Sebastián Báez (Spanish pronunciation: [seβasˈtjam ˈbaes];[a] 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 a doubles ranking of world No. 189, achieved on 29 July 2024. Báez has won seven ATP singles titles. He is currently the No. 2 player from Argentina.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4][5][6]

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.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10] As a result of reaching the semifinals, he debuted in the top 50.[11][12] Next he defeated Albert Ramos Viñolas to reach his second final of the season and of his career.[13] He won his maiden title defeating third seed Frances Tiafoe and moved into the top 40 on 2 May 2022.[14]

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,[15] where he lost to compatriot Francisco Cerúndolo.[16] 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.[17]

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.[18]

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.[19][20] Next, he won the singles title at the 2023 Winston-Salem Open on hardcourts, defeating Jiří Lehečka in the final also in straight sets.[21][22]

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[23] before losing to eventual finalist and third seed Daniil Medvedev.[24]

2024-2025: First Rio repeat champion, 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[25] 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.[26][27] He won his fifth and biggest title defeating qualifier and first time ATP finalist, compatriot Mariano Navone.[28] 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 movedto a new career-high ranking in the top 20 of world No. 19 on 4 March 2024, overtaking Francisco Cerúndolo. He was one of only 20 Argentines ever to reach said heights.[29][30]

Seeded fifth again at the 2025 Rio Open, Báez reached back-to-back finals becoming just the third player to reach multiple finals in tournament history after Diego Schwartzman and Carlos Alcaraz.[31][32] He successfully defended his title against Alexandre Muller to become the first Rio champion to win the title twice, and in consecutive years.[33][34]

ATP Tour finals

Singles: 9 (7 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 (2–0)
ATP 250 (5–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (6–2)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (7–2)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2022 Chile Open, Chile ATP 250 Clay Spain Pedro Martínez 6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Apr 2022 Estoril Open, Portugal ATP 250 Clay United States Frances Tiafoe 6–3, 6–2
Loss 1–2 Jul 2022 Swedish Open, Sweden ATP 250 Clay Argentina Francisco Cerúndolo 6–7(4–7), 2–6
Win 2–2 Feb 2023 Córdoba Open, Argentina ATP 250 Clay Argentina Federico Coria 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Win 3–2 Aug 2023 Austrian Open, Austria ATP 250 Clay Austria Dominic Thiem 6–3, 6–1
Win 4–2 Aug 2023 Winston-Salem, United States ATP 250 Hard Czech Republic Jiří Lehečka 6–4, 6–3
Win 5–2 Feb 2024 Rio Open, Brazil ATP 500 Clay Argentina Mariano Navone 6–2, 6–1
Win 6–2 Mar 2024 Chile Open, Chile ATP 250 Clay Chile Alejandro Tabilo 3–6, 6–0, 6–4
Win 7–2 Feb 2025 Rio Open, Brazil (2) ATP 500 Clay France Alexandre Müller 6–2, 6–3

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (6–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (6–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2021 Concepción, Chile Challenger Clay Argentina Francisco Cerúndolo 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5)
Win 2–0 Mar 2021 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay Chile Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win 3–0 May 2021 Zagreb, Croatia Challenger Clay Peru Juan Pablo Varillas 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss 3–1 June 2021 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Clay Netherlands Tallon Griekspoor 6–7(6–8), 3–6
Loss 3–2 Sep 2021 Kyiv, Ukraine Challenger Clay Italy Franco Agamenone 5–7, 2–6
Loss 3–3 Oct 2021 Santiago II, Chile Challenger Clay Peru Juan Pablo Varillas 4–6, 5–7
Win 4–3 Oct 2021 Santiago III, Chile Challenger Clay Brazil Felipe Meligeni Alves 3–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–1
Win 5–3 Oct 2021 Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay Brazil Thiago Monteiro 6–4, 6–0
Win 6–3 Nov 2021 Campinas, Brazil Challenger Clay Brazil Thiago Monteiro 6–1, 6–4

ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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

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

Legend
ITF Futures/WTT (1–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2018 Turkey F3, Antalya Futures Clay Argentina Juan Pablo Paz Czech Republic Vít Kopřiva
Czech Republic Jaroslav Pospíšil 		2–6, 0–6
Loss 0–2 Jun 2019 M15 Tabarka, Tunisia WTT Clay Spain Nikolás Sánchez Izquierdo Argentina Nicolas Bianchi
Argentina Genaro Alberto Olivieri 		4–6, 7–5, [4–10]
Win 1–2 Sep 2020 M25 Prague, Czech Republic WTT Clay Argentina Pedro Cachín Austria Lucas Miedler
Poland Jan Zieliński 		7–6(7–4), 6–1

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 2018 French Open Clay Chinese Taipei Tseng Chun-hsin 6–7(5–7), 2–6

Performance timeline

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 2025 Auckland Open.

