Alexander Zverev and Nuno Borges will play each other in the 4th round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:30 pm 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 Alexander Zverev who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.182
Nuno Borges -> 4.85
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Nuno Borges
There is no head to head record between Alexander Zverev and Nuno Borges since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Alexander Zverev
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 39-11 | 18-6 | 16-4 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
2023 | 55-27 | 22-13 | 20-7 | 8-5 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
2022 | 29-10 | 9-4 | 17-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 59-15 | 28-6 | 14-4 | 13-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
2020 | 28-11 | 12-7 | 3-1 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 5, Zverev reached the 4th round after beating Aleksandar Vukic 6-0 6-4 and Luciano Darderi 7-63 6-2.
In the 3rd round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Darderi (7-63 6-2). During the match, Zverev scored 70 points vs Darderi’s 57. The German was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zverev made 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alexander Zverev conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Zverev put 73% of his first serves in, winning 84% (41/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Darderi twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zverev hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Zverev has a remarkable record in the last 10 years having won 70% of his matches (438-190). 6-3 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zverev has an overall 140-51 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in Australia where he overcame Hubert Hurkacz in the final 6-7(3) 7-6(6) 6-4.
Zverev has a compiled 24-9 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Nuno Borges
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 20-18 | 12-8 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 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. 53, Borges reached the 4th round after defeating Pedro Martinez Portero 6-73 6-4 7-68, Alexander Bublik 6-4 6-4 and Francesco Passaro 4-6 7-68 7-64.
In the 3rd round against Passaro, Nuno recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-68 7-64). During the match Borges scored 126 points vs Passaro’s 116. Borges was extremely aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Talking about serving, Borges scored 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Nuno Borges was quite effective on serve to win 81% (52/64) of his 1st serve and 60% (28/47) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Portuguese broke Passaro once after converting 14% of his break points (1/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Portuguese has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Phoenix Challenger where he defeated Matteo Berrettini in the final 7-5 7-6(4).
Borges has a compiled 20-13 win-loss record in 2024, 8-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Zverev | Borges |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 3 |
Tot Set | 4 | 8 |
Tot Games | 37 | 92 |
Pts | 133-100 | 330-303 |
Total Points | 233 | 633 |
Winners | 65 | 125 |
%Winners | 49% | 38% |
Zverev played 2 matches while Borges competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Nuno Borges dropped 2 sets while Alexander Zverev hasn’t dropped a set so far. Zverev has played 4 set(s) less than Borges (4 vs 8). Therefore, Zverev played 55 games less than Borges. Alexander scored 65 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Portuguese struck 125 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Zverev | Borges |
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Aces | 20 | 17 |
Avg per match | 10 | 5.7 |
1st in | 79/113 | 171/294 |
%1st in | 70% | 58% |
1st pts | 65/79 | 125/171 |
%1st pts | 82% | 73% |
2nd pts | 18/34 | 71/123 |
%2nd pts | 53% | 58% |
Zverev scored 20 aces (10 per match). Borges managed to score 17 aces (5.7 per match). Zverev won 82% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Borges won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Zverev | Borges |
---|---|---|
Won | 6 | 9 |
Converted | 6/14 | 9/29 |
% Converted | 43% | 31% |
Conceded | 3 | 23 |
Saved | 3 | 16 |
% Saved | 100% | 70% |
Times Broken | 0 | 7 |
Zverev broke his opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Alexander extremely effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Portuguese broke his opponents 9 times with a 31% conversion rate. Borges conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
Zverev | ||||
R2 Vukic |
R3 Darderi |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-0 6-4 | 7-63 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 16 | 21 | 37 | |
pts | 63-43 | 70-57 | 133-100 | |
Total points | 106 | 127 | 233 | |
Winners | 24 | 41 | 65 | |
%Winners | 38% | 59% | 49% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 8 | 12 | 20 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
1st in | 30/46 | 49/67 | 79/113 | |
% 1st in | 65% | 73% | 70% | |
1st pts | 24/30 | 41/49 | 65/79 | |
% 1st pts | 80% | 84% | 82% | |
2nd pts | 10/16 | 8/18 | 18/34 | |
% 2nd pts | 63% | 44% | 53% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
Converted | 4/10 | 2/4 | 6/14 | |
Converted % | 40% | 50% | 43% | |
Conceded | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Saved | 2/2 | 1/1 | 3 | |
Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Borges | |||||
R1 Martinez Portero |
R2 Bublik |
R3 Passaro |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-73 6-4 7-68 | 6-4 6-4 | 4-6 7-68 7-64 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
Tot Games | 36 | 20 | 36 | 92 | |
pts | 135-126 | 69-61 | 126-116 | 330-303 | |
Total points | 261 | 130 | 242 | 633 | |
Winners | 49 | 24 | 52 | 125 | |
%Winners | 36% | 35% | 41% | 38% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 7 | 1 | 9 | 17 | |
Double Faults | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |
1st in | 70/129 | 37/54 | 64/111 | 171/294 | |
% 1st in | 54% | 69% | 58% | 58% | |
1st pts | 49/70 | 24/37 | 52/64 | 125/171 | |
% 1st pts | 70% | 65% | 81% | 73% | |
2nd pts | 34/59 | 9/17 | 28/47 | 71/123 | |
% 2nd pts | 58% | 53% | 60% | 58% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | |
Converted | 3/10 | 5/12 | 1/7 | 9/29 | |
Converted % | 30% | 42% | 14% | 31% | |
Conceded | 12 | 5 | 6 | 23 | |
Saved | 10/12 | 2/5 | 4/6 | 16 | |
Saved % | 83% | 40% | 67% | 95% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (7-67 6-2) – See score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-72 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Holger RuneRune (2-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-2 7-61) – See score progression
- Tommy PaulPaul – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (7-65 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (6-2 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Andrey RublevRublev (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Taylor FritzFritz – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Francesco PassaroPassaro (4-6 7-68 7-64) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Terence AtmaneAtmane (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Ben SheltonShelton (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-2 4-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Luciano DarderiDarderi (7-63 6-2) – See score progression
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Holger RuneRune (2-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Alexandre MullerMuller (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (12-2) – H2H and prediction