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

Alexander Zverev

25 - 9win/loss

Hard
18-6
I Hard
0-0
Clay
7-3
Rank
4
High
2
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 37-11 18-6 16-4 0-0 3-1 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
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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

Rome
Zverev's Record

Nuno Borges

Nuno Borges

20 - 14win/loss

Hard
12-8
I Hard
0-1
Clay
8-5
Rank
50
High
46
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 20-17 12-8 8-6 0-1 0-2 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
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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.

Rome
Borges's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.Zverev
N.Borges
3h:07
3h:07
Time on court​
!
8h:05
8h:05
1h:48
1h:48
Last match​
!
3h:07
3h:07
2
2
Match played
!
3
3
37
37
Games Played​
92
92
4
4
Set played​​
8
8
133
133
Total points​
330
330
66.5
66.5
Avg point​
110
110
65
65
Winners
125
125
32.5
32.5
Avg Winners​
41.7
41.7
49%
49%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
20
20
Aces
17
17
10
10
Avg Aces
5.7
5.7
3
3
Double Faults
10
10
1.5
1.5
Avg Double Faults
3.3
3.3
65/79
65/79
1st won total​
125/171
125/171
!
82%
82%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
18/34
18/34
2nd won total​
71/123
71/123
53%
53%
2nd won %
58%
58%
-- Break Points --
6/14
6/14
BP won
9/29
9/29
3/7
3/7
Avg BP won
3/9.7
3/9.7
43%
43%
Won
31%
31%
3
3
Conceded
23
23
1.5
1.5
Avg Conceded
7.7
7.7
0
0
Broken
7
7
!
0
0
Avg Broken
2.3
2.3
3
3
Saved
16
16
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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
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
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
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

Tennis Scores in Rome

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