Sebastián Báez (; born 28 December 2000) is an Argentine professional

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player. Báez has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 32 achieved on 18 July 2022 and doubles ranking of world No. 514 achieved on 12 October 2020. Báez has won one ATP in 2022 and six ATP Challenger singles titles in 2021, 5 ITF titles and 1 ITF doubles title to date. 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 Vitus Nødskov Rune in straight sets. He earned his first tour-level win at the 2021 Hamburg European Open, where he defeated Frenchman

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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 Concepcion (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

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due to an abdominal injury. Baez advanced to the semi-finals with wins over third seed

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and eighth seed

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. He lost in the semifinals against top seed

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. 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

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, 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

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. He was defeated by

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in straight sets on the first round. The following week at the

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, Baez got entry as a qualifier and defeated

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in three sets. He lost in the second round to

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. On his debut at the

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he defeated

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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

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. 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

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and World No. 18 and third seed

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. Baez received a wildcard in his hometown tournament, the

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, where he defeated

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and lost again to

in the second round. The following week at the 2022 Rio Open, he surpassed the qualyifing stages with three-set wins against

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and

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. 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

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final, defeating

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, fellow countryman

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, Thiago Monteiro and

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in the semis. He lost to

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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

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and

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en route. As a result of reaching the semifinals, he debuted in the top 50. Next he defeated

to reach his second final of the season and of his career. He won his maiden title defeating third seed

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and moved into the top 40 on 2 May 2022. He made his debut at the

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and at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships and won his first match at each of the Majors defeating

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and

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respectively. He reached his third final at the 2022 Swedish Open in Bastad with a win over second seed, top-10 player

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, where he lost to compatriot

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. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 32 on 18 July 2022. In October seeded sixth, he defeated No. 50

at the

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and snapped an 11-match losing streak.https://www.atptour.com/en/news/baez-naples-2022-wednesday

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 17 (11–6)

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 final)

Performance timeline

''Current through the 2022 Basel Open.''

Singles

Record against top 10 players

Báez'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:

Wins over 10 players

Notes

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baez, Sebastian 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