Nuno Borges and Alexandre Muller will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Phoenix Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. 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 Nuno Borges who should win in 3 sets.
Nuno Borges -> 1.68
Alexandre Muller -> 2.1
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Alexandre Muller
This will be the 2nd time that Nuno Borges and Alexandre Muller square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Muller (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Muller won 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Lyon Challenger back in 2022.
Nuno Borges
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-14 | 12-8 | 8-5 | 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. 60, the Portuguese will start his run in the Phoenix Challenger after he played his last match in Indian Wells where he lost 7-6(5) 6-2 to Fils in the 1st round on the 7th of March.
Borges has an overall 7-8 win-loss record in 2024, 7-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The Portuguese has an overall 257-115 record. He has a positive 123-47 record on hard.
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2023. See his history.
Alexandre Muller
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-16 | 7-8 | 10-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-33 | 20-13 | 18-12 | 7-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-31 | 6-6 | 27-20 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-31 | 6-7 | 16-15 | 5-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-13 | 3-2 | 15-9 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 88, Muller will start his run in the Phoenix Challenger after he played his last match in Indian Wells where he lost 7-5 6-2
to Dimitrov in the 2nd round on the 9th of March.Alexandre has an overall 8-7 win-loss record in 2024, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Muller has an overall 371-246 record. He has a positive 116-68 record on hard.
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
Muller has never competed in this tournament before.
Tennis Scores in Phoenix Challenger
- Quentin HalysHalys – Jeff WolfWolf (2-6 7-5 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Denis KudlaKudla – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-3 3-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Hugo GastonGaston (3-6 6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Benoit PaireBenoit – Hamad MedjedovicHamad (5-7 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Michael MmohMmoh (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benoit PairePaire – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis KudlaKudla – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Nuno BorgesBorges (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-0) – H2H and prediction