Teimuraz Gabashvili and Nuno Borges will face off in the 2^nd round of the Barcelona Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on PISTA 2. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nuno Borges is the pick to win this match.
Nuno Borges -> 1.22
Teimuraz Gabashvili -> 4.3

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Prediction and head to head Teimuraz Gabashvili vs. Nuno Borges

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

Teimuraz Gabashvili

Ranked no. 271, Gabashvili reached the 2^nd round after defeating Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 7-5 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Sanchez-Izquierdo (7-5 6-2). During the match, Gabashvili scored 78 points vs Sanchez-Izquierdo’s 63. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Regarding the service games, Gabashvili was unable to score even 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 6 double faults. Teimuraz Gabashvili lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Gabashvili put 44% of his first serves in, winning 64% (18/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (19/35) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Sanchez-Izquierdo 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).

Gabashvili has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (321-291). 5-18 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gabashvili has an aggregate 120-118 match record in the last years on clay.

Teimuraz’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Potchefstroom 2 Challenger.

Teimuraz has an overall 13-27 win-loss record in 2021, 5-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Barcelona Challenger

Teimuraz has never competed in this tournament before.

Barcelona Challenger

Gabashvili's Record

Nuno Borges

Ranked no. 273, Borges got to the 2^nd round after beating Alvaro Lopez San Martin 6-1 6-0.

In the 1^st round, The Portuguese had a good straight sets win against Lopez San Martin (6-1 6-0). During the match Borges scored 61 points vs Lopez San Martin’s 37. Nuno was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about serving, Borges scored 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nuno Borges conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Borges put 62% of his first serves in, winning 79% (22/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. The Portuguese broke Lopez San Martin 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).

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

The Portuguese has a composed 34-15 win-loss record in 2021, 34-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Barcelona Challenger

Borges's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Gabashvili and Borges played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gabashvili and Borges have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Gabashvili played 7 games more than Borges. The Russian scored 18 winners (23% of the total points). On the other side, The Portuguese fired 22 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Gabashvili didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Borges managed to score 2 aces . Gabashvili won 64% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Borges won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Gabashvili broke his opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Russian lost his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. The Portuguese broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Borges was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.

Head 2 Head

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Teimuraz
Gabashvili

1:0

Nuno
Borges

Rank

High

43

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Rank

36

High

30

Win Loss

Gabashvili

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Borges

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20 - 6

33 - 25

9-2

Hard

20-12

11-4

Clay

13-7

Tennis Scores in Barcelona Challenger

• Matteo MartineauMartineau – Dmitry PopkoPopko (7-6² 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nicola KuhnKuhn – Nikola MilojevicMilojevic (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alex MolcanMolcan – Timofey SkatovSkatov (6-1 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Filip HoranskyHoransky – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Matteo MartineauMartineau (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Teimuraz GabashviliGabashvili (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicola KuhnKuhn – Alex MolcanMolcan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hugo GastonGaston – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (0-0) – H2H and prediction

Gabashvili

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Borges