Nuno Borges and Nick Hardt will play each other in the quarter of the Antalya 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nuno Borges who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nuno Borges is the pick to win this match.
Nuno Borges -> 1.4
Nick Hardt -> 2.95
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Nick Hardt
There is no head to head record between Nuno Borges and Nick Hardt since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Nuno Borges
Ranked no. 253 (career-high), Nuno reached the quarter after beating Ergi Kirkin 6-4 6-3 and Yanki Erel 6-4 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Borges had a good straight sets win against Erel (6-4 6-0). During the match, Borges scored 64 points vs Erel’s 40. Nuno was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Borges struck 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Nuno Borges was very effective on serve to win 78% (25/32) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Portuguese broke Erel 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Portuguese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 58% of the points he played.
Borges has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 74% of his matches (146-50). 36-15 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Borges has an aggregate59-24 record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Portuguese’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,the Oeiras 2 Challenger and M15 Majadahonda.
Nuno has a compiled 42-19 win-loss record in 2021, 36-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Antalya 3 Challenger
The Portuguese has never competed in this tournament before.
Nick Hardt
Ranked no. 351, Hardt reached the quarter after beating Aziz Dougaz 6-2 6-2 and Joao Domingues 6-4 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Dominican had a good straight sets win against Domingues (6-4 7-5). During the match Hardt scored 81 points vs Domingues’s 65. The Dominican was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Hardt fired 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Nick Hardt lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Hardt put 64% of his first serves in, winning 73% (35/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. The Dominican broke Domingues 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Hardt started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.
The Dominican’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,M25 Belgrade,M25 Marburg and M25 Denia.
Hardt has an aggregate 41-16 win-loss record in 2021, 32-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Borges | Hardt |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 38 |
| Pts | 134-96 | 137-98 |
| Total Points | 230 | 235 |
| Winners | 55 | 59 |
| %Winners | 41% | 43% |
Both Borges and Hardt played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Borges and Hardt have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Borges played 3 games less than Hardt. Nuno scored 55 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Nick blasted 59 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Borges | Hardt |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 85/116 | 80/122 |
| %1st in | 73% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 55/85 | 59/80 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 16/31 | 20/42 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 48% |
Borges bagged 4 aces (2 per match). Hardt managed to score 2 aces (1 per match). Borges won 65% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Hardt won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Borges | Hardt |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 9 |
| Converted | 11/18 | 9/14 |
| % Converted | 61% | 64% |
| Conceded | 14 | 7 |
| Saved | 10 | 4 |
| % Saved | 71% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Nuno broke his opponents 11 times with a 61% conversion rate. Nuno dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Dominican broke his opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Dominican conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Borges | ||||
| R1 Kirkin |
R2 Erel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 16 | 35 | |
| pts | 70-56 | 64-40 | 134-96 | |
| Total points | 126 | 104 | 230 | |
| Winners | 30 | 25 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 53/63 | 32/53 | 85/116 | |
| % 1st in | 84% | 60% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 30/53 | 25/32 | 55/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 57% | 78% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/10 | 11/21 | 16/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 5/6 | 11/18 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 83% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 6/7 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 86% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Hardt | ||||
| R1 Dougaz |
R2 Domingues |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 22 | 38 | |
| pts | 56-33 | 81-65 | 137-98 | |
| Total points | 89 | 146 | 235 | |
| Winners | 24 | 35 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 32/47 | 48/75 | 80/122 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 64% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 24/32 | 35/48 | 59/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 73% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 13/27 | 20/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/7 | 9/14 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 57% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
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