Nuno Borges and Andrea Vavassori will fight against each other in the quarter of the Maia Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.64
Andrea Vavassori -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Andrea Vavassori
This will be the 2nd time that Nuno Borges and Andrea Vavassori face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Borges (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Borges won 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in the Bergamo Challenger back in 2022.
Nuno Borges
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 31-7 | 29-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 78, Nuno got to the quarter after defeating Mohamed Safwat 6-4 7-65 and Enrico Dalla Valle 6-2 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Borges had a good straight sets win against Dalla Valle (6-2 6-0). During the match, Borges scored 62 points vs Dalla Valle’s 32. The Portuguese was quite aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Regarding the service games, Borges scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Nuno Borges was extremely effective on serve to win 85% (17/20) of his 1st serve and 75% (12/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Portuguese broke Dalla Valle 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nuno hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Borges has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 70% of his matches (247-107). 5-7 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Borges has a compiled106-49 record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the current year 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 overcame Alexander Shevchenko in the final 4-6 6-2 6-1.
Borges has a composed 34-26 win-loss record in 2023, 5-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Maia Challenger
Andrea Vavassori
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-15 | 11-6 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-26 | 3-3 | 28-15 | 2-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-23 | 2-3 | 20-13 | 8-4 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-14 | 4-3 | 11-5 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2020 | 9-8 | 5-3 | 3-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 168, Andrea reached the quarter after beating Alexey Vatutin 6-1 7-66 and Karl Friberg 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Andrea had a good straight sets win against Friberg (6-2 6-3). During the match Vavassori scored 64 points vs Friberg’s 41. Andrea was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Vavassori recorded 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Andrea Vavassori was quite effective on serve to win 73% (24/33) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Andrea broke Friberg 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Vavassori hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 61% of the points he played.
The Italian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Vina del Mar Challenger and the Genova Challenger.
Andrea has a compiled 34-25 win-loss record in 2023, 28-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Maia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Borges | Vavassori |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 37 |
| Pts | 152-108 | 140-90 |
| Total Points | 260 | 230 |
| Winners | 56 | 49 |
| %Winners | 37% | 35% |
Both Borges and Vavassori played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Borges and Vavassori have played the same amount of sets 4. They also played the same amount of games (37). The Portuguese scored 56 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Andrea blasted 49 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Borges | Vavassori |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 6.5 |
| 1st in | 68/105 | 66/121 |
| %1st in | 65% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 56/68 | 49/66 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 24/37 | 34/55 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 62% |
Borges struck 6 aces (3 per match). Vavassori struck 13 aces (6.5 per match). Borges won 82% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Vavassori won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Borges | Vavassori |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 9 |
| Converted | 6/17 | 9/14 |
| % Converted | 35% | 64% |
| Conceded | 2 | 9 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
The Portuguese broke his opponents 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. The Portuguese pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points. Andrea broke his opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Borges | ||||
| R1 Safwat |
R2 Dalla Valle |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-65 | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 14 | 37 | |
| pts | 90-76 | 62-32 | 152-108 | |
| Total points | 166 | 94 | 260 | |
| Winners | 39 | 17 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 27% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 48/69 | 20/36 | 68/105 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 56% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 39/48 | 17/20 | 56/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 85% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 12/16 | 24/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 75% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Converted | 1/6 | 5/11 | 6/17 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 45% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vavassori | ||||
| R1 Vatutin |
R2 Friberg |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-66 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 17 | 37 | |
| pts | 76-49 | 64-41 | 140-90 | |
| Total points | 125 | 105 | 230 | |
| Winners | 25 | 24 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 38% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 4 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 33/69 | 33/52 | 66/121 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 63% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 25/33 | 24/33 | 49/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 73% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/36 | 10/19 | 34/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 53% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 5/10 | 9/14 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 3/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 60% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
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