Nuno Borges and Thiago Agustin Tirante will square off in the semifinal of the Nordea Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 -> 1.64
Thiago Agustin Tirante -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Thiago Agustin Tirante

This will be the 2^nd time that Nuno Borges and Thiago Agustin Tirante fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Agustin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they played, Agustin won 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the 1^st round in the Ilkley Challenger back in 2023.

Nuno Borges

Ranked no. 51, the Portuguese got to the semifinal after defeating Andrea Pellegrino 6-2 7-6(3), Henrique Rocha 1-6 6-4 6-0 and Timofey Skatov 6-4 6-3.

In the quarter, Nuno had a good straight sets win against Skatov (6-4 6-3). During the match, Borges scored 69 points vs Skatov’s 54. Borges was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Borges recorded 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Nuno Borges lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Borges put 65% of his first serves in, winning 82% (32/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (8/21) on the 2nd serve. Nuno broke Skatov 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Borges has conceded 1 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Borges has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 69% of his matches (273-125). 11-6 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Borges has an aggregate 120-55 match record in the last years on clay.

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

Nuno has an overall 23-18 win-loss record in 2024, 11-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Bastad

The Portuguese has never competed in this tournament before.

Thiago Agustin Tirante

Ranked no. 121, the Argentine got to the semifinal after beating Jaime Faria 3-6 6-1 6-4, Andrey Rublev 7-6(5) 3-6 6-4, Roberto Carballes Baena 6-3 2-6 7-5 and Nuno Borges .

In the quarter, Thiago defeated Carballes Baena (6-3 2-6 7-5). During the match Agustin scored 89 points vs Carballes Baena’s 84. Agustin was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.

About the serving games, Agustin bagged 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Thiago Agustin Tirante lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Agustin put 69% of his first serves in, winning 70% (42/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Thiago broke Carballes Baena 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Agustin has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Mexico City Challenger where he defeated Alexis Galarneau in the final 6-1 6-3.

Agustin has an overall 20-18 win-loss record in 2024, 19-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Borges	Agustin
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	9
Tot Games	63	87
Pts	239-197	274-259
Total Points	436	533
Winners	95	125
%Winners	40%	46%

Both Borges and Agustin played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Nuno Borges surrendered 1 set, while Thiago Agustin Tirante dropped 3 sets. Borges has played 2 set(s) less than Agustin (7 vs 9). Therefore, Borges played 24 games less than Agustin. Borges scored 95 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Agustin bagged 125 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Borges	Agustin
Aces	6	18
Avg per match	2	6
1st in	142/213	167/266
%1st in	67%	63%
1st pts	95/142	125/167
%1st pts	67%	75%
2nd pts	34/71	49/99
%2nd pts	48%	49%

Borges made 6 aces (2 per match). Agustin managed to score 18 aces (6 per match). Borges won 67% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Agustin won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Borges	Agustin
Won	13	9
Converted	13/26	9/26
% Converted	50%	35%
Conceded	18	14
Saved	11	6
% Saved	61%	43%
Times Broken	7	8

The Portuguese broke his opponents 13 times with a 50% conversion rate. Nuno dropped his serve 7 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponents 9 times with a 35% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.

Borges
	R1 Pellegrino	R2 Rocha	1/4 Skatov	Total
Score	6-2 7-63	1-6 6-4 6-0	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	21	23	19	63
pts	72-61	98-82	69-54	239-197
Total points	133	180	123	436
Winners	33	30	32	95
%Winners	46%	31%	46%	40%
SERVE
Aces	1	1	4	6
Double Faults	0	2	3	5
1st in	48/63	55/90	39/60	142/213
% 1st in	76%	61%	65%	67%
1st pts	33/48	30/55	32/39	95/142
% 1st pts	69%	55%	82%	67%
2nd pts	6/15	20/35	8/21	34/71
% 2nd pts	40%	57%	38%	48%
Breaks
Won	4	6	3	13
Converted	4/6	6/13	3/7	13/26
Converted %	67%	46%	43%	50%
Conceded	5	11	2	18
Saved	3/5	7/11	1/2	11
Saved %	60%	64%	50%	58%
Times Broken	2	4	1	7

Agustin
	R1 Faria	R2 Rublev	1/4 Carballes Baena	Total
Score	3-6 6-1 6-4	7-65 3-6 6-4	6-3 2-6 7-5
Tot Set	3	3	3	9
Tot Games	26	32	29	87
pts	87-74	98-101	89-84	274-259
Total points	161	199	173	533
Winners	38	45	42	125
%Winners	44%	46%	47%	46%
SERVE
Aces	5	5	8	18
Double Faults	2	6	2	10
1st in	45/73	62/106	60/87	167/266
% 1st in	62%	58%	69%	63%
1st pts	38/45	45/62	42/60	125/167
% 1st pts	84%	73%	70%	75%
2nd pts	16/28	20/44	13/27	49/99
% 2nd pts	57%	45%	48%	49%
Breaks
Won	3	2	4	9
Converted	3/12	2/3	4/11	9/26
Converted %	25%	67%	36%	35%
Conceded	3	4	7	14
Saved	2/3	1/4	3/7	6
Saved %	67%	25%	43%	45%
Times Broken	1	3	4	8

Tennis Scores in Bastad

• Manuel Guinard/Gregoire JacqGuinard/Gregoire Jacq – Gonzalo Escobar/Aleksandr NedovyesovEscobar/Aleksandr Nedovyesov (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Rafael NadalNadal – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Nuno BorgesBorges (1-0) – H2H and prediction