Novak Djokovic and Nuno Borges will face off in the 1st round of the China Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 7:00 pm on CAPITAL GROUP DIAMOND. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Novak Djokovic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.44
Nuno Borges -> 2.76
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Nuno Borges
This will be the 2nd time that Novak Djokovic and Nuno Borges play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Djokovic won 7-6(1) 6-4 in the quarter in Athens back in 2025.
Highlights Novak Djokovic vs Nuno Borges – Athens 06-November-2025
Novak Djokovic
14 - 7win/loss
11
1
WWWWLLLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18-7 | 11-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 39-11 | 21-7 | 9-3 | 4-0 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-9 | 15-5 | 16-3 | 1-0 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-7 | 27-1 | 12-3 | 11-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-7 | 2-1 | 14-4 | 19-2 | 7-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 11, Novak will start his run in Beijing after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 7-6(5) 5-7 4-6 6-2 6-1 to Navone in the 1st round on the 30th of August.
The Serbian has an aggregate 14-7 win-loss record in 2026, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Novak’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal at the Australian Open .
Talking about his overall career, The Serbian has an overall 1278-266 record. He has a positive 569-99 record on hard.
Previously in Beijing
Previously, he won this tournament 6 times in 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. See his history.
Nuno Borges
27 - 26win/loss
51
30
LLLWWWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27-27 | 13-12 | 9-9 | 0-2 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 33-33 | 17-14 | 9-11 | 3-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 49, Nuno will start his run in Beijing after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 6-4 6-1 6-2 to Tien in the 1st round on the 31st of August.
Borges has a composed 27-26 win-loss record in 2026, 13-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, The Portuguese has an overall 343-192 record. He has a positive 166-77 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Beijing
- Arthur GeaGea – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Jie CuiCui (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Jie CuiCui (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Arthur GeaGea – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (5-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Cameron NorrieNorrie (8-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-4) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Andrey RublevRublev (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Mariano NavoneNavone (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (0-1) – H2H and prediction
