H2H, prediction of Nuno Borges vs Matteo Berrettini in Phoenix Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 17th March 2024

PREVIEW. Phoenix Challenger. Borges and Berrettini will square off in the final of the Phoenix Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Sunday the 17th of March

Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Matteo Berrettini

Nuno Borges and Matteo Berrettini will square off in the final of the Phoenix Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matteo Berrettini who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Matteo Berrettini is the pick to win this match.
Matteo Berrettini -> 1.727
Nuno Borges -> 2.03

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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Matteo Berrettini

There is no head to head record between Nuno Borges and Matteo Berrettini since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Nuno Borges

Nuno Borges
Nuno Borges

12 - 8win/loss

Hard
12-7
I Hard
0-1
Rank
33
High
30
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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. 60, Borges got to the final after beating Alexandre Muller 6-2 6-4, Benoit Paire 4-2 ret., Thanasi Kokkinakis 7-61 6-1 and Luca Van Assche 6-4 4-6 6-2.

In the semifinal, Borges defeated Van Assche (6-4 4-6 6-2). During the match, Borges scored 105 points vs Van Assche’s 98. Borges was pretty aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Regarding the service games, Borges struck 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Nuno Borges lost the serve 4 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Borges put 57% of his first serves in, winning 69% (45/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (20/49) on the 2nd serve. Nuno broke Van Assche 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Nuno has dropped 1 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Borges has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 69% of his matches (261-115). 11-7 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Borges has a compiled 127-47 record in the last years on hard.

Nuno’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Phoenix Challenger.

The Portuguese has a composed 11-8 win-loss record in 2024, 11-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Phoenix Challenger

Borges
Phoenix Challenger
Borges's Record

Matteo Berrettini

Matteo Berrettini
Matteo Berrettini

4 - 1win/loss

Hard
4-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
35
High
6
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 34-13 7-6 15-1 6-3 6-3 0-0
2023 14-12 9-10 2-0 0-0 3-2 0-0
2022 32-12 15-9 4-2 4-1 9-0 0-0
2021 41-12 14-5 13-4 3-2 11-1 0-0
2020 9-6 5-3 4-2 0-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 154, Matteo reached the final after defeating Hugo Gaston 3-6 6-3 6-1, Arthur Cazaux 3-6 6-1 7-5, Terence Atmane 3-6 7-61 7-66 and Aleksandar Vukic 7-62 7-62.

In the semifinal, Matteo had a good straight sets win against Vukic (7-62 7-62). During the match Berrettini scored 101 points vs Vukic’s 87. Berrettini was pretty aggressive to blast 43 winners.

About the serving games, Berrettini recorded 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Matteo Berrettini lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Berrettini put 63% of his first serves in, winning 84% (43/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (12/30) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Vukic twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Berrettini has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Berrettini’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Phoenix Challenger.

Matteo has an overall 4-0 win-loss record in 2024, 4-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Phoenix Challenger

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2019. See his history.

Berrettini
Phoenix Challenger
Berrettini's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

N.Borges
M.Berrettini
5h:39
5h:39
Time on court​
!
9h:26
9h:26
!
2h:34
2h:34
Last match​
!
2h:15
2h:15
4
4
Match played
4
4
72
72
Games Played​
114
114
9
9
Set played​​
11
11
269
269
Total points​
395
395
67.3
67.3
Avg point​
98.8
98.8
117
117
Winners
165
165
29.3
29.3
Avg Winners​
41.3
41.3
43%
43%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
16
16
Aces
36
36
4
4
Avg Aces
9
9
8
8
Double Faults
9
9
2
2
Avg Double Faults
2.3
2.3
117/158
117/158
1st won total​
165/210
165/210
!
74%
74%
1st won %
!
79%
79%
51/104
51/104
2nd won total​
59/125
59/125
49%
49%
2nd won %
47%
47%
-- Break Points --
14/24
14/24
BP won
13/41
13/41
3.5/6
3.5/6
Avg BP won
3.3/10.3
3.3/10.3
!
58%
58%
Won
32%
32%
29
29
Conceded
17
17
7.3
7.3
Avg Conceded
4.3
4.3
5
5
Broken
9
9
1.3
1.3
Avg Broken
2.3
2.3
24
24
Saved
8
8

