Nuno Borges and Francesco Maestrelli will face off in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 pm on Court 9. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nuno Borges who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nuno Borges is the pick to win this match.
Nuno Borges -> 1.7
Francesco Maestrelli -> 2.1

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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Francesco Maestrelli

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

Nuno Borges

Nuno Borges

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
47
High
30
LWWLLLWWWL
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. 105, Nuno reached the qualifications after beating Alex Rybakov 6-74 7-64 3-0 ret. and Govind Nanda 6-4 6-4.

In the qualifications, Nuno had a good straight sets win against Nanda (6-4 6-4). During the match, Borges scored 64 points vs Nanda’s 55. Nuno was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Borges scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Nuno Borges lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Borges put 65% of his first serves in, winning 65% (24/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the 2nd serve. Borges broke Nanda 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Borges has a fantastic record in the last 8 years having won 73% of his matches (199-73). 4-3 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Borges has an overall93-27 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

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

Nuno has a compiled 35-18 win-loss record in 2022, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Nuno has never competed in this tournament before.

U.S. Open
Borges's Record

Francesco Maestrelli

Francesco Maestrelli

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
157
High
149
WWLWLWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 43-29 9-7 28-18 6-3 0-1 0-0
2024 37-36 11-7 21-23 5-5 0-1 0-0
2023 27-38 9-10 16-24 2-3 0-1 0-0
2022 44-24 5-4 34-12 5-8 0-0 0-0
2021 32-18 8-3 18-12 6-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 202 (career-high), Francesco got to the qualifications after defeating Manuel Guinard 7-5 6-4 and Daniel Masur 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications, Francesco had a good straight sets win against Masur (6-3 6-4). During the match Maestrelli scored 67 points vs Masur’s 53. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Maestrelli blasted 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Francesco Maestrelli was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (31/41) of his 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Francesco broke Masur twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Italian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Maestrelli’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula,the Francavilla Challenger and the Verona Challenger.

The Italian has an aggregate 41-16 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

U.S. Open
Maestrelli's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

N.Borges
F.Maestrelli
3h:36
3h:36
Time on court​
3h:05
3h:05
1h:24
1h:24
Last match​
1h:20
1h:20
2
2
Match played
2
2
49
49
Games Played​
41
41
6
6
Set played​​
4
4
161
161
Total points​
149
149
80.5
80.5
Avg point​
74.5
74.5
64
64
Winners
66
66
32
32
Avg Winners​
33
33
40%
40%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
13
13
5
5
Avg Aces
6.5
6.5
3
3
Double Faults
9
9
1.5
1.5
Avg Double Faults
4.5
4.5
64/93
64/93
1st won total​
66/85
66/85
69%
69%
1st won %
!
78%
78%
33/55
33/55
2nd won total​
34/62
34/62
60%
60%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
8/19
8/19
BP won
5/14
5/14
4/9.5
4/9.5
Avg BP won
2.5/7
2.5/7
42%
42%
Won
36%
36%
4
4
Conceded
10
10
2
2
Avg Conceded
5
5
4
4
Broken
1
1
2
2
Avg Broken
!
0.5
0.5
0
0
Saved
9
9

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Borges Maestrelli
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 6 4
Tot Games 49 41
Pts 161-142 149-124
Total Points 303 273
Winners 64 66
%Winners 40% 44%

Both Borges and Maestrelli played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Nuno Borges lost 1 set while Francesco Maestrelli hasn’t conceded a set so far. Borges has played 2 sets more than Maestrelli (6 vs 4). Therefore, Borges played 8 games more than Maestrelli. The Portuguese scored 64 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Maestrelli recorded 66 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Borges Maestrelli
Aces 10 13
Avg per match 5 6.5
1st in 93/148 85/147
%1st in 63% 58%
1st pts 64/93 66/85
%1st pts 69% 78%
2nd pts 33/55 34/62
%2nd pts 60% 55%

Borges made 10 aces (5 per match). Maestrelli scored 13 aces (6.5 per match). Borges won 69% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Maestrelli won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Borges Maestrelli
Won 8 5
Converted 8/19 5/14
% Converted 42% 36%
Conceded 4 10
Saved 0 9
% Saved 0% 90%
Times Broken 4 1

The Portuguese broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Portuguese dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Maestrelli conceded his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded.

Borges
Q1
Rybakov
Q2
Nanda
Total
Score 6-74 7-64 3-0 ret. 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 29 20 49
pts 97-87 64-55 161-142
Total points 184 119 303
Winners 40 24 64
%Winners 41% 38% 40%
SERVE
Aces 9 1 10
Double Faults 1 2 3
1st in 56/91 37/57 93/148
% 1st in 62% 65% 63%
1st pts 40/56 24/37 64/93
% 1st pts 71% 65% 69%
2nd pts 20/35 13/20 33/55
% 2nd pts 57% 65% 60%
Breaks
Won 4 4 8
Converted 4/7 4/12 8/19
Converted % 57% 33% 42%
Conceded 2 2 4
Saved 0/2 0/2 0
Saved % 0% 0% 0%
Times Broken 2 2 4
Maestrelli
Q1
Guinard
Q2
Masur
Total
Score 7-5 6-4 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 22 19 41
pts 82-71 67-53 149-124
Total points 153 120 273
Winners 35 31 66
%Winners 43% 46% 44%
SERVE
Aces 8 5 13
Double Faults 4 5 9
1st in 44/77 41/70 85/147
% 1st in 57% 59% 58%
1st pts 35/44 31/41 66/85
% 1st pts 80% 76% 78%
2nd pts 16/33 18/29 34/62
% 2nd pts 48% 62% 55%
Breaks
Won 3 2 5
Converted 3/8 2/6 5/14
Converted % 38% 33% 36%
Conceded 4 6 10
Saved 3/4 6/6 9
Saved % 75% 100% 88%
Times Broken 1 0 1

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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