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.
As 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
| 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.
Nuno Borges
| 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.
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWLWLLW Tennis Scores in Barcelona
- Ben SheltonShelton – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (7-5 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Pablo AndujarAndujar (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Attila BalazsBalazs (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (6-75 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Alexander BublikBublik (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Lloyd Glasspool/Harri HeliovaaraGlasspool/Harri Heliovaara – Hugo Nys/Jan ZielinskiNys/Jan Zielinski (2-6 7-65 10-0) – See score progression
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