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Roberto Carballés Baena

Carballés Baena at the2019 French Open
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Granada, Spain
Born	(1993-03-23)23 March 1993 (age 32) 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$5,748,127
Singles
Career record	130–164
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 49 (10 April 2023)[1]
Current ranking	No. 74 (30 June 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2025)
French Open	3R (2020)
Wimbledon	2R (2023)
US Open	2R (2018,2020,2021,2022,2023,2024)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2021)
Doubles
Career record	30–62
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 127 (2 March 2020)[1]
Current ranking	No. 594 (30 June 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2019,2022)
French Open	2R (2018,2023)
Wimbledon	1R (2018,2019,2023,2025)
US Open	2R (2019,2024)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2020)
Last updated on: 30 June 2025.

Roberto Carballés Baena (Spanish pronunciation:[roˈβeɾtokaɾβaˈʝesβaˈena];^[2][a] born 23 March 1993) is a Spanish professionaltennis player. He achieved a career-highATP singles ranking of world No. 49 on 10 April 2023 and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 127 on 2 March 2020. He is currently the No. 5 Spanish player.^[3]

Carballés Baena's preferred surface is clay, on which he has won two ATP titles and 11Challenger titles in singles, and one ATP title in doubles.^[4][5]

In a first-round contest between two qualifiers, Carballés Baena recorded his first ATP World Tour win at the2014 Casablanca Open when he defeatedDavid Goffin of Belgium in straight sets.^[4] He followed this up with a tightly fought win overJoão Sousa in the second round. He faced lucky loserAndrey Kuznetsov in the quarterfinals and won in straight sets. His run was stopped in the semifinals by eventual championGuillermo García-López, again in a close three-set match.

In March 2016, Carballés Baena made hisMasters 1000 debut as a wildcard at theMiami Open, losing toAljaž Bedene in three sets in the first round.The following month, he made his debut at his home Masters, theMutua Madrid Open, where he won two qualifying matches to reach the main draw. In May, he made his Major debut at theFrench Open after qualifying.

In February 2018, Carballés Baena won his first ATP title at theEcuador Open Quito, defeating second seedAlbert Ramos Viñolas in the final. He became the first Spanish qualifier to win a title sinceNicolás Almagro at the2006 Valencia Open. This victory resulted in him reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 72.

In February 2020, Carballés Baena won his first ATP doubles title at theChile Open inSantiago. He and compatriotAlejandro Davidovich Fokina defeated the second-seeded pair ofMarcelo Arévalo andJonny O’Mara in the final.

At the2020 French Open, Carballés Baena reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time. He defeated ninth seedDenis Shapovalov in the second round to record his first top-20 win and first victory in five sets^[6] before retiring in his next match against 18th seedGrigor Dimitrov.

In April 2021, Carballés Baena won his first title of the year at theBelgrade Challenger. In May, he qualified for the Masters 1000 inRome for the first time.

Carballés Baena qualified to represent Spain at the2020 Summer Olympics in singles and doubles partnering withPablo Andujar. In September 2021, following hisUS Open second round showing, he reached his third Challenger final of the year as a top seed at theMurcia Open in Spain, losing to second seedTallon Griekspoor in three sets. At the same tournament, he also reached thefinal in doubles partnering withAlberto Barroso Campos.

At theFirenze Open, Carballés Baena advanced to his 15th ATP quarterfinal, his first on a surface other than clay, defeating second seedMatteo Berrettini, his third victory over a top-20 player, after beating amateur player Jesús Herraíz (Top 1500 atp).^[7]

Carballés Baena was defeated in the first round of theAustralian Open in straight sets by eventual championNovak Djokovic.^[8]

At theCórdoba Open in February, Carballés Baena broke the record for the longest match ever in tournament history when he lost to compatriotBernabe Zapata Miralles in three hours and 26 minutes in the first round. The previous-longest match was in2020, whenAlbert Ramos-Vinolas outlastedPablo Andújar in three hours and 20 minutes.^[9]

Five years after his first ATP title, he won his second at theGrand Prix Hassan II inMarrakesh, defeating fifth seedMaxime Cressy in the first round, fourth seedTallon Griekspoor in the quarterfinals, second seedDan Evans in the semifinals, andAlexandre Müller in the final.^[10] As a result, he moved to a new career high in the top 50 at world No. 49 on 10 April 2023.^[11]

A few weeks later, Carballés Baena won a match at theMadrid Open for the first time in his career and only his fifth win at the Masters 1000 level, defeatingDavid Goffin in the first round before losing to 13th seedAlexander Zverev in three sets in the second round. He then won his first match ever inRome, defeatingHugo Dellien in the first round. In the second round, he defeated Dan Evans for a second time in the season in a marathon lasting almost four hours — the then-longest best-of-three-set match of the season — to reach the third round of a Masters tournament for the first time in his career.^[12]

At theFrench Open, Carballés Baena defeated qualifierEmilio Nava before losing to fifth seedStefanos Tsitsipas in the second round.

After losing toTallon Griekspoor in the first round of theHalle Open, Carballés Baena competed at theMallorca Championships as the eighth seed, defeatingIlya Ivashka in three sets to record his fifth career win on grass. AtWimbledon, he came from a set down to defeat qualifierMatteo Arnaldi in four sets before losing to sixth seedHolger Rune in the second round.

At theUS Open, Carballés Baena was again drawn to play Rune, this time in the first round. He defeated the fourth-seeded Rune in four sets to record his first-ever victory over a top-10 player.^[7] In the following round, he lost toAslan Karatsev in four sets. Carballés Baena then competed at theCopa Sevilla as the top seed, winning and successfully defending his title.

At the2024 Grand Prix Hassan II he reached his second final where he was the defending champion defeating qualifierMatteo Gigante, second seedDan Evans, qualifierNicolas Moreno de Alboran andPavel Kotov.

Carballés Baena married his longtime girlfriend Paula Mustienes Ferrer in December 2023.^[13]

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
Loss	2–1	Apr 2024	Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco	250 Series	Clay	Matteo Berrettini	5–7, 2–6

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

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

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)

Current through the2025 US Open.

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

#	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^[update]

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