Nuno Borges and Benoit Paire will face off in the 2^nd round of the Phoenix Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nuno Borges is the pick to win this match.
Nuno Borges -> 1.26
Benoit Paire -> 3.6

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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Benoit Paire

This will be the 2^nd time that Nuno Borges and Benoit Paire fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Borges (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Borges won 6-1 6-4 in the final in the Maia Challenger back in 2023.

Nuno Borges

Ranked no. 60, the Portuguese got to the 2^nd round after defeating Alexandre Muller 6-2 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Portuguese had a good straight sets win against Muller (6-2 6-4). During the match, Borges scored 65 points vs Muller’s 47. Nuno was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Borges managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nuno Borges was pretty effective on serve to win 78% (29/37) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nuno broke Muller 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Borges has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 69% of his matches (258-115). 8-7 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Borges has a composed 124-47 record in the last years on hard.

The Portuguese has a compiled 8-8 win-loss record in 2024, 8-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Phoenix Challenger

Benoit Paire

Ranked no. 109, Benoit reached the 2^nd round after beating Hamad Medjedovic 5-7 6-4 6-3.

In the 1^st round against Medjedovic, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-3). During the match Paire scored 99 points vs Medjedovic’s 88. The French player was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Paire recorded 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Benoit Paire was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 82% (32/39) of his 1st serve and 57% (28/49) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The French player broke Medjedovic 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Paire has a compiled 6-9 win-loss record in 2024, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Phoenix Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Borges	Paire
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	18	31
Pts	65-47	99-88
Total Points	112	187
Winners	29	32
%Winners	45%	32%

Both Borges and Paire played 1 match. At the moment, Benoit Paire conceded 1 set while Nuno Borges hasn’t dropped a set so far. Borges has played 1 set(s) less than Paire (2 vs 3). Therefore, Borges played 13 games less than Paire. The Portuguese scored 29 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Paire managed to score 32 winners (32%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Borges	Paire
Aces	5	9
Avg per match	5	9
1st in	37/56	39/88
%1st in	66%	44%
1st pts	29/37	32/39
%1st pts	78%	82%
2nd pts	11/19	28/49
%2nd pts	58%	57%

Borges blasted 5 aces . Paire blasted 9 aces . Borges won 78% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Paire won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Borges	Paire
Won	3	5
Converted	3/4	5/9
% Converted	75%	56%
Conceded	2	9
Saved	2	6
% Saved	100%	67%
Times Broken	0	3

Nuno broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Portuguese very solid his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. Paire broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Benoit conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Borges
	R1 Muller	Total
Score	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	65-47	65-47
Total points	112	112
Winners	29	29
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	37/56	37/56
% 1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	29/37	29/37
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	11/19	11/19
% 2nd pts	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/4
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Paire
	R1 Medjedovic	Total
Score	5-7 6-4 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
pts	99-88	99-88
Total points	187	187
Winners	32	32
%Winners	32%	32%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	39/88	39/88
% 1st in	44%	44%
1st pts	32/39	32/39
% 1st pts	82%	82%
2nd pts	28/49	28/49
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/9	5/9
Converted %	56%	56%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	6/9	6
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	3	3

Tennis Scores in Phoenix Challenger

• Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Cristian GarinGarin (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Constant LestienneLestienne – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-0 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Adam WaltonWalton (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Emilio NavaNava – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Michael MmohMmoh (7-6⁴ 6-2) – See score progression
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Benoit PairePaire – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (5-7 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Quentin HalysHalys – Jeff WolfWolf (2-6 7-5 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Hugo GastonGaston (3-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Denis KudlaKudla – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Sebastian OfnerOfner (7-6(5) 1-6 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Benoit PairePaire – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Denis KudlaKudla – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Quentin HalysHalys – Emilio NavaNava (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Fabio FogniniFognini (1-0) – H2H and prediction