Nuno Borges and Yoshihito Nishioka will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Cagliari Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on CAMPO 2. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.68
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 2.1
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
This will be the 2nd time that Nuno Borges and Yoshihito Nishioka fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Nishioka (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Nishioka won 3-6 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in Acapulco back in February 2024.
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. 56,he will start his run in the Cagliari Challenger after he played his last match in the Cagliari Challenger where he beat 6-3 7-5 to Maestrelli in the 1st round on the 1st of May.
Nuno has an overall 15-12 win-loss record in 2024, 3-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Phoenix Challenger where he beat Matteo Berrettini in the final 7-5 7-6(4).
Talking about his overall career, Nuno has an overall 265-119 record. He has a positive 112-52 record on clay.
Previously in the Cagliari Challenger
Borges has never competed in this tournament before.
Yoshihito Nishioka
8 - 10win/loss
69
24
WLLWLWWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-24 | 17-15 | 6-7 | 1-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-22 | 14-15 | 5-5 | 4-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-25 | 25-13 | 2-5 | 17-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-26 | 5-11 | 8-7 | 5-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-13 | 10-6 | 2-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 78, the Japanese got to the 2nd round after defeating Juan Pablo Varillas 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Pablo Patino-Samudio (6-2 6-4). During the match Nishioka scored 69 points vs Pablo Patino-Samudio’s 50. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Nishioka scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Yoshihito Nishioka lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Nishioka put 61% of his first serves in, winning 65% (26/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the 2nd serve. Nishioka was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Pablo Patino-Samudio 4 times.
Yoshihito has a compiled 8-10 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cagliari Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Borges | Nishioka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 18 |
| Pts | 70-52 | 69-50 |
| Total Points | 122 | 119 |
| Winners | 30 | 26 |
| %Winners | 43% | 38% |
Both Borges and Nishioka played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Borges and Nishioka have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Borges played 3 games more than Nishioka. Borges scored 30 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Nishioka bagged 26 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Borges | Nishioka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 39/61 | 40/66 |
| %1st in | 64% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 30/39 | 26/40 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 16/26 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 62% |
Borges bagged 1 ace . Nishioka also managed to score 1 ace . Borges won 77% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Nishioka won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Borges | Nishioka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/4 |
| % Converted | 71% | 100% |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 |
| Saved | 2 | 6 |
| % Saved | 50% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Borges broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Nuno surrendered his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Nishioka conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Borges | ||
| Total | ||
|---|---|---|
| Score | ||
| Tot Set | 0 | |
| Tot Games | 0 | |
| pts | 0-0 | |
| Total points | 0 | |
| Winners | 0 | |
| %Winners | 0% | |
| SERVE | ||
| Aces | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | |
| 1st in | 0/0 | |
| % 1st in | 0% | |
| 1st pts | 0/0 | |
| % 1st pts | % | |
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | |
| % 2nd pts | 0% | |
| Breaks | ||
| Won | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/0 | |
| Converted % | 0% | |
| Conceded | 0 | |
| Saved | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | |
| Nishioka | |||
| R1 Pablo Patino-Samudio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 69-50 | 69-50 | |
| Total points | 119 | 119 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 40/66 | 40/66 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 26/40 | 26/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 16/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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WLLWLWWWLL Tennis Scores in Cagliari Challenger
- Emilio NavaNava – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-4 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Taro DanielDaniel (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (7-5 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Gabriel DialloDiallo (6-0 7-64) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Radu AlbotAlbot (2-6 7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Federico CoriaCoria – Fabio FogniniFognini (7-64 3-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Zsombor PirosPiros (7-65 6-0) – See score progression
- Alexander Erler/Lucas MiedlerErler/Lucas Miedler – Philipp Oswald/Fernando RomboliOswald/Fernando Romboli (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Federico CoriaCoria – Fabio FogniniFognini (7-6(4) 3-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Taro DanielDaniel (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-4 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Emilio NavaNava – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (7-5 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Zsombor PirosPiros (7-6(5) 6-0) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Radu AlbotAlbot (2-6 7-6(3) 6-4) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Gabriel DialloDiallo (6-0 7-6(4)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Christopher EubanksEubanks (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Federico CoriaCoria (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mariano NavoneNavone – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
