Ugo Humbert and Nuno Borges will square off in the 2nd round of the National Bank Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 9. 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 Ugo Humbert who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ugo Humbert is the pick to win this match.
Ugo Humbert -> 1.39
Nuno Borges -> 3.02

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Prediction and head to head Ugo Humbert vs. Nuno Borges

This will be the 2nd time that Ugo Humbert and Nuno Borges square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Humbert (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Humbert won 7-6(6) 6-4 in the quarter in the Segovia Challenger back in 2022.

Ugo Humbert

Ugo Humbert

26 - 16win/loss

Hard
12-4
I Hard
4-1
Clay
5-7
Grass
5-4
Rank
15
High
13
WLWLLWWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 26-16 12-4 5-7 4-1 5-4 0-0
2023 49-26 17-11 13-5 16-6 3-4 0-0
2022 33-29 16-11 3-7 11-6 3-5 0-0
2021 19-20 6-7 1-6 4-5 8-2 0-0
2020 25-14 11-7 4-3 10-4 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 15, the French player got to the 2nd round after defeating Arthur Fils 6-2 6-2.

In the 1st round, Ugo had a good straight sets win against Fils (6-2 6-2). During the match, Humbert scored 63 points vs Fils’s 45. The French player was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Regarding the service games, Humbert blasted 7 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Ugo Humbert was very efficient on serve to win 73% (27/37) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Humbert broke Fils 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Humbert has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (328-209). 12-4 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Humbert has a compiled 135-70 match record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the season was winning the title in Marseille where he beat Grigor Dimitrov in the final 6-4 6-3 and in Dubai where he overcame Alexander Bublik in the final 6-4 6-3.

Humbert has an overall 26-16 win-loss record in 2024, 12-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Toronto

Montreal
Humbert's Record

Nuno Borges

Nuno Borges

26 - 19win/loss

Hard
13-8
I Hard
0-1
Clay
13-7
Grass
0-3
Rank
43
High
42
WLWWWWWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 26-19 13-8 13-7 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. 43, Borges reached the 2nd round after defeating Miomir Kecmanovic 5-7 6-4 6-4.

In the 1st round against Kecmanovic, The Portuguese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-4). During the match Borges scored 101 points vs Kecmanovic’s 88. The Portuguese was very aggressive to blast 48 winners.

About the serving games, Borges blasted 13 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Nuno Borges was very effective on serve to win 71% (48/68) of his 1st serve and 66% (19/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Nuno broke Kecmanovic 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Phoenix Challenger where he overcame Matteo Berrettini in the final 7-5 7-6(4) and in Bastad where he defeated Rafael Nadal in the final 6-3 6-2.

Nuno has an aggregate 26-19 win-loss record in 2024, 13-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Toronto

Nuno has never competed in this tournament before.

Montreal
Borges's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

U.Humbert
N.Borges
1h:16
1h:16
Time on court​
!
2h:01
2h:01
1h:16
1h:16
Last match​
!
2h:01
2h:01
1
1
Match played
1
1
16
16
Games Played​
32
32
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
63
63
Total points​
101
101
63
63
Avg point​
101
101
27
27
Winners
48
48
27
27
Avg Winners​
48
48
43%
43%
Ratio winners
48%
48%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
13
13
7
7
Avg Aces
!
13
13
0
0
Double Faults
6
6
0
0
Avg Double Faults
!
6
6
27/37
27/37
1st won total​
48/68
48/68
!
73%
73%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
13/23
13/23
2nd won total​
19/29
19/29
57%
57%
2nd won %
!
66%
66%
-- Break Points --
4/5
4/5
BP won
3/7
3/7
4/5
4/5
Avg BP won
3/7
3/7
!
80%
80%
Won
43%
43%
5
5
Conceded
5
5
5
5
Avg Conceded
5
5
0
0
Broken
2
2
!
0
0
Avg Broken
2
2
5
5
Saved
3
3

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Humbert Borges
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 16 32
Pts 63-45 101-88
Total Points 108 189
Winners 27 48
%Winners 43% 48%

Both Humbert and Borges played 1 match. At the moment, Nuno Borges lost 1 set while Ugo Humbert hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Humbert has played 1 set(s) less than Borges (2 vs 3). Therefore, Humbert played 16 games less than Borges. The French player scored 27 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Nuno scored 48 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve Humbert Borges
Aces 7 13
Avg per match 7 13
1st in 37/60 68/97
%1st in 62% 70%
1st pts 27/37 48/68
%1st pts 73% 71%
2nd pts 13/23 19/29
%2nd pts 57% 66%

Humbert scored 7 aces . Borges scored 13 aces . Humbert won 73% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Borges won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Humbert Borges
Won 4 3
Converted 4/5 3/7
% Converted 80% 43%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 5 3
% Saved 100% 60%
Times Broken 0 2

Humbert broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Ugo very solid his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points. Nuno broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Portuguese conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Humbert
R1
Fils
Total
Score 6-2 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 16
pts 63-45 63-45
Total points 108 108
Winners 27 27
%Winners 43% 43%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 37/60 37/60
% 1st in 62% 62%
1st pts 27/37 27/37
% 1st pts 73% 73%
2nd pts 13/23 13/23
% 2nd pts 57% 57%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/5 4/5
Converted % 80% 80%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 5/5 5
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Borges
R1
Kecmanovic
Total
Score 5-7 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 32 32
pts 101-88 101-88
Total points 189 189
Winners 48 48
%Winners 48% 48%
SERVE
Aces 13 13
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 68/97 68/97
% 1st in 70% 70%
1st pts 48/68 48/68
% 1st pts 71% 71%
2nd pts 19/29 19/29
% 2nd pts 66% 66%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/7 3/7
Converted % 43% 43%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 3/5 3
Saved % 60% 60%
Times Broken 2 2

Tennis Scores in Montreal

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