Nuno Borges and Dennis Novak will square off in the 2^nd round of the Bergamo Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am on PALAINTRED. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.82
Dennis Novak -> 1.95

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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Dennis Novak

There is no head to head record between Nuno Borges and Dennis Novak since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Nuno Borges

Ranked no. 96, Borges got to the 2^nd round after beating Jozef Kovalik 7-5 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Portuguese had a good straight sets win against Kovalik (7-5 6-3). During the match, Borges scored 73 points vs Kovalik’s 59. The Portuguese was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Regarding the service games, Borges managed to score 13 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Nuno Borges lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Borges put 75% of his first serves in, winning 83% (38/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (7/15) on the 2nd serve. Nuno broke Kovalik 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Borges has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 73% of his matches (207-78). 9-4 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Borges has an overall11-6 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

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

The Portuguese has an aggregate 43-23 win-loss record in 2022, 9-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bergamo Challenger

The Portuguese has never competed in this tournament before.

Dennis Novak

Ranked no. 170, Novak reached the 2^nd round after beating Cem Ilkel 6-2 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Austrian had a good straight sets win against Ilkel (6-2 6-4). During the match Novak scored 64 points vs Ilkel’s 46. The Austrian was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.

About the serving games, Novak managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Dennis Novak conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Novak put 59% of his first serves in, winning 70% (21/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 86% (18/21) on the 2nd serve. Novak broke Ilkel 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Dennis’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Meerbusch Challenger and the Szczecin Challenger.

Novak has a composed 33-26 win-loss record in 2022, 6-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bergamo Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Borges	Novak
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	18
Pts	73-59	64-46
Total Points	132	110
Winners	38	21
%Winners	52%	33%

Both Borges and Novak played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Borges and Novak have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Borges played 3 games more than Novak. The Portuguese scored 38 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Dennis struck 21 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Borges	Novak
Aces	13	3
Avg per match	13	3
1st in	46/61	30/51
%1st in	75%	59%
1st pts	38/46	21/30
%1st pts	83%	70%
2nd pts	7/15	18/21
%2nd pts	47%	86%

Borges struck 13 aces . Novak recorded 3 aces . Borges won 83% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Novak won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 86% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Borges	Novak
Won	3	3
Converted	3/9	3/6
% Converted	33%	50%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	4	5
% Saved	80%	100%
Times Broken	1	0

The Portuguese broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Nuno surrendered his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Austrian broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Austrian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.

Borges
	R1 Kovalik	Total
Score	7-5 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	73-59	73-59
Total points	132	132
Winners	38	38
%Winners	52%	52%
SERVE
Aces	13	13
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	46/61	46/61
% 1st in	75%	75%
1st pts	38/46	38/46
% 1st pts	83%	83%
2nd pts	7/15	7/15
% 2nd pts	47%	47%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/9	3/9
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	4/5	4
Saved %	80%	80%
Times Broken	1	1

Novak
	R1 Ilkel	Total
Score	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	64-46	64-46
Total points	110	110
Winners	21	21
%Winners	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	30/51	30/51
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	21/30	21/30
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	18/21	18/21
% 2nd pts	86%	86%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/6	3/6
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	5/5	5
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Bergamo Challenger

• Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (6-4 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Luca NardiNardi – Tomas MachacMachac (7-5 7-6³) – See score progression
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Liam BroadyBroady – Zizou BergsBergs (7-5 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Manuel GuinardGuinard (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Dennis NovakNovak – Cem IlkelIlkel (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Dominic Stephan StrickerStephan Stricker – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (4-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Zsombor PirosPiros (5-7 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Jozef KovalikKovalik (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Luca NardiNardi – Tomas MachacMachac (7-5 7-6(3)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gregoire BarrereBarrere – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Borna GojoGojo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Dennis NovakNovak – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas JarryJarry – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-0) – H2H and prediction