Nuno Borges and Francesco Maestrelli will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Cagliari Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 5:00 pm on CENTRALE. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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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 -> 1.3
Francesco Maestrelli -> 3.32
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Francesco Maestrelli
This will be the 2nd time that Nuno Borges and Francesco Maestrelli square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Borges (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Borges won 3-6 7-6(4) 7-6(8) in the qualifications in at the U.S. Open 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. 56, Nuno will start his run in the Cagliari Challenger after he played his last match in Madrid where he lost 7-5 6-4 to Munar Clar in the 1st round on the 24th of April.
Borges has a composed 15-12 win-loss record in 2024, 3-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Phoenix Challenger where he defeated Matteo Berrettini in the final 7-5 7-6(4).
Talking about his overall career, The Portuguese has an overall 265-119 record. He has a positive 112-52 record on clay.
Previously in the Cagliari Challenger
Nuno has never competed in this tournament before.
Francesco Maestrelli
13 - 13win/loss
215
149
LWWWLLLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-16 | 5-5 | 11-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-38 | 9-10 | 16-24 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-24 | 5-4 | 34-12 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-18 | 8-3 | 18-12 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-5 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 221, Maestrelli will start his run in the Cagliari Challenger after he played his last match in the Rome Challenger where he lost 7-6(9) 7-5 to Travaglia in the quarter on the 26th of April.
The Italian has an aggregate 13-13 win-loss record in 2024, 8-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Francesco’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Tenerife 2 Challenger and the Szekesfehervar Challenger.
In terms of his career, The Italian has an overall 125-105 record. He has a positive 82-60 record on clay.
Previously in the Cagliari Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
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