Nuno Borges and Mitchell Krueger will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Monterrey Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:00 pm on ESTADIO GNP SEGUROS. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nuno Borges is the pick to win this match.
Nuno Borges -> 1.32
Mitchell Krueger -> 3.24
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Mitchell Krueger
There is no head to head record between Nuno Borges and Mitchell Krueger since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Nuno Borges
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-18 | 12-8 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 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 |
| 2020 | 31-7 | 29-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 103, Borges got to the semifinal after defeating Bradley Klahn 6-2 6-2, Evan Zhu 6-2 6-4 and Daniel Altmaier 7-62 6-4.
In the quarter, Nuno had a good straight sets win against Altmaier (7-62 6-4). During the match, Borges scored 78 points vs Altmaier’s 64. The Portuguese was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Borges struck 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Nuno Borges was quite efficient on serve to win 80% (37/46) of his 1st serve and 66% (19/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Borges broke Altmaier once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Borges hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 58% of the points he played.
Borges has a fantastic match record in the last 9 years having won 72% of his matches (219-84). 6-2 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Borges has a composed102-31 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Nuno has an overall 6-3 win-loss record in 2023, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Monterrey Challenger
Nuno has never competed in this tournament before.
Mitchell Krueger
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-17 | 18-8 | 9-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-29 | 15-19 | 4-4 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-28 | 18-15 | 6-5 | 1-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-24 | 19-12 | 5-5 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-13 | 14-8 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 257, Krueger reached the semifinal after defeating Steven Diez 6-4 5-7 6-4, Guido Andreozzi 6-3 2-1 ret. and Bernard Tomic 6-4 2-1 ret..
In the quarter against Tomic, Mitchell had a free pass after Tomic retired on a 6-4 2-1 . scoreline.
The American has a composed 8-5 win-loss record in 2023, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Borges | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 57 | 57 |
| Pts | 198-142 | 177-136 |
| Total Points | 340 | 313 |
| Winners | 95 | 79 |
| %Winners | 48% | 45% |
Both Borges and Krueger played 3 matches. At the moment, Mitchell Krueger lost 1 set while Nuno Borges hasn’t dropped a set so far. Borges has played 3 set(s) less than Krueger (6 vs 9). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (57). The Portuguese scored 95 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The American blasted 79 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Borges | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 26 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 8.7 |
| 1st in | 111/158 | 95/146 |
| %1st in | 70% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 95/111 | 79/95 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 30/47 | 33/51 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 65% |
Borges bagged 12 aces (4 per match). Krueger scored 26 aces (8.7 per match). Borges won 86% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Krueger won 83% of the points behind 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 | Krueger |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 8 |
| Converted | 8/17 | 8/13 |
| % Converted | 47% | 62% |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Borges broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Portuguese pretty solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 5 break points. The American broke his opponents 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. Mitchell conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Borges | |||||
| R1 Klahn |
R2 Zhu |
1/4 Altmaier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 6-4 | 7-62 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 18 | 23 | 57 | |
| pts | 61-37 | 59-41 | 78-64 | 198-142 | |
| Total points | 98 | 100 | 142 | 340 | |
| Winners | 26 | 32 | 37 | 95 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 54% | 47% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 7 | 2 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/38 | 36/45 | 46/75 | 111/158 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 80% | 61% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 26/29 | 32/36 | 37/46 | 95/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 89% | 80% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/9 | 5/9 | 19/29 | 30/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 56% | 66% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/7 | 1/2 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 43% | 50% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 100% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Krueger | |||||
| R1 Diez |
R2 Andreozzi |
1/4 Tomic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 5-7 6-4 | 6-3 2-1 ret. | 6-4 2-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 12 | 13 | 57 | |
| pts | 94-84 | 41-24 | 42-28 | 177-136 | |
| Total points | 178 | 65 | 70 | 313 | |
| Winners | 45 | 15 | 19 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 37% | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 13 | 7 | 6 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 54/87 | 20/31 | 21/28 | 95/146 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 65% | 75% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 45/54 | 15/20 | 19/21 | 79/95 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 75% | 90% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/33 | 8/11 | 5/7 | 33/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 73% | 71% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/3 | 2/3 | 8/13 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 100% | 67% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 0% | – | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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