Nuno Borges and Max Purcell will play each other in the 2nd round of the Mifel Tennis Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 Nuno Borges who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nuno Borges is the pick to win this match.
Nuno Borges -> 1.9
Max Purcell -> 1.909
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Max Purcell
This will be the 2nd time that Nuno Borges and Max Purcell clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Purcell (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Purcell won 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4 7-6(5) in the qualifications in at the Wimbledon 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. 47, the Portuguese reached the 2nd round after beating Dominik Koepfer 7-62 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Portuguese had a good straight sets win against Koepfer (7-62 6-2). During the match, Borges scored 71 points vs Koepfer’s 58. Borges was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Borges struck 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nuno Borges lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Borges put 63% of his first serves in, winning 79% (30/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. Nuno broke Koepfer 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Borges has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 70% of his matches (256-112). 6-4 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Borges has a compiled 122-44 match record in the last years on hard.
Nuno has a compiled 6-5 win-loss record in 2024, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Los Cabos
The Portuguese has never competed in this tournament before.
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-24 | 10-16 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-28 | 45-17 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 21-15 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 51, the Australian reached the 2nd round after defeating Matteo Arnaldi 6-4 4-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Purcell defeated Arnaldi (6-4 4-6 6-4). During the match Purcell scored 101 points vs Arnaldi’s 99. Max was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Purcell fired 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Max Purcell lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Purcell put 53% of his first serves in, winning 67% (37/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (24/48) on the 2nd serve. Purcell broke Arnaldi 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
The Australian has a compiled 4-5 win-loss record in 2024, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Borges | Purcell |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 30 |
| Pts | 71-58 | 101-99 |
| Total Points | 129 | 200 |
| Winners | 30 | 37 |
| %Winners | 42% | 37% |
Both Borges and Purcell played 1 match. At the moment, Max Purcell lost 1 set while Nuno Borges hasn’t dropped a set so far. Borges has played 1 set(s) less than Purcell (2 vs 3). Therefore, Borges played 9 games less than Purcell. The Portuguese scored 30 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian bagged 37 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Borges | Purcell |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 5 |
| 1st in | 38/60 | 55/103 |
| %1st in | 63% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 37/55 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 24/48 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 50% |
Borges made 7 aces . Purcell scored 5 aces . Borges won 79% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Purcell won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Borges | Purcell |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 4 | 9 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 50% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
The Portuguese broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Borges lost his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Borges | |||
| R1 Koepfer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 71-58 | 71-58 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 38/60 | 38/60 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 30/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 10/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Purcell | |||
| R1 Arnaldi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 101-99 | 101-99 | |
| Total points | 200 | 200 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 55/103 | 55/103 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 37/55 | 37/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/48 | 24/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWLLLWWL Tennis Scores in Los Cabos
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Emilio NavaNava – Diego SchwartzmanSchwartzman (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Taro DanielDaniel (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 7-62) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (7-65 7-610) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (7-62 6-2) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Jack DraperDraper (4-6 7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Brandon HoltHolt (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Nuno Borges/Andre GoranssonBorges/Andre Goransson – Andrew Harris/Dominik KoepferHarris/Dominik Koepfer (7-66 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Emilio NavaNava – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Taro DanielDaniel (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (7-6(5) 7-6(10)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marcos GironGiron – Casper RuudRuud (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Daniel EvansEvans (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max PurcellPurcell – Nuno BorgesBorges (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emilio NavaNava – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
