Nuno Borges and Steve Johnson will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Miami Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 4:30 pm on BUTCH BUCHOLZ. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nuno Borges who should win in 2 sets.
Nuno Borges -> 1.33
Steve Johnson -> 3.125
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Steve Johnson
This will be the 3rd time that Nuno Borges and Steve Johnson face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Borges (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Borges won 6-4 3-6 6-4 in the 1st round in Delray beach back in February 2023.
Highlights Nuno Borges vs Steve Johnson – Delray beach 13-February-2023
Nuno Borges
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33-33 | 17-14 | 9-11 | 3-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 68 (career-high), the Portuguese will start his run in Miami after he won the title in the Phoenix Challenger after beating 4-6 6-2 6-1 Shevchenko in the final.
The Portuguese has a composed 14-5 win-loss record in 2023, 14-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Monterrey Challenger where he overcame Borna Gojo in the final 6-4 7-6(6) and the Phoenix Challenger where he overcame Alexander Shevchenko in the final 4-6 6-2 6-1.
The Portuguese won his last 5 matches.
Talking about his overall career, Nuno has an overall 227-86 record. He has a positive 110-33 record on hard.
Previously in Miami
Borges has never competed in this tournament before.
Steve Johnson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-20 | 15-11 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-28 | 20-18 | 6-4 | 2-2 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-17 | 8-12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-11 | 18-7 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 152, Johnson will start his run in Miami after he played his last match in Indian Wells where he lost 4-6 6-4 7-6(4) to Svajda in the qualifications on the 6th of March.
The American has an overall 3-7 win-loss record in 2023, 1-5 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.In terms of his career, Johnson has an overall 354-283 record. He has a positive 216-166 record on hard.
Previously in Miami
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2016 and 2018. See his history.
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Elias YmerYmer (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emilio GomezGomez – Timofey SkatovSkatov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bradley KlahnKlahn – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benoit PairePaire – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Andrea CollariniCollarini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Renzo OlivoOlivo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian GarinGarin – Kaichi UchidaUchida (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Pavel KotovKotov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Steve JohnsonJohnson (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Rinky HijikataHijikata (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lukas KleinKlein – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Maximilian MartererMarterer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon HoltHolt – Borna GojoGojo (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (0-0) – H2H and prediction