Nuno Borges and Luca Van Assche will square off in the 2nd round of the Brest Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 9:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nuno Borges is the pick to win this match.
Nuno Borges -> 1.65
Luca Van Assche -> 2.18
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Luca Van Assche
There is no head to head record between Nuno Borges and Luca Van Assche 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 | 20-14 | 12-8 | 8-5 | 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. 95, Nuno got to the 2nd round after beating Alexey Vatutin 3-6 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Vatutin, Nuno recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-4). During the match, Borges scored 89 points vs Vatutin’s 80. The Portuguese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Regarding the service games, Borges recorded 14 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Nuno Borges was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 75% (52/69) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Nuno broke Vatutin twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Borges has a fantastic match record in the last 8 years having won 73% of his matches (206-77). 8-3 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Borges has a composed10-5 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
The Portuguese’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 1 Challenger and the Barletta Challenger.
Nuno has a composed 42-22 win-loss record in 2022, 8-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Brest Challenger
Nuno has never competed in this tournament before.
Luca Van Assche
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-15 | 10-9 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-30 | 1-7 | 15-11 | 15-9 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 55-31 | 0-1 | 40-20 | 15-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-22 | 3-2 | 8-7 | 15-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 233, the French player reached the 2nd round after defeating Zdenek Kolar 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Kolar (6-2 6-2). During the match Van scored 59 points vs Kolar’s 39. Van was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Van scored 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Luca Van Assche lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Van put 71% of his first serves in, winning 79% (27/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (6/14) on the 2nd serve. Luca broke Kolar 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Luca’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15+H Bagnoles de l’Orne and the Lisbon Challenger.
Van has a composed 41-28 win-loss record in 2022, 10-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Brest Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Borges | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 16 |
| Pts | 89-80 | 59-39 |
| Total Points | 169 | 98 |
| Winners | 52 | 27 |
| %Winners | 58% | 46% |
Both Borges and Van played 1 match. At the moment, Nuno Borges lost 1 set while Luca Van Assche hasn’t lost a set so far. Borges has played 1 set more than Van (3 vs 2). Therefore, Borges played 13 games more than Van. The Portuguese scored 52 winners (58% of the total points). On the other side, Luca bagged 27 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Borges | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 14 | 6 |
| 1st in | 69/86 | 34/48 |
| %1st in | 80% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 52/69 | 27/34 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 6/14 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 43% |
Borges scored 14 aces . Van fired 6 aces . Borges won 75% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Van won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Borges | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 5 |
| Converted | 2/4 | 5/6 |
| % Converted | 50% | 83% |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 1 |
| % Saved | 60% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Nuno broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Portuguese surrendered his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Van broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Van conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Borges | |||
| R1 Vatutin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 89-80 | 89-80 | |
| Total points | 169 | 169 | |
| Winners | 52 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 58% | 58% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 69/86 | 69/86 | |
| % 1st in | 80% | 80% | |
| 1st pts | 52/69 | 52/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 9/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Van | |||
| R1 Kolar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 59-39 | 59-39 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 34/48 | 34/48 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 27/34 | 27/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWLLLWLW Tennis Scores in Brest Challenger
- Gilles SimonSimon – Laurent LokoliLokoli (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Gabriel DecampsDecamps (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-75 7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Gabriel DebruDebru (6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Kenny de Schepperde Schepper – Sascha Gueymard WayenburgGueymard Wayenburg (6-3 3-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Jelle SelsSels – Evan FurnessFurness (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Viktor Durasovic/Otto VirtanenDurasovic/Otto Virtanen – Manuel Guinard/Benoit PaireGuinard/Benoit Paire (6-4 3-6 10-8) – See score progression
- Arthur FilsFils – Gianluca MagerMager (6-76 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Alexey VatutinVatutin (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Manuel GuinardGuinard – Titouan DroguetDroguet (7-64 7-5) – See score progression
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- Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-1) – H2H and prediction
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