Nuno Borges and Maximilian Neuchrist will square off in the semifinal of the Maia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following lines 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nuno Borges is the pick to win this match.
Nuno Borges -> 1.23
Maximilian Neuchrist -> 3.98
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Maximilian Neuchrist
There is no head to head record between Nuno Borges and Maximilian Neuchrist since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Nuno Borges
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-12 | 12-8 | 3-3 | 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 semifinal after defeating Denis Istomin 6-3 6-0, Pedro Sousa 2-4 ret. and Riccardo Bonadio 7-5 6-4.
In the quarter, Borges had a good straight sets win against Bonadio (7-5 6-4). During the match, Borges scored 72 points vs Bonadio’s 58. Borges was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Borges made 4 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Nuno Borges was pretty effective on serve to win 78% (28/36) of his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Portuguese broke Bonadio 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Borges hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 59% of the points he played.
Borges has a fantastic record in the last 8 years having won 73% of his matches (213-80). 28-12 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Borges has a compiled101-41 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Borges’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 1 Challenger and the Barletta Challenger.
The Portuguese has an aggregate 49-25 win-loss record in 2022, 28-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Maia Challenger
Maximilian Neuchrist
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-32 | 6-11 | 8-11 | 11-8 | 0-1 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 44-25 | 15-8 | 26-11 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-18 | 27-10 | 1-4 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-8 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 359, Maximilian reached the semifinal after defeating Tiago Silva 6-1 6-3, Andrea Picchione 6-76 7-65 6-1, Joao Domingues 6-2 7-5, Timofey Skatov 7-63 6-74 7-63 and Jan Choinski 6-76 6-3 6-4.
In the quarter against Choinski, Neuchrist recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 6-3 6-4). During the match Neuchrist scored 103 points vs Choinski’s 94. Maximilian was very aggressive to blast 63 winners.
Talking about serving, Neuchrist fired 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Maximilian Neuchrist was exceptionally effective on serve to win 78% (63/81) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Neuchrist broke Choinski twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Maximilian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Austrian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir,M25 Most and M25 Sierre.
Neuchrist has an overall 43-24 win-loss record in 2022, 25-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Borges | Neuchrist |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 13 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 140 |
| Pts | 150-114 | 452-401 |
| Total Points | 264 | 853 |
| Winners | 59 | 222 |
| %Winners | 39% | 49% |
Borges played 3 matches while Neuchrist competed in 5 matches. Neuchrist started his run from the qualifications while Borges had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Nuno Borges surrendered 1 set, while Maximilian Neuchrist conceded 3 sets. Borges has played 7 set(s) less than Neuchrist (6 vs 13). Therefore, Borges played 97 games less than Neuchrist. Borges scored 59 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Austrian managed to score 222 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Borges | Neuchrist |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 25 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 5 |
| 1st in | 76/129 | 297/425 |
| %1st in | 59% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 59/76 | 222/297 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 30/53 | 74/128 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 58% |
Borges struck 12 aces (4 per match). Neuchrist recorded 25 aces (5 per match). Borges won 78% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Neuchrist won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Borges | Neuchrist |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 16 |
| Converted | 8/14 | 16/40 |
| % Converted | 57% | 40% |
| Conceded | 7 | 23 |
| Saved | 5 | 18 |
| % Saved | 71% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
Nuno broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Nuno dropped his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Neuchrist broke his opponents 16 times with a 40% conversion rate. Neuchrist conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Borges | |||||
| R1 Istomin |
R2 Sousa |
1/4 Bonadio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | 2-4 ret. | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 6 | 22 | 43 | |
| pts | 57-30 | 21-26 | 72-58 | 150-114 | |
| Total points | 87 | 47 | 130 | 264 | |
| Winners | 19 | 12 | 28 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 57% | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 24/37 | 16/28 | 36/64 | 76/129 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 57% | 56% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 19/24 | 12/16 | 28/36 | 59/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 75% | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/13 | 3/12 | 17/28 | 30/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 25% | 61% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 0% | 75% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/4 | 2/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | 75% | 67% | 47% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Neuchrist | |||||||
| Q1 Silva |
Q3 Picchione |
R1 Domingues |
R2 Skatov |
1/4 Choinski |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-76 7-65 6-1 | 6-2 7-5 | 7-63 6-74 7-63 | 6-76 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 33 | 20 | 39 | 32 | 140 | |
| pts | 55-31 | 105-100 | 65-50 | 124-126 | 103-94 | 452-401 | |
| Total points | 86 | 205 | 115 | 250 | 197 | 853 | |
| Winners | 25 | 55 | 31 | 48 | 63 | 222 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 52% | 48% | 39% | 61% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 4 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 31/42 | 72/105 | 36/52 | 77/124 | 81/102 | 297/425 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 69% | 69% | 62% | 79% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 55/72 | 31/36 | 48/77 | 63/81 | 222/297 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 76% | 86% | 62% | 78% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/11 | 21/33 | 7/16 | 26/47 | 12/21 | 74/128 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 64% | 44% | 55% | 57% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 2/7 | 4/11 | 4/8 | 2/7 | 16/40 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 29% | 36% | 50% | 29% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 23 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/3 | 0/1 | 8/12 | 7/7 | 18 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 0% | 67% | 100% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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L Tennis Scores in Maia Challenger
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-76 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Jurij RodionovRodionov (4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Julian Cash/Henry PattenCash/Henry Patten – Fabio Coelho/Goncalo FalcaoCoelho/Goncalo Falcao (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-7(6) 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Jurij RodionovRodionov (4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (0-0) – H2H and prediction
