Nuno Borges and Radu Albot will square off in the 2nd round of the Helsinki Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on COURT 3. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nuno Borges is the pick to win this match.
Nuno Borges -> 1.59
Radu Albot -> 2.25
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Radu Albot
There is no head to head record between Nuno Borges and Radu Albot since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Nuno Borges
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-12 | 12-8 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 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. 78, Borges reached the 2nd round after defeating David Goffin 6-3 3-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Nuno defeated Goffin (6-3 3-6 6-3). During the match, Borges scored 90 points vs Goffin’s 85. Borges was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Borges struck 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Nuno Borges lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Borges put 60% of his first serves in, winning 67% (36/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (22/36) on the 2nd serve. Nuno broke Goffin 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Borges has a fantastic record in the last 9 years having won 70% of his matches (245-106). 6-3 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Borges has an overall19-10 record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
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) and the Phoenix Challenger where he defeated Alexander Shevchenko in the final 4-6 6-2 6-1.
Borges has an aggregate 32-25 win-loss record in 2023, 6-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
Nuno has never competed in this tournament before.
Radu Albot
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-12 | 3-3 | 13-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-34 | 10-13 | 13-8 | 12-10 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-30 | 25-14 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-27 | 4-9 | 2-8 | 13-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-18 | 0-8 | 2-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 130, Radu reached the 2nd round after defeating Alibek Kachmazov 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Moldovan had a good straight sets win against Kachmazov (6-2 6-1). During the match Albot scored 64 points vs Kachmazov’s 39. The Moldovan was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Albot scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Radu Albot was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (22/28) of his 1st serve and 67% (8/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Albot broke Kachmazov 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Radu’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Delray Beach and the St. Tropez Challenger.
Radu has a compiled 36-32 win-loss record in 2023, 9-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Borges | Albot |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 15 |
| Pts | 90-85 | 64-39 |
| Total Points | 175 | 103 |
| Winners | 36 | 22 |
| %Winners | 40% | 34% |
Both Borges and Albot played 1 match. At the moment, Nuno Borges conceded 1 set while Radu Albot hasn’t conceded a set so far. Borges has played 1 set more than Albot (3 vs 2). Therefore, Borges played 12 games more than Albot. Borges scored 36 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Radu struck 22 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Borges | Albot |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1 |
| 1st in | 54/90 | 28/40 |
| %1st in | 60% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 36/54 | 22/28 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 22/36 | 8/12 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 67% |
Borges blasted 6 aces . Albot scored 1 ace . Borges won 67% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Albot won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Borges | Albot |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 43% | 50% |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 |
| Saved | 5 | 1 |
| % Saved | 71% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
The Portuguese broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Nuno lost his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Radu broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Radu was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Borges | |||
| R1 Goffin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 90-85 | 90-85 | |
| Total points | 175 | 175 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 54/90 | 54/90 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 36/54 | 36/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/36 | 22/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Albot | |||
| R1 Kachmazov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 64-39 | 64-39 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 28/40 | 28/40 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 22/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/12 | 8/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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