Casper Ruud and Nuno Borges will play each other in the 2nd round of the Swiss Indoors Basel for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on Center 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 Casper Ruud who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.46
Nuno Borges -> 2.69
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Nuno Borges
This will be the 4th time that Casper Ruud and Nuno Borges play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Ruud won 7-5 6-4 in the 3rd round in Toronto back in 2025.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs Nuno Borges – Toronto 31-July-2025
Casper Ruud
32 - 18win/loss
25
2
WLWWWLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32-18 | 11-11 | 19-6 | 2-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 39-16 | 12-8 | 14-5 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-25 | 21-9 | 24-7 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-23 | 12-12 | 22-8 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-22 | 18-8 | 25-7 | 7-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 25, Ruud reached the 2nd round after beating Dominic Stricker 4-6 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round against Stricker, Casper recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-3). During the match, Ruud scored 79 points vs Stricker’s 77. The Norwegian was pretty aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ruud scored 12 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Casper Ruud was very efficient on serve to win 82% (47/57) of his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Norwegian broke Stricker twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Ruud has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (406-226). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ruud has a composed 60-35 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Casper’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Rome.
Ruud has an overall 32-18 win-loss record in 2026, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Basel
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2025. See his history.
Nuno Borges
29 - 28win/loss
53
30
WLWLLLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29-28 | 14-13 | 9-9 | 1-2 | 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. 53, the Portuguese reached the 2nd round after defeating Mika Brunold 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Portuguese had a good straight sets win against Brunold (6-3 6-1). During the match Borges scored 54 points vs Brunold’s 34. The Portuguese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Borges blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Nuno Borges was extremely effective on serve to win 73% (24/33) of his 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Nuno broke Brunold 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Nuno has a composed 29-28 win-loss record in 2026, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Basel
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ruud | Borges |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 16 |
| Pts | 79-77 | 54-34 |
| Total Points | 156 | 88 |
| Winners | 47 | 24 |
| %Winners | 59% | 44% |
Both Ruud and Borges played 1 match. At the moment, Casper Ruud surrendered 1 set while Nuno Borges hasn’t conceded a set so far. Ruud has played 1 set more than Borges (3 vs 2). Therefore, Ruud played 15 games more than Borges. Casper scored 47 winners (59% of the total points). On the other side, Borges bagged 24 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ruud | Borges |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 3 |
| 1st in | 57/83 | 33/47 |
| %1st in | 69% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 47/57 | 24/33 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 8/14 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 57% |
Ruud struck 12 aces . Borges struck 3 aces . Ruud won 82% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Borges won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ruud | Borges |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 5 |
| Converted | 2/3 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 67% | 63% |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 |
| Saved | 1 | 5 |
| % Saved | 50% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Ruud broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Casper surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Portuguese broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Portuguese conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ruud | |||
| R1 Stricker |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 79-77 | 79-77 | |
| Total points | 156 | 156 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 59% | 59% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 57/83 | 57/83 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 47/57 | 47/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 16/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Borges | |||
| R1 Brunold |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 54-34 | 54-34 | |
| Total points | 88 | 88 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 33/47 | 33/47 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 24/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 8/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Basel
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Zizou BergsBergs (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-75 7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Kevin Krawietz/Tim PuetzKrawietz/Tim Puetz – Jakob Schnaitter/Mark WallnerSchnaitter/Mark Wallner (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Dominic StrickerStricker (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Holger RuneRune – Quentin HalysHalys (6-4 6-72 7-65) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Mika BrunoldBrunold (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Alex Michelsen/Botic Van De ZandschulpMichelsen/Botic Van De Zandschulp – Jakub Paul/Matej VocelPaul/Matej Vocel (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Zizou BergsBergs (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
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