Nuno Borges and Dimitar Kuzmanov will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Prague 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on CENTRE 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 -> 1.25
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 3.95
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Dimitar Kuzmanov
This will be the 2nd time that Nuno Borges and Dimitar Kuzmanov play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Borges (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Borges won 7-6(5) 7-5 in the 2nd round in the Oeiras 1 Challenger back in March 2022.
Nuno Borges
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-15 | 12-8 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 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. 132, Nuno got to the 2nd round after defeating Riccardo Bonadio 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Portuguese had a good straight sets win against Bonadio (6-2 6-4). During the match, Borges scored 65 points vs Bonadio’s 54. Borges was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Borges fired 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nuno Borges conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 6 break points. Furthermore, Borges put 59% of his first serves in, winning 89% (31/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. Nuno broke Bonadio 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Borges has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 75% of his matches (177-59). 16-5 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Borges has a composed85-31 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Portuguese’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 1 Challenger and the Barletta Challenger.
The Portuguese has a composed 21-7 win-loss record in 2022, 16-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 2 Challenger
Borges has never competed in this tournament before.
Dimitar Kuzmanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-15 | 2-5 | 5-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-25 | 9-7 | 22-15 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-26 | 10-7 | 16-13 | 4-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-25 | 8-6 | 22-15 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-13 | 4-1 | 13-8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 206, Kuzmanov reached the 2nd round after beating Illya Marchenko 6-1 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Bulgarian had a good straight sets win against Marchenko (6-1 6-3). During the match Kuzmanov scored 58 points vs Marchenko’s 33. Dimitar was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Kuzmanov struck 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Dimitar Kuzmanov lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kuzmanov put 69% of his first serves in, winning 71% (22/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (7/14) on the 2nd serve. The Bulgarian broke Marchenko 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).
Dimitar’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Bengalaru 2 Challenger.
The Bulgarian has an aggregate 10-9 win-loss record in 2022, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Borges | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 16 |
| Pts | 65-54 | 58-33 |
| Total Points | 119 | 91 |
| Winners | 31 | 22 |
| %Winners | 48% | 38% |
Both Borges and Kuzmanov played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Borges and Kuzmanov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Borges played 2 games more than Kuzmanov. Nuno scored 31 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Dimitar fired 22 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Borges | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 35/59 | 31/45 |
| %1st in | 59% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 31/35 | 22/31 |
| %1st pts | 89% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 7/14 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 50% |
Borges recorded 3 aces . Kuzmanov fired 3 aces . Borges won 89% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Kuzmanov won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Borges | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 6/7 |
| % Converted | 43% | 86% |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 |
| Saved | 6 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Nuno broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Nuno had a solid display on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 6 break points. Kuzmanov broke his opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. Kuzmanov conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Borges | |||
| R1 Bonadio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 65-54 | 65-54 | |
| Total points | 119 | 119 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 35/59 | 35/59 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 31/35 | 31/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 10/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kuzmanov | |||
| R1 Marchenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 58-33 | 58-33 | |
| Total points | 91 | 91 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 31/45 | 31/45 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 22/31 | 22/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/14 | 7/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWLWLLL Tennis Scores in Prague 2 Challenger
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- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Pedro CachinCachin – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Clement TaburTabur – Max PurcellPurcell (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Matteo DonatiDonati – Kaichi UchidaUchida (2-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Martin KrumichKrumich – Jesper De JongDe Jong (7-66 7-66) – See score progression
- Thomas FabbianoFabbiano – Yshai OlielOliel (2-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Evan FurnessFurness – Sebastian OfnerOfner (7-63 3-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Lukas RosolRosol – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (6-3 0-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Lucas GerchGerch (7-5 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Andrew PaulsonPaulson (7-62 7-66) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Marius CopilCopil (3-6 7-62 7-5) – See score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Mirza BasicBasic (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Pedro CachinCachin – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Lukas RosolRosol – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Matteo DonatiDonati (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Federico GaioGaio – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Thomas FabbianoFabbiano (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evan FurnessFurness – Pedro CachinCachin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Clement TaburTabur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Martin KrumichKrumich – Maximilian MartererMarterer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
