Marin Cilic and Nuno Borges will play each other in the 2nd round of the Millennium Estoril Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on ESTADIO MILLENNIUM. 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 Marin Cilic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marin Cilic is the pick to win this match.
Marin Cilic -> 1.61
Nuno Borges -> 2.375

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Prediction and head to head Marin Cilic vs. Nuno Borges

There is no head to head record between Marin Cilic and Nuno Borges since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Marin Cilic

Ranked no. 42, the Croatian got to the 2nd round after beating Carlos Alcaraz Garfia 6-3 1-6 6-4.

In the 1st round, Marin defeated Alcaraz Garfia (6-3 1-6 6-4). During the match Cilic scored 87 points vs Alcaraz Garfia’s 86. Cilic was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about the service games, Cilic struck 6 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Marin Cilic lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Cilic put 64% of his first serves in, winning 60% (30/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (13/28) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Alcaraz Garfia 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).

Cilic has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (336-175). 1-1 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Cilic has a 81-44 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

The Croatian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Singapore.

Marin has a 6-6 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Estoril

Marin has never competed in this tournament before.

Estoril
Cilic's Record

Nuno Borges

Ranked no. 331 (career high), Borges reached the 2nd round after defeating Liam Broady 6-3 7-5, Roberto Carballes Baena 7-5 6-4 and Jordan Thompson 7-65 6-3.

In the 1st round, Borges had a good straight sets win against Thompson (7-65 6-3). During the match Borges scored 79 points vs Thompson’s 71. Nuno was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about serving, Borges recorded 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nuno Borges lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Borges put 64% of his first serves in, winning 71% (36/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. The Portuguese broke Thompson 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

The Portuguese’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya and the Oeiras 2 Challenger.

Nuno has a 20-4 win-loss record in 2021, 20-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Estoril
Borges's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Cilic
N.Borges
2h:13
2h:13
Time on court​
!
5h:05
5h:05
!
2h:13
2h:13
Last match​
1h:50
1h:50
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
26
26
Games Played​
65
65
3
3
Set played​​
6
6
87
87
Total points​
232
232
87
87
Avg point​
77.3
77.3
30
30
Winners
103
103
30
30
Avg Winners​
34.3
34.3
34%
34%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
14
14
6
6
Avg Aces
4.7
4.7
7
7
Double Faults
4
4
!
7
7
Avg Double Faults
1.3
1.3
30/50
30/50
1st won total​
103/138
103/138
60%
60%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
13/28
13/28
2nd won total​
40/75
40/75
46%
46%
2nd won %
53%
53%
-- Break Points --
5/14
5/14
BP won
9/25
9/25
5/14
5/14
Avg BP won
3/8.3
3/8.3
36%
36%
Won
36%
36%
11
11
Conceded
11
11
11
11
Avg Conceded
3.7
3.7
5
5
Broken
3
3
!
5
5
Avg Broken
1
1
6
6
Saved
8
8
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Cilic Borges
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 3 6
Tot Games 26 65
Pts 87-86 232-199
Total Points 173 431
Winners 30 103
%Winners 34% 44%

Cilic played 1 match while Borges competed in 3 matches. Borges started his run from the qualifications while Cilic had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Marin Cilic lost 1 set while Nuno Borges hasn’t lost a set so far. Cilic has played 3 set(s) less than Borges (3 vs 6). Therefore, Cilic played 39 games less than Borges. Marin scored 30 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Borges fired 103 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Cilic Borges
Aces 6 14
Avg per match 6 4.7
1st in 50/78 138/213
%1st in 64% 65%
1st pts 30/50 103/138
%1st pts 60% 75%
2nd pts 13/28 40/75
%2nd pts 46% 53%

Cilic struck 6 aces . Borges recorded 14 aces (4.7 per match). Cilic won 60% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Borges won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Cilic Borges
Won 5 9
Converted 5/14 9/25
% Converted 36% 36%
Conceded 11 11
Saved 6 8
% Saved 55% 73%
Times Broken 5 3

The Croatian broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Cilic dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. Borges broke his opponents 9 times with a 36% conversion rate. Nuno conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.

Cilic
R1
Alcaraz		 Total
Score 6-3 1-6 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 26 26
pts 87-86 87-86
Total points 173 173
Winners 30 30
%Winners 34% 34%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 7 7
1st in 50/78 50/78
% 1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 30/50 30/50
% 1st pts 60% 60%
2nd pts 13/28 13/28
% 2nd pts 46% 46%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/14 5/14
Converted % 36% 36%
Conceded 11 11
Saved 6/11 6
Saved % 55% 55%
Times Broken 5 5
Borges
Q1
Broady		 Q3
Carballes Baena		 R1
Thompson		 Total
Score 6-3 7-5 7-5 6-4 7-65 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 21 22 22 65
pts 85-67 68-61 79-71 232-199
Total points 152 129 150 431
Winners 34 33 36 103
%Winners 40% 49% 46% 44%
SERVE
Aces 5 5 4 14
Double Faults 3 0 1 4
1st in 39/68 48/65 51/80 138/213
% 1st in 57% 74% 64% 65%
1st pts 34/39 33/48 36/51 103/138
% 1st pts 87% 69% 71% 75%
2nd pts 14/29 12/17 14/29 40/75
% 2nd pts 48% 71% 48% 53%
Breaks
Won 3 3 3 9
Converted 3/12 3/7 3/6 9/25
Converted % 25% 43% 50% 36%
Conceded 3 3 5 11
Saved 3/3 2/3 3/5 8
Saved % 100% 67% 60% 227%
Times Broken 0 1 2 3

Tennis Scores in Estoril

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