Nuno Borges and Gastao Elias will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Oeiras 4 Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:55 pm on COURT CENTRAL. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nuno Borges is the pick to win this match.
Nuno Borges -> 1.64
Gastao Elias -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Gastao Elias
This will be the 5th time that Nuno Borges and Gastao Elias play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Borges (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Borges won 4-6 6-2 6-3 in the semifinal in the Oeiras 2 Challenger back in April 2021.
Nuno Borges
Ranked no. 275 (career-high), Nuno got to the semifinal after beating Roberto Quiroz 6-3 6-0, Denis Yevseyev 6-72 6-4 6-2 and Filip Cristian Jianu 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter, Borges had a good straight sets win against Cristian Jianu (6-4 6-4). During the match, Borges scored 69 points vs Cristian Jianu’s 60. Nuno was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Borges scored 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Nuno Borges was quite effective on serve to win 79% (33/42) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Portuguese broke Cristian Jianu twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Borges started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Borges has a fantastic record in the last 7 years having won 78% of his matches (133-38). 29-7 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Borges has an overall52-16 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Portuguese’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,the Oeiras 2 Challenger and M15 Majadahonda.
The Portuguese has an aggregate 29-7 win-loss record in 2021, 29-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 4 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2021. See his history.
Gastao Elias
Ranked no. 292, Elias got to the semifinal after defeating Luis Faria 6-2 6-3, Pedro Araujo 7-5 6-0 and Camilo Ugo Carabelli 6-70 6-3 6-0.
In the quarter against Ugo Carabelli, Elias recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-70 6-3 6-0). During the match Elias scored 99 points vs Ugo Carabelli’s 81. The Portuguese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Elias struck 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Gastao Elias lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Elias put 47% of his first serves in, winning 73% (27/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (18/42) on the 2nd serve. Gastao broke Ugo Carabelli 9 times after converting 64% of his break points (9/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Elias started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
The Portuguese’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Villena,M25 Vale do Lobo and the Oeiras 1 Challenger.
Elias has a compiled 20-6 win-loss record in 2021, 11-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Borges | Elias |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 66 | 63 |
| Pts | 225-176 | 216-157 |
| Total Points | 401 | 373 |
| Winners | 105 | 57 |
| %Winners | 47% | 26% |
Both Borges and Elias played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Nuno Borges conceded 1 set, while Gastao Elias surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Borges and Elias have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Borges played 3 games more than Elias. The Portuguese scored 105 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Elias recorded 57 winners (26%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Borges | Elias |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 143/198 | 86/174 |
| %1st in | 72% | 49% |
| 1st pts | 105/143 | 57/86 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 30/55 | 49/88 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 56% |
Borges managed to score 18 aces (6 per match). Elias blasted 4 aces (1.3 per match). Borges won 73% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Elias won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Borges | Elias |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 20 |
| Converted | 13/21 | 20/31 |
| % Converted | 62% | 65% |
| Conceded | 12 | 11 |
| Saved | 8 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 27% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 8 |
Borges broke his opponents 13 times with a 62% conversion rate. Borges dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Gastao broke his opponents 20 times with a 65% conversion rate. Elias conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 27% of the break points that he conceded.
| Borges | |||||
| R1 Quiroz |
R2 Yevseyev |
1/4 Cristian |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | 6-72 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 31 | 20 | 66 | |
| pts | 56-28 | 100-88 | 69-60 | 225-176 | |
| Total points | 84 | 188 | 129 | 401 | |
| Winners | 29 | 43 | 33 | 105 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 43% | 48% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 9 | 6 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 37/45 | 64/94 | 42/59 | 143/198 | |
| % 1st in | 82% | 68% | 71% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 43/64 | 33/42 | 105/143 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 67% | 79% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/8 | 15/30 | 11/17 | 30/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | 65% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 7/9 | 2/5 | 13/21 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 78% | 40% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/7 | 5/5 | 8 | |
| Saved % | – | 43% | 100% | 48% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Elias | |||||
| R1 Faria |
R2 Araujo |
1/4 Ugo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 7-5 6-0 | 6-70 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 18 | 28 | 63 | |
| pts | 53-34 | 64-42 | 99-81 | 216-157 | |
| Total points | 87 | 106 | 180 | 373 | |
| Winners | 18 | 12 | 27 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 19% | 27% | 26% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 27/45 | 22/50 | 37/79 | 86/174 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 44% | 47% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 18/27 | 12/22 | 27/37 | 57/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 55% | 73% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 22/28 | 18/42 | 49/88 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 79% | 43% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 9 | 20 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 5/9 | 9/14 | 20/31 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 56% | 64% | 65% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 0/1 | 2/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 0% | 33% | 19% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWWWLLW Tennis Scores in Oeiras 4 Challenger
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Carlos Gimeno ValeroGimeno Valero (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Gastao EliasElias – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (6-70 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Gastao EliasElias – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (6-7(0) 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Carlos Gimeno ValeroGimeno Valero (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gastao EliasElias – Nuno BorgesBorges (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Timofey SkatovSkatov (1-2) – H2H and prediction
