Nuno Borges and Elliot Benchetrit will face off in the semifinal of the Maia 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am 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 -> 1.148
Elliot Benchetrit -> 5.5
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Elliot Benchetrit
There is no head to head record between Nuno Borges and Elliot Benchetrit since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Nuno Borges
Ranked no. 210 (career-high), the Portuguese reached the semifinal after beating Riccardo Bonadio 7-68 6-2, Edoardo Lavagno 6-3 6-2 and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter, Borges had a good straight sets win against Sanchez-Izquierdo (6-4 6-4). During the match, Borges scored 74 points vs Sanchez-Izquierdo’s 61. Borges was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Borges fired 8 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Nuno Borges conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Borges put 60% of his first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 75% (18/24) on the 2nd serve. Nuno broke Sanchez-Izquierdo twice after converting 15% of his break points (2/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Portuguese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Borges has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 75% of his matches (155-51). 45-16 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Borges has a compiled68-25 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Portuguese’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,the Oeiras 2 Challenger,M15 Majadahonda and the Antalya 3 Challenger.
Borges has an overall 51-20 win-loss record in 2021, 45-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Maia 2 Challenger
Elliot Benchetrit
Ranked no. 388, the French player reached the semifinal after defeating Alexis Gautier 6-2 6-2, Nick Hardt 6-3 6-4 and Elmar Ejupovic 5-7 6-1 6-4.
In the quarter against Ejupovic, Elliot recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-1 6-4). During the match Benchetrit scored 93 points vs Ejupovic’s 80. Elliot was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Benchetrit recorded 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Elliot Benchetrit lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Benchetrit put 57% of his first serves in, winning 70% (35/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (24/37) on the 2nd serve. Benchetrit broke Ejupovic 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The French player has an overall 13-19 win-loss record in 2021, 8-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Borges | Benchetrit |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 58 | 64 |
| Pts | 227-179 | 229-188 |
| Total Points | 406 | 417 |
| Winners | 83 | 88 |
| %Winners | 37% | 38% |
Both Borges and Benchetrit played 3 matches. At the moment, Elliot Benchetrit dropped 1 set while Nuno Borges hasn’t dropped a set so far. Borges has played 1 set(s) less than Benchetrit (6 vs 7). Therefore, Borges played 6 games less than Benchetrit. The Portuguese scored 83 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Elliot struck 88 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Borges | Benchetrit |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4.7 |
| 1st in | 121/192 | 119/207 |
| %1st in | 63% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 83/121 | 88/119 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 42/71 | 51/88 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 58% |
Borges scored 15 aces (5 per match). Benchetrit bagged 14 aces (4.7 per match). Borges won 69% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Benchetrit won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Borges | Benchetrit |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 11 |
| Converted | 11/34 | 11/24 |
| % Converted | 32% | 46% |
| Conceded | 12 | 9 |
| Saved | 8 | 6 |
| % Saved | 67% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Nuno broke his opponents 11 times with a 32% conversion rate. Borges lost his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Benchetrit broke his opponents 11 times with a 46% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Borges | |||||
| R1 Bonadio |
R2 Lavagno |
1/4 Sanchez-Izquierdo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-68 6-2 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 17 | 20 | 58 | |
| pts | 87-70 | 66-48 | 74-61 | 227-179 | |
| Total points | 157 | 114 | 135 | 406 | |
| Winners | 32 | 26 | 25 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 39% | 34% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 44/69 | 41/63 | 36/60 | 121/192 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 65% | 60% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 32/44 | 26/41 | 25/36 | 83/121 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 63% | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 12/22 | 18/24 | 42/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 55% | 75% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 5/10 | 2/13 | 11/34 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 50% | 15% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 5/7 | 1/1 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 71% | 100% | 74% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Benchetrit | |||||
| R1 Gautier |
R2 Hardt |
1/4 Ejupovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | 5-7 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 | 29 | 64 | |
| pts | 66-51 | 70-57 | 93-80 | 229-188 | |
| Total points | 117 | 127 | 173 | 417 | |
| Winners | 25 | 28 | 35 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 33/60 | 36/60 | 50/87 | 119/207 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 60% | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 25/33 | 28/36 | 35/50 | 88/119 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 78% | 70% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 13/24 | 24/37 | 51/88 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 54% | 65% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/9 | 4/8 | 11/24 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 33% | 50% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 3/4 | 2/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 75% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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