Nuno Borges and Pavel Kotov will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Hong Kong Tennis Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 5:00 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nuno Borges who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nuno Borges is the pick to win this match.
Nuno Borges -> 1.84
Pavel Kotov -> 1.97
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Pavel Kotov
There is no head to head record between Nuno Borges and Pavel Kotov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
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. 66, the Portuguese will start his run in Hong Kong after he won the title in the Maia Challenger after beating 6-1 6-4 Paire in the final.
The Portuguese has a compiled 37-26 win-loss record in 2023, 20-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title the Monterrey Challenger where he defeated Borna Gojo in the final 6-4 7-6(6) and the Phoenix Challenger where he beat Alexander Shevchenko in the final 4-6 6-2 6-1 and the Maia Challenger where he overcame Benoit Paire in the final 6-1 6-4.
Nuno won his last 5 matches.
Talking about his overall career, Nuno has an overall 250-107 record. He has a positive 116-40 record on hard.
Previously in Hong Kong
Borges has never competed in this tournament before.
Pavel Kotov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-25 | 9-11 | 11-9 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-32 | 13-14 | 20-12 | 9-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-20 | 5-3 | 20-9 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-25 | 5-5 | 7-11 | 17-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 67, the Russian will start his run in Hong Kong after he played his last match in Sofia where he lost 6-2 7-6(2) to Mannarino in the semifinal on the 10th of November.
The Russian has an aggregate 45-32 win-loss record in 2023, 13-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Pavel’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Braunschweig Challenger and Stockholm.
In terms of his career, Kotov has an overall 252-160 record. He has a positive 49-34 record on hard.
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