Grigor Dimitrov and Nuno Borges will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:30 pm on Kia Arena. 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 Grigor Dimitrov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Grigor Dimitrov is the pick to win this match.
Grigor Dimitrov -> 1.078
Nuno Borges -> 8.1

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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Nuno Borges

There is no head to head record between Grigor Dimitrov and Nuno Borges since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Grigor Dimitrov

Grigor Dimitrov

7 - 0win/loss

Hard
7-0
I Hard
0-0
Rank
10
High
3
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 30-10 14-3 8-4 6-2 2-1 0-0
2023 43-21 16-10 10-5 10-4 7-2 0-0
2022 26-22 10-11 10-5 5-4 1-2 0-0
2021 24-18 18-10 3-5 2-2 1-1 0-0
2020 18-11 8-5 6-2 4-4 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 13, the Bulgarian got to the 3rd round after defeating Marton Fucsovics 4-6 6-3 7-61 6-2 and Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-3 6-2 4-6 6-4.

In the 2nd round, The Bulgarian had a good straight sets win against Kokkinakis (6-3 6-2 4-6 6-4). During the match, Dimitrov scored 142 points vs Kokkinakis’s 120. The Bulgarian was extremely aggressive to blast 64 winners.

Regarding the service games, Dimitrov bagged 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Grigor Dimitrov was very effective on serve to win 78% (64/82) of his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Dimitrov broke Kokkinakis 4 times after converting 25% of his break points (4/16).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Grigor has lost 2 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Dimitrov has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (288-179). 7-0 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Dimitrov has a compiled 149-88 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the current year was winning the title in Brisbane where he defeated Holger Rune in the final 7-6(5) 6-4.

Grigor has a composed 7-0 win-loss record in 2024, 7-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Australian Open
Dimitrov's Record

Nuno Borges

Nuno Borges

3 - 2win/loss

Hard
3-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
50
High
46
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 20-18 12-8 8-6 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
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Ranked no. 69, Nuno reached the 3rd round after defeating Maximilian Marterer 7-5 7-63 6-2 and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-67 6-3 6-3.

In the 2nd round, Borges had a good straight sets win against Davidovich Fokina (7-67 6-3 6-3). During the match Borges scored 116 points vs Davidovich Fokina’s 96. Borges was exceptionally aggressive to blast 53 winners.

Talking about serving, Borges bagged 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Nuno Borges was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 73% (53/73) of his 1st serve and 54% (22/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Portuguese broke Davidovich Fokina 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Nuno hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

The Portuguese has a composed 3-2 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.

Australian Open
Borges's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

G.Dimitrov
N.Borges
6h:55
6h:55
Time on court​
4h:47
4h:47
!
3h:28
3h:28
Last match​
!
2h:18
2h:18
2
2
Match played
2
2
77
77
Games Played​
64
64
8
8
Set played​​
6
6
282
282
Total points​
238
238
141
141
Avg point​
119
119
128
128
Winners
107
107
64
64
Avg Winners​
53.5
53.5
45%
45%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
16
16
Aces
25
25
8
8
Avg Aces
!
12.5
12.5
9
9
Double Faults
5
5
4.5
4.5
Avg Double Faults
2.5
2.5
128/159
128/159
1st won total​
107/137
107/137
!
81%
81%
1st won %
!
78%
78%
33/73
33/73
2nd won total​
40/76
40/76
45%
45%
2nd won %
53%
53%
-- Break Points --
9/37
9/37
BP won
9/23
9/23
4.5/18.5
4.5/18.5
Avg BP won
4.5/11.5
4.5/11.5
!
24%
24%
Won
39%
39%
16
16
Conceded
17
17
8
8
Avg Conceded
8.5
8.5
4
4
Broken
3
3
2
2
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
12
12
Saved
14
14
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Dimitrov Borges
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 8 6
Tot Games 77 64
Pts 282-245 238-191
Total Points 527 429
Winners 128 107
%Winners 45% 45%

Both Dimitrov and Borges played 2 matches. At the moment, Grigor Dimitrov surrendered 2 sets while Nuno Borges hasn’t dropped a set so far. Dimitrov has played 2 sets more than Borges (8 vs 6). Therefore, Dimitrov played 13 games more than Borges. Dimitrov scored 128 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Borges struck 107 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Dimitrov Borges
Aces 16 25
Avg per match 8 12.5
1st in 159/232 137/213
%1st in 69% 64%
1st pts 128/159 107/137
%1st pts 81% 78%
2nd pts 33/73 40/76
%2nd pts 45% 53%

Dimitrov bagged 16 aces (8 per match). Borges recorded 25 aces (12.5 per match). Dimitrov won 81% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Borges won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Dimitrov Borges
Won 9 9
Converted 9/37 9/23
% Converted 24% 39%
Conceded 16 17
Saved 12 14
% Saved 75% 82%
Times Broken 4 3

Grigor broke his opponents 9 times with a 24% conversion rate. Dimitrov lost his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Nuno broke his opponents 9 times with a 39% conversion rate. Borges conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.

Dimitrov
R1
Fucsovics		 R2
Kokkinakis		 Total
Score 4-6 6-3 7-61 6-2 6-3 6-2 4-6 6-4
Tot Set 4 4 8
Tot Games 40 37 77
pts 140-125 142-120 282-245
Total points 265 262 527
Winners 64 64 128
%Winners 46% 45% 45%
SERVE
Aces 8 8 16
Double Faults 8 1 9
1st in 77/119 82/113 159/232
% 1st in 65% 73% 69%
1st pts 64/77 64/82 128/159
% 1st pts 83% 78% 81%
2nd pts 16/42 17/31 33/73
% 2nd pts 38% 55% 45%
Breaks
Won 5 4 9
Converted 5/21 4/16 9/37
Converted % 24% 25% 24%
Conceded 8 8 16
Saved 5/8 7/8 12
Saved % 63% 88% 76%
Times Broken 3 1 4
Borges
R1
Marterer		 R2
Davidovich Fokina		 Total
Score 7-5 7-63 6-2 7-67 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 33 31 64
pts 122-95 116-96 238-191
Total points 217 212 429
Winners 54 53 107
%Winners 44% 46% 45%
SERVE
Aces 18 7 25
Double Faults 0 5 5
1st in 64/99 73/114 137/213
% 1st in 65% 64% 64%
1st pts 54/64 53/73 107/137
% 1st pts 84% 73% 78%
2nd pts 18/35 22/41 40/76
% 2nd pts 51% 54% 53%
Breaks
Won 4 5 9
Converted 4/14 5/9 9/23
Converted % 29% 56% 39%
Conceded 8 9 17
Saved 7/8 7/9 14
Saved % 88% 78% 83%
Times Broken 1 2 3

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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