Nuno Borges and Riccardo Bonadio will square off in the quarter of the Maia Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:55 pm on CENTER 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 -> 1.28
Riccardo Bonadio -> 3.54
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Riccardo Bonadio
This will be the 3rd time that Nuno Borges and Riccardo Bonadio clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Borges (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Borges won 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in the Prague 2 Challenger back in May 2022.
Nuno Borges
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-11 | 12-8 | 3-2 | 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. 93, Borges reached the quarter after beating Denis Istomin 6-3 6-0 and Pedro Sousa 2-4 ret..
In the 2nd round against Sousa, the Portuguese had a free pass after Sousa retired on a 2-4 . scoreline.
Borges has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 73% of his matches (212-80). 27-12 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Borges has an aggregate100-41 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
Borges’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 1 Challenger and the Barletta Challenger.
Nuno has an aggregate 48-25 win-loss record in 2022, 27-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Maia Challenger
Riccardo Bonadio
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4-6 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-35 | 7-6 | 25-28 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 45-33 | 2-2 | 42-30 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-33 | 0-0 | 27-32 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 29-15 | 6-3 | 23-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 194, Bonadio reached the quarter after defeating Nicolas Alvarez Varona 6-4 2-6 7-67 and Raphael Collignon 7-5 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Collignon (7-5 7-5). During the match Bonadio scored 78 points vs Collignon’s 66. Bonadio was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Bonadio managed to score 7 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Riccardo Bonadio conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Bonadio put 51% of his first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 77% (27/35) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Collignon twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Riccardo has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
The Italian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Antalya,M25 Opatija and the Bratislava Challenger.
Riccardo has an aggregate 45-32 win-loss record in 2022, 42-29 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Borges | Bonadio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 55 |
| Pts | 78-56 | 183-173 |
| Total Points | 134 | 356 |
| Winners | 31 | 65 |
| %Winners | 40% | 36% |
Both Borges and Bonadio played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Nuno Borges lost 1 set, while Riccardo Bonadio dropped 1 set. Borges has played 1 set(s) less than Bonadio (4 vs 5). Therefore, Borges played 34 games less than Bonadio. Borges scored 31 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Riccardo scored 65 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Borges | Bonadio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4 |
| 1st in | 40/65 | 100/177 |
| %1st in | 62% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 31/40 | 65/100 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 50/77 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 65% |
Borges managed to score 8 aces (4 per match). Bonadio blasted 8 aces (4 per match). Borges won 78% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Bonadio won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Borges | Bonadio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 6/14 |
| % Converted | 50% | 43% |
| Conceded | 4 | 13 |
| Saved | 3 | 8 |
| % Saved | 75% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
The Portuguese broke his opponents 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Borges conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.
| Borges | ||||
| R1 Istomin |
R2 Sousa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | 2-4 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 6 | 21 | |
| pts | 57-30 | 21-26 | 78-56 | |
| Total points | 87 | 47 | 134 | |
| Winners | 19 | 12 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 57% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 24/37 | 16/28 | 40/65 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 57% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 19/24 | 12/16 | 31/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 75% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/13 | 3/12 | 13/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 25% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 0/0 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 0% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 75% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bonadio | ||||
| R1 Alvarez |
R2 Collignon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-6 7-67 | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 24 | 55 | |
| pts | 105-107 | 78-66 | 183-173 | |
| Total points | 212 | 144 | 356 | |
| Winners | 39 | 26 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 33% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 63/105 | 37/72 | 100/177 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 51% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 39/63 | 26/37 | 65/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 70% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/42 | 27/35 | 50/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 77% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 2/4 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 50% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 3 | 13 | |
| Saved | 5/10 | 3/3 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
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