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Borges Berrettini
Match played 4 4
Tot Set 9 11
Tot Games 72 114
Pts 269-220 395-347
Total Points 489 742
Winners 117 165
%Winners 43% 42%

Both Borges and Berrettini played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Nuno Borges lost 1 set, while Matteo Berrettini surrendered 3 sets. Borges has played 2 set(s) less than Berrettini (9 vs 11). Therefore, Borges played 42 games less than Berrettini. The Portuguese scored 117 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Matteo made 165 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Borges Berrettini
Aces 16 36
Avg per match 4 9
1st in 158/262 210/335
%1st in 60% 63%
1st pts 117/158 165/210
%1st pts 74% 79%
2nd pts 51/104 59/125
%2nd pts 49% 47%

Borges fired 16 aces (4 per match). Berrettini recorded 36 aces (9 per match). Borges won 74% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Berrettini won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Borges Berrettini
Won 14 13
Converted 14/24 13/41
% Converted 58% 32%
Conceded 29 17
Saved 24 8
% Saved 83% 47%
Times Broken 5 9

Nuno broke his opponents 14 times with a 58% conversion rate. Nuno dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 13 times with a 32% conversion rate. Berrettini conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 47% of the break points that he conceded.

Borges
R1
Muller
R2
Paire
1/4
Kokkinakis
1/2
Van
Total
Score 6-2 6-4 4-2 ret. 7-61 6-1 6-4 4-6 6-2
Tot Set 2 1 2 3 8
Tot Games 18 6 20 28 72
pts 65-47 23-14 76-61 105-98 269-220
Total points 112 37 137 203 489
Winners 29 7 36 45 117
%Winners 45% 30% 47% 43% 43%
SERVE
Aces 5 1 6 4 16
Double Faults 2 0 2 4 8
1st in 37/56 11/16 45/76 65/114 158/262
% 1st in 66% 69% 59% 57% 60%
1st pts 29/37 7/11 36/45 45/65 117/158
% 1st pts 78% 64% 80% 69% 74%
2nd pts 11/19 4/5 16/31 20/49 51/104
% 2nd pts 58% 80% 52% 41% 49%
Breaks
Won 3 2 3 6 14
Converted 3/4 2/4 3/5 6/11 14/24
Converted % 75% 50% 60% 55% 58%
Conceded 2 2 9 16 29
Saved 2/2 1/2 9/9 12/16 24
Saved % 100% 50% 100% 75% 81%
Times Broken 0 1 0 4 5
Berrettini
R1
Gaston
R2
Cazaux
1/4
Atmane
1/2
Vukic
Total
Score 3-6 6-3 6-1 3-6 6-1 7-5 3-6 7-61 7-66 7-62 7-62
Tot Set 3 3 3 2 11
Tot Games 25 28 35 26 114
pts 88-68 87-77 119-115 101-87 395-347
Total points 156 164 234 188 742
Winners 34 30 58 43 165
%Winners 39% 34% 49% 43% 42%
SERVE
Aces 10 3 10 13 36
Double Faults 1 4 2 2 9
1st in 41/63 42/72 76/119 51/81 210/335
% 1st in 65% 58% 64% 63% 63%
1st pts 34/41 30/42 58/76 43/51 165/210
% 1st pts 83% 71% 76% 84% 79%
2nd pts 11/22 16/30 20/43 12/30 59/125
% 2nd pts 50% 53% 47% 40% 47%
Breaks
Won 5 5 1 2 13
Converted 5/13 5/12 1/8 2/8 13/41
Converted % 38% 42% 13% 25% 32%
Conceded 3 4 7 3 17
Saved 1/3 1/4 5/7 1/3 8
Saved % 33% 25% 71% 33% 41%
Times Broken 2 3 2 2 9

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Borges
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Berrettini
LLWWLWLWLW
2024 2023 2022
33 - 25
31 - 13
20-12
Hard
7-6
0-3
I Hard
3-3
13-7
Clay
15-1
0-3
Grass
6-3
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Soccer Tonic Predictions
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