The ATP player who has played in three finals in 2025 but has failed to win a Grand Slam match all year

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Jannik Sinner, Novak Djokovic, and Carlos Alcaraz have all won 15+ matches at Grand Slams in 2025.

Playing their best tennis at the Australian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon, the three most successful active players at Grand Slams have been mightily impressive in 2025.

Picking up titles in Melbourne and London, Sinner has won 20 Grand Slam matches this year, three more than Alcaraz, who won the French Open in June.

24-time major champion Djokovic has won 15 matches, having reached the semifinals of all three Grand Slams this year.

However, while the three players at the top of the men’s game continue to enjoy success at majors, others have struggled.

One such player has failed to win a single Grand Slam match in 2025, despite qualifying for three finals elsewhere on the ATP Tour.

Sebastian Baez didn’t win a single Grand Slam match in 2025

Argentinian number two, Sebastian Baez, lost to Lloyd Harris 3-6, 5-7, 4-6, in the first round of the US Open on Monday.

The loss saw Baez finish his Grand Slam campaign with an 0-4 record, the worst of his professional career.

• 2025 Australian Open 1R – Sebastian Baez lost to Arthur Cazaux, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 0-6, 3-6
• 2025 French Open 1R – Sebastian Baez lost to Miomir Kecmanovic, 7-6, 7-6, 4-6, 2-6, 2-6
• 2025 Wimbledon 1R – Sebastian Baez lost to Jack Draper, 2-6, 2-6, 1-2 (RET)
• 2025 US Open 1R – Sebastian Baez lost to Lloyd Harris, 3-6, 5-7, 4-6

To make matters worse, Baez lost his first-round matches at the Australian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon in doubles as well.

What makes Baez’s dismal record so shocking is the success he’s enjoyed elsewhere on the ATP Tour.

The Argentine is one of a select group of players to have contested multiple tour-level finals in 2025.

Playing his best tennis on clay, Baez has appeared in three championship matches this year, winning his seventh career title in Rio.

• 2025 Rio Open F – Sebastian Baez beat Alexandre Muller
• 2025 Chile Open F – Sebastian Baez lost to Laslo Djere
• 2025 Romanian Open F – Sebastian Baez lost to Flavio Cobolli

Unfortunately for Baez, his success has largely been contained not just to one surface, but to one continent throughout his professional career.

Outside of his native South America, things just haven’t clicked for the world number 39.

Sebastian Baez’s ‘golden swing’ dominance

Since the beginning of the 2023 season, no player has qualified for more finals or won more titles during the South American ‘golden swing’ than Baez.

The Argentine’s game perfectly suits the conditions in South America, but that’s quickly becoming more of a problem than a solution.

At other clay events, mainly those in Europe, Baez has struggled to replicate the level he shows in the ‘golden swing’, and has only won two career matches at Roland Garros.

In fact, except for a run to the final in Bucharest, Baez failed to win multiple matches at a single European clay event in 2025.

Clay specialists have enjoyed success on the ATP Tour for years, but few have managed to remain ranked inside the world’s top 50 without performing in Europe, where the majority of events take place.

If Baez wants to maintain his status as a top-50 player, then he will likely need to make a step forward in 2026, at tournaments outside of South America.

The 24-year-old has a long way to go before then, however, and will now turn his attention to the Chengdu Open (hard court), which begins on Monday, September 15.