Nuno Borges and Geoffrey Blancaneaux will face off in the semifinal of the Maia 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.194
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 4.65
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Geoffrey Blancaneaux
There is no head to head record between Nuno Borges and Geoffrey Blancaneaux since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Nuno Borges
Ranked no. 228 (career-high), the Portuguese reached the semifinal after beating Elmar Ejupovic 1-6 6-3 6-4, Aziz Dougaz 7-5 6-1 and Kimmer Coppejans 6-4 7-64.
In the quarter, Nuno had a good straight sets win against Coppejans (6-4 7-64). During the match, Borges scored 70 points vs Coppejans’s 65. Nuno was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Borges blasted 5 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Nuno Borges was very effective on serve to win 73% (33/45) of his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Nuno broke Coppejans twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Portuguese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Borges has a fantastic match record in the last 7 years having won 75% of his matches (152-50). 42-15 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Borges has an overall65-24 record in the last 7 years on clay.
Nuno’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Antalya,the Oeiras 2 Challenger,M15 Majadahonda and the Antalya 3 Challenger.
Nuno has an overall 48-19 win-loss record in 2021, 42-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Maia 1 Challenger
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
Ranked no. 283, the French player reached the semifinal after defeating Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 6-3 3-6 6-2, Goncalo Oliveira 2-6 6-3 6-4 and Gastao Elias w/o.
In the quarter, The French player defeated Elias (w/o). During the match Blancaneaux and Elias scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 228 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Blancaneaux was not very aggressive do strike just winners.
About the serving games, Blancaneaux was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Geoffrey Blancaneaux conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (/) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (/) on the 2nd serve.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Geoffrey started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Geoffrey has an aggregate 24-31 win-loss record in 2021, 15-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Borges | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 68 | 53 |
| Pts | 210-183 | 172-165 |
| Total Points | 393 | 337 |
| Winners | 93 | 77 |
| %Winners | 44% | 45% |
Borges played 3 matches while Blancaneaux competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Nuno Borges surrendered 1 set, while Geoffrey Blancaneaux surrendered 2 sets. Borges has played 1 set more than Blancaneaux (7 vs 6). Therefore, Borges played 15 games more than Blancaneaux. Borges scored 93 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Geoffrey struck 77 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Borges | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 117/179 | 118/176 |
| %1st in | 65% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 93/117 | 77/118 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 36/62 | 31/58 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 53% |
Borges made 9 aces (3 per match). Blancaneaux struck 4 aces (2 per match). Borges won 79% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Blancaneaux won 65% 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 | Borges | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 8 |
| Converted | 9/20 | 8/19 |
| % Converted | 45% | 42% |
| Conceded | 5 | 19 |
| Saved | 1 | 13 |
| % Saved | 20% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 6 |
Nuno broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Portuguese conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 20% of the break points that he conceded. Blancaneaux broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Geoffrey conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.
| Borges | |||||
| R1 Ejupovic |
R2 Dougaz |
1/4 Coppejans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-3 6-4 | 7-5 6-1 | 6-4 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 19 | 23 | 68 | |
| pts | 75-72 | 65-46 | 70-65 | 210-183 | |
| Total points | 147 | 111 | 135 | 393 | |
| Winners | 32 | 28 | 33 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | 47% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 38/65 | 34/49 | 45/65 | 117/179 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 69% | 69% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 32/38 | 28/34 | 33/45 | 93/117 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 82% | 73% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 7/15 | 13/20 | 36/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 47% | 65% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 5/11 | 2/5 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 45% | 40% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 0% | 0% | 11% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Blancaneaux | |||||
| R1 Sanchez-Izquierdo |
R2 Oliveira |
1/4 Elias |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-2 | 2-6 6-3 6-4 | w/o | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | – | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 27 | – | 53 | |
| pts | 88-80 | 84-85 | – | 172-165 | |
| Total points | 168 | 169 | – | 337 | |
| Winners | 33 | 44 | – | 77 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 52% | – | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | – | 8 | |
| 1st in | 52/82 | 66/94 | – | 118/176 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 70% | – | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 33/52 | 44/66 | – | 77/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 67% | – | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 14/28 | – | 31/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 50% | – | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | – | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 3/7 | – | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 43% | – | 42% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 12 | – | 19 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 9/12 | – | 13 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 75% | – | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | – | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLLWWLW Tennis Scores in Maia 1 Challenger
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Gastao EliasElias (w/o) – See score progression
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Calvin HemeryHemery (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Andrej MartinMartin – Louis WesselsWessels (6-2 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Nuno Borges/Francisco CabralBorges/Francisco Cabral – Aziz Dougaz/Chun Hsin TsengDougaz/Chun Hsin Tseng (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andrej MartinMartin – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H and prediction
