H2H, prediction of Carlos Alcaraz vs Nuno Borges in Barcelona with odds, preview, pick | 18th April 2023

PREVIEW. Barcelona. Alcaraz and Borges will face off in the 2nd round of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Tuesday the 18th of April

Prediction and head to head Carlos Alcaraz vs. Nuno Borges

Carlos Alcaraz and Nuno Borges will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 5:30 pm on PISTA RAFA NADAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Alcaraz who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Carlos Alcaraz is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Alcaraz -> 1.071
Nuno Borges -> 8.4

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Prediction and head to head Carlos Alcaraz vs. Nuno Borges

There is no head to head record between Carlos Alcaraz and Nuno Borges since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Carlos Alcaraz

Carlos Alcaraz
Carlos Alcaraz

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
2
High
1
WWWWWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 37-5 10-4 22-1 5-0 0-0 0-0
2024 54-13 22-5 17-4 7-3 8-1 0-0
2023 65-12 26-6 25-3 2-3 12-0 0-0
2022 57-13 21-4 27-4 6-4 3-1 0-0
2021 48-19 15-8 22-7 10-3 1-1 0-0

Ranked no. 2, the Spaniard will start his run in Barcelona after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2 to Sinner in the semifinal on the 31st of March.

Alcaraz has a compiled 18-2 win-loss record in 2023, 8-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current year was winning the title in Buenos Aires where he beat Cameron Norrie in the final 6-3 7-5 and in Indian Wells where he defeated Daniil Medvedev in the final 6-3 6-2.

Talking about his overall career, Carlos has an overall 186-53 record. He has a positive 107-29 record on clay.

Previously in Barcelona

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2022. See his history.

Alcaraz
Barcelona
Alcaraz's Record

Nuno Borges

Nuno Borges
Nuno Borges

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
38
High
30
LWLWWLWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 22-18 11-8 9-8 1-1 1-1 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. 79, Nuno got to the 2nd round after beating Ilya Ivashka 6-2 6-3.

In the 1st round, The Portuguese had a good straight sets win against Ivashka (6-2 6-3). During the match Borges scored 77 points vs Ivashka’s 57. The Portuguese was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.

About the serving games, Borges bagged 2 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Nuno Borges lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Borges put 66% of his first serves in, winning 65% (20/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 75% (12/16) on the 2nd serve. The Portuguese broke Ivashka 5 times after converting 25% of his break points (5/20).

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Monterrey Challenger where he beat Borna Gojo in the final 6-4 7-6(6) and the Phoenix Challenger where he beat Alexander Shevchenko in the final 4-6 6-2 6-1.

The Portuguese has an overall 17-7 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Barcelona

Nuno has never competed in this tournament before.

Borges
Barcelona
Borges's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Alcaraz
WWWWWWWWWW
Borges
LWLWWLWLLW
2025 2024 2023
37 - 5
21 - 17
10-4
Hard
11-8
5-0
I Hard
1-1
22-1
Clay
8-7
0-0
Grass
1-1

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