Frances Tiafoe and Nuno Borges will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Millennium Estoril Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:30 pm on ESTÁDIO MILLENNIUM. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Frances Tiafoe who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Frances Tiafoe is the pick to win this match.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.76
Nuno Borges -> 2.11

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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Nuno Borges

There is no head to head record between Frances Tiafoe and Nuno Borges since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Frances Tiafoe

Frances Tiafoe

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
30
High
10
LLLLLWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-23 13-13 11-7 1-1 1-2 0-0
2024 33-27 21-13 5-6 4-5 3-3 0-0
2023 40-21 21-10 8-4 4-5 7-2 0-0
2022 35-25 19-11 8-6 5-5 3-3 0-0
2021 42-27 19-13 4-7 10-4 9-3 0-0

Ranked no. 29, the American got to the 2nd round after defeating Dusan Lajovic 2-6 7-5 6-0.

In the 1st round against Lajovic, Francis recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-5 6-0). During the match, Tiafoe scored 83 points vs Lajovic’s 72. Francis was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Tiafoe scored just 1 ace and he committed only 2 double faults. Frances Tiafoe lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Tiafoe put 53% of his first serves in, winning 63% (26/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (21/37) on the 2nd serve. Francis broke Lajovic 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).

Tiafoe has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (274-194). 4-2 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tiafoe has a compiled92-51 record in the last 9 years on clay.

The American has a composed 8-7 win-loss record in 2022, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Estoril

Estoril
Tiafoe's Record

Nuno Borges

Nuno Borges

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Rank
47
High
30
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 33-33 17-14 9-11 3-4 4-4 0-0
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

Ranked no. 131 (career-high), the Portuguese reached the 2nd round after defeating Pablo Andujar 6-4 3-0 ret..

In the 1st round, The Portuguese had a good straight sets win against Andujar (6-4 3-0 ret.). During the match Borges scored 44 points vs Andujar’s 34. The Portuguese was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about serving, Borges blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nuno Borges lost the serve once. Furthermore, Borges put 78% of his first serves in, winning 68% (21/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (6/9) on the 2nd serve. The Portuguese broke Andujar 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Nuno’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 1 Challenger and the Barletta Challenger.

Borges has an overall 20-6 win-loss record in 2022, 15-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Estoril

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See his history.

Estoril
Borges's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

F.Tiafoe
N.Borges
!
1h:53
1h:53
Time on court​
1h:01
1h:01
1h:53
1h:53
Last match​
1h:01
1h:01
1
1
Match played
1
1
26
26
Games Played​
13
13
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
83
83
Total points​
44
44
83
83
Avg point​
44
44
26
26
Winners
21
21
26
26
Avg Winners​
21
21
31%
31%
Ratio winners
48%
48%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
3
3
1
1
Avg Aces
3
3
2
2
Double Faults
1
1
2
2
Avg Double Faults
1
1
26/41
26/41
1st won total​
21/31
21/31
63%
63%
1st won %
68%
68%
21/37
21/37
2nd won total​
6/9
6/9
57%
57%
2nd won %
!
67%
67%
-- Break Points --
6/9
6/9
BP won
3/6
3/6
6/9
6/9
Avg BP won
3/6
3/6
!
67%
67%
Won
50%
50%
12
12
Conceded
1
1
12
12
Avg Conceded
1
1
4
4
Broken
1
1
4
4
Avg Broken
1
1
8
8
Saved
0
0

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Tiafoe Borges
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 26 13
Pts 83-72 44-34
Total Points 155 78
Winners 26 21
%Winners 31% 48%

Both Tiafoe and Borges played 1 match. At the moment, Frances Tiafoe dropped 1 set while Nuno Borges hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Talking about their workload, Tiafoe and Borges have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Tiafoe played 13 games more than Borges. The American scored 26 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Nuno managed to score 21 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve Tiafoe Borges
Aces 1 3
Avg per match 1 3
1st in 41/78 31/40
%1st in 53% 78%
1st pts 26/41 21/31
%1st pts 63% 68%
2nd pts 21/37 6/9
%2nd pts 57% 67%

Tiafoe blasted 1 ace . Borges also blasted 3 aces . Tiafoe won 63% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Borges won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Tiafoe Borges
Won 6 3
Converted 6/9 3/6
% Converted 67% 50%
Conceded 12 1
Saved 8 0
% Saved 67% 0%
Times Broken 4 1

Francis broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. The American lost his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Borges broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Nuno conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Tiafoe
R1
Lajovic
Total
Score 2-6 7-5 6-0
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 26 26
pts 83-72 83-72
Total points 155 155
Winners 26 26
%Winners 31% 31%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 41/78 41/78
% 1st in 53% 53%
1st pts 26/41 26/41
% 1st pts 63% 63%
2nd pts 21/37 21/37
% 2nd pts 57% 57%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/9 6/9
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 12 12
Saved 8/12 8
Saved % 67% 67%
Times Broken 4 4
Borges
R1
Andujar
Total
Score 6-4 3-0 ret.
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 13 13
pts 44-34 44-34
Total points 78 78
Winners 21 21
%Winners 48% 48%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 31/40 31/40
% 1st in 78% 78%
1st pts 21/31 21/31
% 1st pts 68% 68%
2nd pts 6/9 6/9
% 2nd pts 67% 67%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/6 3/6
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 0/1 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 1 1

Tennis Scores in Estoril

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