Nuno Borges and Aziz Dougaz will square off in the 2nd round of the Maia 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:55 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 -> 1.085
Aziz Dougaz -> 7.6
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Aziz Dougaz
There is no head to head record between Nuno Borges and Aziz Dougaz since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Nuno Borges
Ranked no. 228 (career-high), Borges got to the 2nd round after beating Elmar Ejupovic 1-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Ejupovic, Borges recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Borges scored 75 points vs Ejupovic’s 72. Borges was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Borges scored 3 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Nuno Borges was extremely effective on serve to win 84% (32/38) of his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Nuno broke Ejupovic twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Borges has a fantastic match record in the last 7 years having won 75% of his matches (150-50). 40-15 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Borges has a composed63-24 record in the last 7 years on clay.
Borges’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,the Oeiras 2 Challenger,M15 Majadahonda and the Antalya 3 Challenger.
The Portuguese has an overall 46-19 win-loss record in 2021, 40-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Maia 1 Challenger
Aziz Dougaz
Ranked no. 342, the Tunisian got to the 2nd round after beating Ivan Gakhov 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, Dougaz had a good straight sets win against Gakhov (6-1 6-4). During the match Dougaz scored 61 points vs Gakhov’s 42. The Tunisian was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Dougaz scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Aziz Dougaz was extremely efficient on serve to win 73% (24/33) of his 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Tunisian broke Gakhov 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Dougaz’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir.
Aziz has a compiled 46-28 win-loss record in 2021, 8-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Borges | Dougaz |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 17 |
| Pts | 75-72 | 61-42 |
| Total Points | 147 | 103 |
| Winners | 32 | 24 |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% |
Both Borges and Dougaz played 1 match. At the moment, Nuno Borges conceded 1 set while Aziz Dougaz hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Borges has played 1 set more than Dougaz (3 vs 2). Therefore, Borges played 9 games more than Dougaz. Borges scored 32 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Aziz scored 24 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Borges | Dougaz |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 38/65 | 33/56 |
| %1st in | 58% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 32/38 | 24/33 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 16/23 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 70% |
Borges fired 3 aces . Dougaz recorded 1 ace . Borges won 84% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Dougaz won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Borges | Dougaz |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/4 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 50% | 60% |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 2 |
| % Saved | 33% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Borges broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Nuno surrendered his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The Tunisian broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Aziz was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Borges | |||
| R1 Ejupovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 75-72 | 75-72 | |
| Total points | 147 | 147 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 38/65 | 38/65 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 32/38 | 32/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 16/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Dougaz | |||
| R1 Gakhov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 61-42 | 61-42 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/56 | 33/56 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 24/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 16/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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