Stefanos Tsitsipas and Nuno Borges will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:00 pm on GRAND STAND ARENA. 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 Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.121
Nuno Borges -> 6.2
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Nuno Borges
There is no head to head record between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Nuno Borges since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Stefanos Tsitsipas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-18 | 12-10 | 22-6 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-24 | 19-9 | 17-5 | 11-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 61-24 | 18-8 | 17-4 | 18-9 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 55-19 | 26-8 | 23-5 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 29-14 | 11-6 | 11-3 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 5, the Greek will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in Madrid where he lost 7-6(5) 5-7 6-3 to Struff in the quarter on the 4th of May.
The Greek has an aggregate 23-7 win-loss record in 2023, 9-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Tsitsipas’s best result of the season was reaching the final at the Australian Open and Barcelona.
Talking about his overall career, Stefanos has an overall 416-186 record. He has a positive 154-48 record on clay.
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2022. See his history.
Nuno Borges
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-23 | 20-12 | 13-7 | 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. 88, the Portuguese got to the 2nd round after defeating Dusan Lajovic 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round, Nuno had a good straight sets win against Lajovic (6-4 6-1). During the match Borges scored 59 points vs Lajovic’s 45. Nuno was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Borges bagged 2 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Nuno Borges lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Borges put 73% of his first serves in, winning 66% (27/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the 2nd serve. Nuno broke Lajovic 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
His best result of the season was winning the title the Monterrey Challenger where he defeated Borna Gojo in the final 6-4 7-6(6) and the Phoenix Challenger where he defeated Alexander Shevchenko in the final 4-6 6-2 6-1.
Borges has an aggregate 18-10 win-loss record in 2023, 2-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Borges has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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