Nuno Borges and Borna Gojo will face off in the final of the Monterrey Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 4:30 pm on ESTADIO GNP SEGUROS. 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 Borna Gojo who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Borna Gojo is the pick to win this match.
Borna Gojo -> 1.82
Nuno Borges -> 1.94
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Borna Gojo
There is no head to head record between Nuno Borges and Borna Gojo 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 | 33-26 | 20-12 | 13-7 | 0-4 | 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, the Portuguese reached the final after beating Bradley Klahn 6-2 6-2, Evan Zhu 6-2 6-4, Daniel Altmaier 7-62 6-4 and Mitchell Krueger 7-63 7-63.
In the semifinal, Nuno had a good straight sets win against Krueger (7-63 7-63). During the match, Borges scored 82 points vs Krueger’s 69. Nuno was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Regarding the service games, Borges blasted 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Nuno Borges was extremely effective on serve to win 80% (41/51) of his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Nuno broke Krueger once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Portuguese hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Borges has a fantastic record in the last 9 years having won 72% of his matches (220-84). 7-2 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Borges has an overall103-31 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Nuno’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Monterrey Challenger.
Nuno has a composed 7-3 win-loss record in 2023, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Monterrey Challenger
The Portuguese has never competed in this tournament before.
Borna Gojo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-8 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 9-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-25 | 22-9 | 12-7 | 6-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-28 | 19-9 | 5-5 | 14-10 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-22 | 8-7 | 3-6 | 7-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-14 | 11-6 | 10-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 160, Gojo got to the final after beating Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez 6-3 7-63, Taro Daniel 6-2 6-4, Aleksandar Kovacevic 7-65 3-6 6-2 and Yosuke Watanuki 7-65 6-4.
In the semifinal, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Watanuki (7-65 6-4). During the match Gojo scored 69 points vs Watanuki’s 57. Gojo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Gojo scored 10 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Borna Gojo was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 86% (37/43) of his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Gojo broke Watanuki once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gojo has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Borna’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Monterrey Challenger.
Gojo has a composed 9-3 win-loss record in 2023, 7-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Borges | Gojo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 83 | 93 |
| Pts | 280-211 | 308-241 |
| Total Points | 491 | 549 |
| Winners | 136 | 163 |
| %Winners | 49% | 53% |
Both Borges and Gojo played 4 matches. At the moment, Borna Gojo dropped 1 set while Nuno Borges hasn’t conceded a set so far. Borges has played 1 set(s) less than Gojo (8 vs 9). Therefore, Borges played 10 games less than Gojo. Nuno scored 136 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Gojo recorded 163 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Borges | Gojo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 21 | 53 |
| Avg per match | 5.3 | 13.3 |
| 1st in | 162/232 | 191/254 |
| %1st in | 70% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 136/162 | 163/191 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 45/70 | 38/63 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 60% |
Borges blasted 21 aces (5.3 per match). Gojo managed to score 53 aces (13.3 per match). Borges won 84% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Gojo won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Borges | Gojo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 8 |
| Converted | 9/20 | 8/27 |
| % Converted | 45% | 30% |
| Conceded | 9 | 6 |
| Saved | 8 | 4 |
| % Saved | 89% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Nuno broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Portuguese surrendered his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. Gojo broke his opponents 8 times with a 30% conversion rate. Gojo conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Borges | ||||||
| R1 Klahn |
R2 Zhu |
1/4 Altmaier |
1/2 Krueger |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 6-4 | 7-62 6-4 | 7-63 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 83 | |
| pts | 61-37 | 59-41 | 78-64 | 82-69 | 280-211 | |
| Total points | 98 | 100 | 142 | 151 | 491 | |
| Winners | 26 | 32 | 37 | 41 | 136 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 54% | 47% | 50% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/38 | 36/45 | 46/75 | 51/74 | 162/232 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 80% | 61% | 69% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 26/29 | 32/36 | 37/46 | 41/51 | 136/162 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 89% | 80% | 80% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/9 | 5/9 | 19/29 | 15/23 | 45/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 56% | 66% | 65% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/7 | 1/2 | 1/3 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 43% | 50% | 33% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 5/5 | 3/4 | 8 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 100% | 75% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Gojo | ||||||
| R1 Pacheco |
R2 Daniel |
1/4 Kovacevic |
1/2 Watanuki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-63 | 6-2 6-4 | 7-65 3-6 6-2 | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 18 | 30 | 23 | 93 | |
| pts | 71-55 | 70-44 | 98-85 | 69-57 | 308-241 | |
| Total points | 126 | 114 | 183 | 126 | 549 | |
| Winners | 42 | 30 | 54 | 37 | 163 | |
| %Winners | 59% | 43% | 55% | 54% | 53% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 17 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 53 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 49/62 | 33/40 | 66/92 | 43/60 | 191/254 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 83% | 72% | 72% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 42/49 | 30/33 | 54/66 | 37/43 | 163/191 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 91% | 82% | 86% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 6/7 | 13/26 | 12/17 | 38/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 86% | 50% | 71% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 3/14 | 2/6 | 1/4 | 8/27 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 21% | 33% | 25% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0/0 | 4/5 | 0/0 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 0% | – | 80% | – | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
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