Nuno Borges and Henrique Rocha will square off in the 2^nd round of the Nordea Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nuno Borges is the pick to win this match.
Nuno Borges -> 1.59
Henrique Rocha -> 2.375

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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Henrique Rocha

There is no head to head record between Nuno Borges and Henrique Rocha since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Nuno Borges

Ranked no. 51, Nuno reached the 2^nd round after beating Andrea Pellegrino 6-2 7-6(3).

In the 1^st round, The Portuguese had a good straight sets win against Pellegrino (6-2 7-6³). During the match, Borges scored 72 points vs Pellegrino’s 61. Nuno was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Borges scored just 1 ace during the match and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Nuno Borges lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Borges put 76% of his first serves in, winning 69% (33/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (6/15) on the 2nd serve. Nuno broke Pellegrino 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Borges has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 68% of his matches (271-125). 9-6 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Borges has a composed 118-55 match record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Phoenix Challenger where he defeated Matteo Berrettini in the final 7-5 7-6(4).

Nuno has a compiled 21-18 win-loss record in 2024, 9-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Bastad

The Portuguese has never competed in this tournament before.

Henrique Rocha

Ranked no. 182, the Portuguese reached the 2^nd round after beating Camilo Ugo Carabelli 4-6 6-2 6-2 and Nuno Borges .

In the 1^st round against Ugo Carabelli, The Portuguese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-2). During the match Rocha scored 88 points vs Ugo Carabelli’s 77. The Portuguese was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about serving, Rocha bagged 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Henrique Rocha lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Rocha put 59% of his first serves in, winning 76% (28/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Rocha broke Ugo Carabelli 6 times after converting 38% of his break points (6/16).

His best result of the season was winning the title the Murcia Challenger where he defeated Nikoloz Basilashvili in the final 3-6 7-6(0) 7-5.

The Portuguese has a compiled 23-18 win-loss record in 2024, 15-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Borges	Rocha
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	21	26
Pts	72-61	88-77
Total Points	133	165
Winners	33	28
%Winners	46%	32%

Both Borges and Rocha played 1 match. At the moment, Henrique Rocha lost 1 set while Nuno Borges hasn’t conceded a set so far. Borges has played 1 set(s) less than Rocha (2 vs 3). Therefore, Borges played 5 games less than Rocha. The Portuguese scored 33 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Portuguese struck 28 winners (32%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Borges	Rocha
Aces	1	5
Avg per match	1	5
1st in	48/63	37/63
%1st in	76%	59%
1st pts	33/48	28/37
%1st pts	69%	76%
2nd pts	6/15	12/26
%2nd pts	40%	46%

Borges managed to score 1 ace . Rocha also managed to score 5 aces . Borges won 69% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Rocha won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Borges	Rocha
Won	4	6
Converted	4/6	6/16
% Converted	67%	38%
Conceded	5	3
Saved	3	0
% Saved	60%	0%
Times Broken	2	3

Nuno broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Nuno surrendered his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Henrique broke his opponent 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Henrique conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Borges
	R1 Pellegrino	Total
Score	6-2 7-63
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	72-61	72-61
Total points	133	133
Winners	33	33
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	48/63	48/63
% 1st in	76%	76%
1st pts	33/48	33/48
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	6/15	6/15
% 2nd pts	40%	40%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	3/5	3
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	2	2

Rocha
	R1 Ugo	Total
Score	4-6 6-2 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	26	26
pts	88-77	88-77
Total points	165	165
Winners	28	28
%Winners	32%	32%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	37/63	37/63
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	28/37	28/37
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	12/26	12/26
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/16	6/16
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	0/3	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	3	3

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