	–	–	Lost (3–6, 4–6, 0–6) at 2023 Australian Open
Number 2 ranked players
Alexander Zverev	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (7–6^(8–6), 5–7, 0–6) at 2023 Madrid
Casper Ruud	0–5	0%	0–1	0–4	–	Lost (6–7^(2–7), 3–6) at 2022 Buenos Aires
Number 3 ranked players
Marin Čilić	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (3–6, 6–3, 1–6) at 2023 Pune
Nikolay Davydenko	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (1–6, 4–6) at 2013 Barcelona
Dominic Thiem	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (2–6, 4–6) at 2018 Lyon
Stan Wawrinka	0–2	0%	–	0–2	–	Lost (4–6, 5–7) at 2023 Umag
Grigor Dimitrov	0–2	0%	–	0–2	–	Lost (1–6, 4–6) at 2023 Geneva
Stefanos Tsitsipas	0–2	0%	–	0–2	–	Lost (3–6, 6–7^(4–7), 2–6) at 2023 French Open
Number 4 ranked players
Holger Rune	2–1	67%	1–0	1–0	0–1	Won (6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2) at 2023 US Open
Kei Nishikori	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (4–6, 5–7) at 2019 Barcelona
Jannik Sinner	0–2	0%	–	0–2	–	Lost (4–6, 6–7^(5–7)) at 2022 Umag
Number 5 ranked players
Kevin Anderson	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (3–6, 6–7^(4–7)) at 2021 Estoril
Number 6 ranked players
Gaël Monfils	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	Won (6–1, 3–6, 7–6^(7–4)) at 2021 Belgrade 2
Matteo Berrettini	1–2	33%	1–2	–	–	Lost (4–6, 2–6) at 2022 Naples
Gilles Simon	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (6–2, 6–2) at 2018 Marrakech
Number 7 ranked players
David Goffin	2–2	50%	0–1	2–1	–	Won (6–4, 6–4) at 2023 Madrid
Richard Gasquet	0–3	0%	0–1	0–2	–	Lost (5–7, 4–6) at 2022 Gstaad
Number 8 ranked players
Cameron Norrie	1–1	50%	–	1–1	–	Lost (4–6, 4–6) at 2021 Rome
Diego Schwartzman	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (3–6, 1–6) at 2019 Indian Wells
Number 9 ranked players
Roberto Bautista Agut	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–4, 6–3) at 2024 Auckland
Fabio Fognini	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	Won (6–3, 1–6, 6–4) at 2021 Bastad
Number 10 ranked players
Denis Shapovalov	1–2	33%	0–2	1–0	–	Lost (4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 2–6) at 2022 US Open
Pablo Carreño Busta	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (0–6, 3–6) at 2016 São Paulo
Total	10–37	21%	3–13 (19%)	7–23 (23%)	0–1 (0%)	* Statistics correct as of 9 January 2024.

Top 10 wins

Carballés Baena has a 1–13 (7.1%) win-loss record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Season	2011–2022	2023	Total
Wins	0	1	1

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	RCBR
2023
1.	Holger Rune	4	US Open, United States	Hard	1R	6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2	63

*As of 28 August 2023