Nuno Borges and Roman Safiullin will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Phoenix Challenger for the 1^st 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.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

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

As 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

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

In the 1^st 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.

Roman Safiullin

Ranked no. 113, Roman got to the 2^nd round after defeating Pedro Martinez Portero 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st 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).

H2H Performance in the tournament

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

Tennis Scores in Phoenix Challenger

• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-3 3-6 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Pavel KotovKotov (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-4 6-7² 6-3) – See score progression
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-7⁴ 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Mikael YmerYmer – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Richard GasquetGasquet – Emilio NavaNava (7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander BublikBublik – Denis KudlaKudla (7-6⁹ 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Diego SchwartzmanSchwartzman (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Quentin HalysHalys – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (7-6⁵ 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Rajeev Ram/Joe SalisburyRam/Joe Salisbury – Nicolas Barrientos/Ariel BeharBarrientos/Ariel Behar (3-6 6-2 10-4) – See score progression
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Oscar OtteOtte (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow – Rafael Matos/David Vega HernandezMatos/David Vega Hernandez (4-6 6-2 10-1) – See score progression
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-4 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Richard GasquetGasquet – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Quentin HalysHalys – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Alexander BublikBublik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mikael YmerYmer – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (0-0) – H2H and prediction