Nuno Borges and Tim Van Rijthoven will play each other in the semifinal of the Forli 4 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:00 pm on CITTA’ DI FORLI’. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tim Van Rijthoven who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tim Van Rijthoven is the pick to win this match.
Tim Van Rijthoven -> 1.78
Nuno Borges -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Tim Van Rijthoven
There is no head to head record between Nuno Borges and Tim Van Rijthoven since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Nuno Borges
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-17 | 12-8 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-26 | 20-11 | 8-7 | 6-4 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 49-26 | 7-5 | 28-13 | 11-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 52-21 | 6-4 | 46-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 31-7 | 29-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 189 (career-high), the Portuguese got to the semifinal after beating Lorenzo Giustino 7-64 6-3, Andrea Pellegrino 6-1 6-4 and Constant Lestienne 6-3 6-3.
In the quarter, Nuno had a good straight sets win against Lestienne (6-3 6-3). During the match, Borges scored 78 points vs Lestienne’s 65. Nuno was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Borges struck 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Nuno Borges lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Borges put 58% of his first serves in, winning 76% (34/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (12/32) on the 2nd serve. Borges broke Lestienne 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Portuguese hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Borges has a fantastic match record in the last 8 years having won 75% of his matches (159-52). 3-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Borges has an overall5-2 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
The Portuguese has an aggregate 3-0 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Forli 4 Challenger
Borges has never competed in this tournament before.
Tim Van Rijthoven
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-24 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 25-15 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-22 | 13-7 | 7-6 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2020 | 8-8 | 3-2 | 4-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 236, the Dutch got to the semifinal after defeating Christian Capacci 6-1 6-3, Zhizhen Zhang 6-3 7-63, Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-2 7-61, Brayden Schnur 7-65 7-5 and Robin Haase 6-4 6-3.
In the quarter, Van Rijthoven had a good straight sets win against Haase (6-4 6-3). During the match Van Rijthoven scored 76 points vs Haase’s 61. The Dutch was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Van Rijthoven recorded 10 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Tim Van Rijthoven was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (28/37) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Tim broke Haase 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Van Rijthoven started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
The Dutch has a compiled 12-4 win-loss record in 2022, 10-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Borges | Van Rijthoven |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 57 | 103 |
| Pts | 206-160 | 376-297 |
| Total Points | 366 | 673 |
| Winners | 94 | 185 |
| %Winners | 46% | 49% |
Borges played 3 matches while Van Rijthoven competed in 5 matches. Van Rijthoven started his run from the qualifications while Borges had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Borges has played 4 set(s) less than Van Rijthoven (6 vs 10). Therefore, Borges played 46 games less than Van Rijthoven. Borges scored 94 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch recorded 185 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Borges | Van Rijthoven |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 46 |
| Avg per match | 5.3 | 9.2 |
| 1st in | 118/191 | 233/336 |
| %1st in | 62% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 94/118 | 185/233 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 41/73 | 54/103 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 52% |
Borges fired 16 aces (5.3 per match). Van Rijthoven struck 46 aces (9.2 per match). Borges won 80% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Van Rijthoven won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Borges | Van Rijthoven |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 12 |
| Converted | 8/17 | 12/31 |
| % Converted | 47% | 39% |
| Conceded | 9 | 17 |
| Saved | 8 | 16 |
| % Saved | 89% | 94% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Borges broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Nuno dropped his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. Tim broke his opponents 12 times with a 39% conversion rate. Van Rijthoven conceded his serve once and he saved 94% of the break points that he conceded.
| Borges | |||||
| R1 Giustino |
R2 Pellegrino |
1/4 Lestienne |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-3 | 6-1 6-4 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 17 | 18 | 57 | |
| pts | 72-58 | 56-37 | 78-65 | 206-160 | |
| Total points | 130 | 93 | 143 | 366 | |
| Winners | 34 | 26 | 34 | 94 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 46% | 44% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 42/66 | 31/48 | 45/77 | 118/191 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 65% | 58% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 34/42 | 26/31 | 34/45 | 94/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 84% | 76% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/24 | 11/17 | 12/32 | 41/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 65% | 38% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 3/7 | 4/8 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 43% | 50% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/0 | 7/8 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 88% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Van Rijthoven | |||||||
| Q1 Capacci |
Q3 Zhang |
R1 Uchiyama |
R2 Schnur |
1/4 Haase |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-3 7-63 | 6-2 7-61 | 7-65 7-5 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 22 | 21 | 25 | 19 | 103 | |
| pts | 60-34 | 69-59 | 82-63 | 89-80 | 76-61 | 376-297 | |
| Total points | 94 | 128 | 145 | 169 | 137 | 673 | |
| Winners | 27 | 40 | 42 | 48 | 28 | 185 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 58% | 51% | 54% | 37% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 8 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 46 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 31/41 | 49/69 | 52/82 | 64/85 | 37/59 | 233/336 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 71% | 63% | 75% | 63% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 27/31 | 40/49 | 42/52 | 48/64 | 28/37 | 185/233 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 82% | 81% | 75% | 76% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/10 | 11/20 | 13/30 | 10/21 | 14/22 | 54/103 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 55% | 43% | 48% | 64% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 1/3 | 2/2 | 2/8 | 3/12 | 12/31 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 33% | 100% | 25% | 25% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 17 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/1 | 6/6 | 6/7 | 3/3 | 16 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 100% | 86% | 100% | 129% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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