Alexander Bublik and Nuno Borges will play each other in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 12. 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 -> 1.51
Alexander Bublik -> 2.57
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Bublik vs. Nuno Borges
There is no head to head record between Alexander Bublik and Nuno Borges since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Alexander Bublik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48-24 | 12-11 | 23-6 | 8-6 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-25 | 10-11 | 5-6 | 6-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-30 | 3-12 | 7-9 | 9-7 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-27 | 5-8 | 2-6 | 17-8 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-30 | 14-12 | 4-6 | 10-8 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 17 (career-high), Alexander will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in Madrid where he lost 7-6(3) 6-4 to Medvedev in the 4th round on the 30th of April.
Bublik has an aggregate 16-9 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Montpellier where he beat Borna Coric in the final 5-7 6-2 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, The Kazakhstani has an overall 342-247 record. He has a negative 54-55 record on clay.
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2023. See his history.
Nuno Borges
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33-33 | 17-14 | 9-11 | 3-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 53, Borges got to the 2nd round after defeating Pedro Martinez Portero 6-73 6-4 7-68.
In the 1st round against Martinez Portero, The Portuguese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-4 7-68). During the match Borges scored 135 points vs Martinez Portero’s 126. Borges was extremely aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about serving, Borges struck 7 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Nuno Borges lost the serve twice and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Borges put 54% of his first serves in, winning 70% (49/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (34/59) on the 2nd serve. The Portuguese broke Martinez Portero 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Phoenix Challenger where he overcame Matteo Berrettini in the final 7-5 7-6(4).
Borges has a composed 18-13 win-loss record in 2024, 6-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Pedro CachinCachin (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-77 5-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Zizou BergsBergs (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Jeff WolfWolf (6-2 7-63) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Daniel EvansEvans (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Matteo GiganteGigante – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (3-6 7-61 6-2) – See score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Harold MayotMayot (3-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-73 7-5 7-67) – See score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Borna CoricCoric (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-3 2-6 7-64) – See score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-74 6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Jakub MensikMensik (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Diego SchwartzmanSchwartzman (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-73 6-4 7-68) – See score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (3-6 7-6(1) 6-2) – See score progression
- Matteo GiganteGigante – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (7-6(2) 6-4) – See score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-7(3) 7-5 7-6(7)) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Daniel EvansEvans (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Pedro CachinCachin (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell (6-7(7) 5-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Jeff WolfWolf (6-2 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Harold MayotMayot (3-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (4-6 7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Zizou BergsBergs (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Borna CoricCoric (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Corentin MoutetMoutet (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Andrey RublevRublev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Aleksandar VukicVukic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Rafael NadalNadal (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Fabio FogniniFognini (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (4-3) – H2H and prediction
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Cameron NorrieNorrie (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Alexander BublikBublik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Francesco PassaroPassaro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Casper RuudRuud (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Terence AtmaneAtmane (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Sebastian KordaKorda (0-0) – H2H and prediction