Nuno Borges and Alexei Popyrin will play each other in the quarter of the Phoenix Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. 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 Alexei Popyrin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexei Popyrin is the pick to win this match.
Alexei Popyrin -> 1.73
Nuno Borges -> 2.05
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Alexei Popyrin
This will be the 2nd time that Nuno Borges and Alexei Popyrin square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Popyrin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Popyrin won 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in USA F34 (Harlingen) back in 2017.
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. 80 (career-high), Nuno got to the quarter after defeating Diego Schwartzman 7-5 6-3 and Roman Safiullin 7-5 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Portuguese had a good straight sets win against Safiullin (7-5 6-4). During the match, Borges scored 75 points vs Safiullin’s 61. Nuno was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Borges bagged 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Nuno Borges lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Borges put 58% of his first serves in, winning 64% (23/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the 2nd serve. Nuno broke Safiullin 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Borges hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.
Borges has a fantastic match record in the last 9 years having won 72% of his matches (224-86). 11-4 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Borges has a compiled107-33 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Monterrey Challenger where he beat Borna Gojo in the final 6-4 7-6(6).
Borges has an aggregate 11-5 win-loss record in 2023, 11-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
Nuno has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexei Popyrin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-11 | 7-4 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-29 | 18-14 | 15-6 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-31 | 7-16 | 7-4 | 3-5 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-26 | 13-11 | 8-6 | 10-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-16 | 3-4 | 5-5 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 101, the Australian got to the quarter after defeating Oscar Otte 6-4 6-3 and Mikael Ymer 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Alexei had a good straight sets win against Ymer (6-2 6-2). During the match Popyrin scored 77 points vs Ymer’s 55. Popyrin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Popyrin blasted 5 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alexei Popyrin was pretty efficient on serve to win 82% (23/28) of his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Popyrin broke Ymer 4 times after converting 24% of his break points (4/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Popyrin has an overall 12-7 win-loss record in 2023, 12-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019 and 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Borges | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 35 |
| Pts | 144-112 | 142-101 |
| Total Points | 256 | 243 |
| Winners | 52 | 44 |
| %Winners | 36% | 31% |
Both Borges and Popyrin played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Borges and Popyrin have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Borges played 8 games more than Popyrin. Borges scored 52 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Popyrin struck 44 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Borges | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 75/126 | 51/97 |
| %1st in | 60% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 52/75 | 44/51 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 32/51 | 29/46 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 63% |
Borges managed to score 11 aces (5.5 per match). Popyrin bagged 11 aces (5.5 per match). Borges won 69% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Popyrin won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Borges | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 7 |
| Converted | 9/14 | 7/23 |
| % Converted | 64% | 30% |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 44% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 0 |
Borges broke his opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Portuguese lost his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 7 times with a 30% conversion rate. Popyrin was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Borges | ||||
| R1 Schwartzman |
R2 Safiullin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 22 | 43 | |
| pts | 69-51 | 75-61 | 144-112 | |
| Total points | 120 | 136 | 256 | |
| Winners | 29 | 23 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 31% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 39/64 | 36/62 | 75/126 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 58% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 29/39 | 23/36 | 52/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 64% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 17/26 | 32/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 65% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 5/9 | 9/14 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 56% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 1/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 25% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Popyrin | ||||
| R1 Otte |
R2 Ymer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 16 | 35 | |
| pts | 65-46 | 77-55 | 142-101 | |
| Total points | 111 | 132 | 243 | |
| Winners | 21 | 23 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 30% | 31% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 23/47 | 28/50 | 51/97 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 56% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 21/23 | 23/28 | 44/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 82% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 13/22 | 29/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 59% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/17 | 7/23 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 24% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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