H2H, prediction of Nuno Borges vs Roman Safiullin in Phoenix Challenger with odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Phoenix Challenger. Borges and Safiullin will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Phoenix Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match

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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Roman Safiullin

Nuno Borges and Roman Safiullin will play each other in the 2nd round of the Phoenix Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roman Safiullin who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Roman Safiullin is the pick to win this match.
Roman Safiullin -> 1.82
Nuno Borges -> 1.909

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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Roman Safiullin

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

Nuno Borges

Nuno Borges
Nuno Borges

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Rank
33
High
30
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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
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Ranked no. 80 (career-high), the Portuguese reached the 2nd round after beating Diego Schwartzman 7-5 6-3.

In the 1st round, Borges had a good straight sets win against Schwartzman (7-5 6-3). During the match, Borges scored 69 points vs Schwartzman’s 51. Nuno was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Borges struck 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Nuno Borges was quite effective on serve to win 74% (29/39) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Portuguese broke Schwartzman 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Borges has a fantastic record in the last 9 years having won 72% of his matches (223-86). 10-4 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Borges has a composed106-33 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Monterrey Challenger where he overcame Borna Gojo in the final 6-4 7-6(6).

Nuno has a composed 10-5 win-loss record in 2023, 10-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Phoenix Challenger

Borges has never competed in this tournament before.

Borges
Phoenix Challenger
Borges's Record

Roman Safiullin

Roman Safiullin
Roman Safiullin

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Rank
60
High
36
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 31-28 18-14 5-8 6-3 2-3 0-0
2023 41-25 13-12 8-4 11-5 9-4 0-0
2022 37-18 16-6 6-2 14-9 1-1 0-0
2021 18-21 7-5 5-7 5-8 1-1 0-0
2020 23-12 6-2 4-5 12-4 0-0 1-1
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Ranked no. 113, Roman got to the 2nd round after defeating Pedro Martinez Portero 6-3 6-2.

In the 1st round, Roman had a good straight sets win against Martinez Portero (6-3 6-2). During the match Safiullin scored 76 points vs Martinez Portero’s 53. The Russian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Safiullin bagged 5 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Roman Safiullin lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Safiullin put 70% of his first serves in, winning 76% (32/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Safiullin broke Martinez Portero 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).

His best result of the season was winning the title the Koblenz Challenger where he beat Vasek Pospisil in the final 6-2 7-5.

Roman has a compiled 10-7 win-loss record in 2023, 4-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Safiullin
Phoenix Challenger
Safiullin's Record
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Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

N.Borges
R.Safiullin
1h:26
1h:26
Time on court​
1h:33
1h:33
1h:26
1h:26
Last match​
1h:33
1h:33
1
1
Match played
1
1
21
21
Games Played​
17
17
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
69
69
Total points​
76
76
69
69
Avg point​
76
76
29
29
Winners
32
32
29
29
Avg Winners​
32
32
42%
42%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
5
5
6
6
Avg Aces
5
5
1
1
Double Faults
0
0
1
1
Avg Double Faults
0
0
29/39
29/39
1st won total​
32/42
32/42
!
74%
74%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
15/25
15/25
2nd won total​
9/18
9/18
60%
60%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
4/5
4/5
BP won
4/14
4/14
4/5
4/5
Avg BP won
4/14
4/14
!
80%
80%
Won
!
29%
29%
5
5
Conceded
7
7
5
5
Avg Conceded
7
7
2
2
Broken
1
1
2
2
Avg Broken
1
1
3
3
Saved
6
6
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Borges Safiullin
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 17
Pts 69-51 76-53
Total Points 120 129
Winners 29 32
%Winners 42% 42%

Both Borges and Safiullin played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Borges and Safiullin have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Borges played 4 games more than Safiullin. Nuno scored 29 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian bagged 32 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Borges Safiullin
Aces 6 5
Avg per match 6 5
1st in 39/64 42/60
%1st in 61% 70%
1st pts 29/39 32/42
%1st pts 74% 76%
2nd pts 15/25 9/18
%2nd pts 60% 50%

Borges struck 6 aces . Safiullin blasted 5 aces . Borges won 74% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Safiullin won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Borges Safiullin
Won 4 4
Converted 4/5 4/14
% Converted 80% 29%
Conceded 5 7
Saved 3 6
% Saved 60% 86%
Times Broken 2 1

Borges broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Borges lost his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Roman broke his opponent 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. Roman conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.

Borges
R1
Schwartzman		 Total
Score 7-5 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 21
pts 69-51 69-51
Total points 120 120
Winners 29 29
%Winners 42% 42%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 39/64 39/64
% 1st in 61% 61%
1st pts 29/39 29/39
% 1st pts 74% 74%
2nd pts 15/25 15/25
% 2nd pts 60% 60%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/5 4/5
Converted % 80% 80%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 3/5 3
Saved % 60% 60%
Times Broken 2 2
Safiullin
R1
Martinez Portero		 Total
Score 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 76-53 76-53
Total points 129 129
Winners 32 32
%Winners 42% 42%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 42/60 42/60
% 1st in 70% 70%
1st pts 32/42 32/42
% 1st pts 76% 76%
2nd pts 9/18 9/18
% 2nd pts 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/14 4/14
Converted % 29% 29%
Conceded 7 7
Saved 6/7 6
Saved % 86% 86%
Times Broken 1 1

Head 2 Head

Nuno Borges
  • 0Slam
  • 1Main
  • 6Chall
  • 10Minor
Roman Safiullin
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 6Chall
  • 19Minor

Nuno
Borges

1:0

Roman
Safiullin

Rank

33

High

30

1Hard0

Rank

60

High

36

Win Loss
Borges
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Safiullin
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2024 2023 2022
33 - 25
31 - 28
20-12
Hard
18-14
0-3
I Hard
6-3
13-7
Clay
5-8
0-3
Grass
2-3

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