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R 1R 3R 1R 0 / 4 3–4 43%
French Open Q1 2R 1R 2R 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Wimbledon Q1 2R 1R 1R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
US Open Q3 1R 3R 2R 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Win–loss 0–0 3–4 2–4 4–4 0–1 0 / 13 9–13 41%
National representation
Summer Olympics A NH 3R NH 0 / 1 2–1 67%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A 1R 3R 3R 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Miami Open A 1R 2R 2R 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Monte-Carlo Masters A 1R 1R 1R 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Madrid Open A A 3R 3R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Italian Open A 2R 2R 4R 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Canadian Open A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati Masters A 1R A 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Shanghai Masters NH 3R 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Paris Masters A 1R 1R 1R 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Win–loss 0–0 1–7 4–7 5–8 0–0 0 / 22 10–22 31%
Career statistics
Tournaments 2 28 29 28 1 88
Titles 0 1 3 2 0 6
Finals 0 3 3 2 0 8
Overall win–loss 3–3 26–30 31–26 31–28 0–1 91–88
Win Percentage 50% 46% 54% 53% 0% 50.84%
Year-end ranking 97 43 28 27 $4,378,610

Wins over top 10 players

  • Báez has a 1–16 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.[35]
Season 2022 2023 2024 2025 Total
Wins 1 0 0 0 1
# Player Rk Event Surface Rd Score Rk Ref
2022
1. Andrey Rublev 8 Swedish Open, Sweden Clay SF 6–2, 6–4 34 [36]

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 Norway Casper Ruud (1) 4 3–6, 6–1, 3–6
1 Generali Open Kitzbühel ATP 250 31 July 2023 Clay 1R Serbia Hamad Medjedovic (Q) 168 6–4, 6–2
2 2R Spain Roberto Carballés Baena 64 6–1, 6–2
3 QF Slovakia Alex Molčan 81 6–4, 6–3
4 SF Argentina Tomás Martín Etcheverry (1) 34 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–4
5 F Austria Dominic Thiem (WC) 94 6–3, 6–1
– Winston-Salem Open ATP 250 20 August 2023 Hard 1R Bye
6 2R Colombia Daniel Elahi Galán 67 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
7 3R Australia Aleksandar Vukic (9) 48 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
8 QF Serbia Laslo Djere (4) 34 6–3, 6–0
9 SF Croatia Borna Ćorić (1) 16 6–3, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–2)
10 F Czech Republic Jiří Lehečka (5) 35 6–4, 6–3
11 US Open Grand Slam 28 August 2023 Hard 1R Croatia Borna Ćorić (27) 23 7–5, 7–5, 6–1
12 2R Brazil Felipe Meligeni Alves (Q) 168 6–7(7–9), 6–4, 6–4, ret.
– 3R Daniil Medvedev (3) 3 2–6, 2–6, 6–7(6–8)
Sources:[37]

10-match win streak (2024)

No. Tournament Tier Start date Surface Round Opponent vsRank Score
– Argentina Open ATP 250 12 February 2024 Clay QF Argentina Federico Coria (SE) 106 1–6, 4–6
1 Rio Open ATP 500 19 February 2024 Clay 1R France Corentin Moutet (Q) 147 6–4, 6–3
2 2R Argentina Facundo Díaz Acosta 59 7–6(7–1), 6–1
3 QF Brazil Thiago Monteiro (WC) 117 6–4, 1–6, 6–2
4 SF Argentina Francisco Cerúndolo (4) 22 7–5, 6–0
5 F Argentina Mariano Navone (Q) 113 6–2, 6–1
– Chile Open ATP 250 24 February 2024 Clay 1R Bye
6 2R Peru Juan Pablo Varillas 119 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
7 QF Spain Jaume Munar 70 6–4, 6–4
8 SF Spain Pedro Martínez 101 6–4, 6–2
9 F Chile Alejandro Tabilo (4) 51 3–6, 6–0, 6–4
– Indian Wells Masters ATP 1000 6 March 2024 Hard 1R Bye
10 2R Italy Fabio Fognini (WC) 108 7–5, 6–3
3R United States Taylor Fritz (12) 12 2–6, 2–6
Sources:[38]

Notes

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

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