Nuno Borges and Matteo Arnaldi will face off in the 2nd round of the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on CENTER 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 -> 1.177
Matteo Arnaldi -> 4.9
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Matteo Arnaldi
There is no head to head record between Nuno Borges and Matteo Arnaldi 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 | 33-26 | 20-12 | 13-7 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 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. 161 (career-high), Nuno reached the 2nd round after beating Mathias Bourgue 6-1 1-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, Borges defeated Bourgue (6-1 1-6 6-1). During the match, Borges scored 70 points vs Bourgue’s 60. Borges was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Borges was unable to score even 1 ace and he committed only 1 double fault. Nuno Borges lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Borges put 72% of his first serves in, winning 57% (26/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the 2nd serve. Nuno broke Bourgue 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Borges has a fantastic record in the last 8 years having won 75% of his matches (163-54). 2-0 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Borges has an overall71-26 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Portuguese’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Forli 4 Challenger.
Nuno has a compiled 7-2 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 1 Challenger
Borges has never competed in this tournament before.
Matteo Arnaldi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-26 | 17-13 | 10-9 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-26 | 21-15 | 23-7 | 4-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-35 | 9-3 | 37-20 | 4-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 56-24 | 2-1 | 51-18 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-9 | 16-4 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 355 (career-high), Arnaldi got to the 2nd round after beating Giuseppe Corsaro 6-2 6-1, Omar Giacalone 3-6 6-0 7-63 and Francesco Passaro 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Arnaldi had a good straight sets win against Passaro (6-3 6-4). During the match Arnaldi scored 69 points vs Passaro’s 58. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 18 winners.
About the serving games, Arnaldi couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Matteo Arnaldi lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Arnaldi put 58% of his first serves in, winning 55% (18/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Passaro 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Matteo has an aggregate 4-6 win-loss record in 2022, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Borges | Arnaldi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 62 |
| Pts | 70-60 | 217-173 |
| Total Points | 130 | 390 |
| Winners | 26 | 71 |
| %Winners | 37% | 33% |
Borges played 1 match while Arnaldi competed in 3 matches. Arnaldi started his run from the qualifications while Borges had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Nuno Borges lost 1 set, while Matteo Arnaldi lost 1 set. Borges has played 4 set(s) less than Arnaldi (3 vs 7). Therefore, Borges played 41 games less than Arnaldi. Nuno scored 26 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian blasted 71 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Borges | Arnaldi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 46/64 | 108/189 |
| %1st in | 72% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 26/46 | 71/108 |
| %1st pts | 57% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 47/81 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 58% |
Borges didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Arnaldi recorded 7 aces (2.3 per match). Borges won 57% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Arnaldi won 66% 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 | Arnaldi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 16 |
| Converted | 6/8 | 16/30 |
| % Converted | 75% | 53% |
| Conceded | 5 | 19 |
| Saved | 2 | 11 |
| % Saved | 40% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 8 |
The Portuguese broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Nuno surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Matteo broke his opponents 16 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.
| Borges | |||
| R1 Bourgue |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 1-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 70-60 | 70-60 | |
| Total points | 130 | 130 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 46/64 | 46/64 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 26/46 | 26/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 57% | 57% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 11/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Arnaldi | |||||
| Q1 Corsaro |
Q3 Giacalone |
R1 Passaro |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 3-6 6-0 7-63 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 28 | 19 | 62 | |
| pts | 58-28 | 90-87 | 69-58 | 217-173 | |
| Total points | 86 | 177 | 127 | 390 | |
| Winners | 11 | 42 | 18 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 19% | 47% | 26% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 14/39 | 61/93 | 33/57 | 108/189 | |
| % 1st in | 36% | 66% | 58% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 11/14 | 42/61 | 18/33 | 71/108 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 69% | 55% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/25 | 14/32 | 14/24 | 47/81 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | 44% | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/12 | 6/13 | 16/30 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 42% | 46% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 9 | 9 | 19 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 5/9 | 6/9 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 56% | 67% | 123% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWLWLWWL Tennis Scores in Roseto Degli Abruzzi 1 Challenger
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Mathias BourgueBourgue (6-1 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-3 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Andrej MartinMartin (6-0 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Francesco PassaroPassaro (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Elmar EjupovicEjupovic (2-6 7-61 6-2) – See score progression
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (7-5 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Lukas RosolRosol – Luciano DarderiDarderi (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Carlos Gimeno ValeroGimeno Valero – Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Calvin HemeryHemery (6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Alexis GautierGautier – Andrea Del FedericoDel Federico (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (3-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Joao DominguesDomingues – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (w/o) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Federico GaioGaio (6-2 7-63) – See score progression
- Joao DominguesDomingues – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (w/o) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Nikola MilojevicMilojevic (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Lukas RosolRosol – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Carlos Gimeno ValeroGimeno Valero (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Jozef KovalikKovalik (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Joao DominguesDomingues (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Alexis GautierGautier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
