Nuno Borges and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida will square off in the 2nd round of the Braga Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.28
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida -> 3.54
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida
This will be the 2nd time that Nuno Borges and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Borges (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Borges won 2-6 6-2 7-5 in the 2nd round in the Kyiv Challenger back in 2021.
Nuno Borges
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-26 | 20-12 | 13-7 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-26 | 20-11 | 8-7 | 6-4 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 49-26 | 7-5 | 28-13 | 11-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 52-21 | 6-4 | 46-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 31-7 | 29-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 94, the Portuguese reached the 2nd round after defeating Gian Marco Moroni 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Borges had a good straight sets win against Marco Moroni (6-3 6-4). During the match, Borges scored 68 points vs Marco Moroni’s 59. The Portuguese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Borges recorded 3 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Nuno Borges lost the serve once and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Borges put 63% of his first serves in, winning 68% (27/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the 2nd serve. Borges broke Marco Moroni 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Borges has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 73% of his matches (203-74). 24-10 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Borges has an overall97-39 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Nuno’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 1 Challenger and the Barletta Challenger.
The Portuguese has an aggregate 39-19 win-loss record in 2022, 24-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braga Challenger
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-24 | 0-0 | 37-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-25 | 1-3 | 19-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-29 | 1-3 | 27-24 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 72-29 | 0-0 | 72-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-9 | 13-7 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 216, Pucinelli De Almeida got to the 2nd round after defeating Jeremy Jahn 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Matheus had a good straight sets win against Jahn (6-4 6-4). During the match Pucinelli De Almeida scored 67 points vs Jahn’s 53. The Brazilian was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Pucinelli De Almeida blasted 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Pucinelli De Almeida put 61% of his first serves in, winning 59% (22/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Matheus broke Jahn 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
The Brazilian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Iasi Challenger.
The Brazilian has an aggregate 20-23 win-loss record in 2022, 18-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braga Challenger
Pucinelli De Almeida has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Borges | Pucinelli De Almeida |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 |
| Pts | 68-59 | 67-53 |
| Total Points | 127 | 120 |
| Winners | 27 | 22 |
| %Winners | 40% | 33% |
Both Borges and Pucinelli De Almeida played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Borges and Pucinelli De Almeida have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Borges played 1 game less than Pucinelli De Almeida. Nuno scored 27 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Matheus managed to score 22 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Borges | Pucinelli De Almeida |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 40/64 | 37/61 |
| %1st in | 63% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 27/40 | 22/37 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 59% |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 12/24 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 50% |
Borges recorded 3 aces . Pucinelli De Almeida fired 3 aces . Borges won 68% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Pucinelli De Almeida won 59% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Borges | Pucinelli De Almeida |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 80% | 50% |
| Conceded | 10 | 5 |
| Saved | 9 | 1 |
| % Saved | 90% | 20% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Nuno broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The Portuguese conceded his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded. The Brazilian broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Matheus conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 20% of the break points that he conceded.
| Borges | |||
| R1 Marco Moroni |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 68-59 | 68-59 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 40/64 | 40/64 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 27/40 | 27/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 14/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 9/10 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 90% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Pucinelli De Almeida | |||
| R1 Jahn |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 67-53 | 67-53 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 37/61 | 37/61 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 22/37 | 22/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 12/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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