Nuno Borges and Aleksandar Vukic will face off in the qualifications of the Western & Southern Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:00 pm on HOLCIM STADIUM 3. 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 Nuno Borges who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nuno Borges is the pick to win this match.
Nuno Borges -> 1.62
Aleksandar Vukic -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Aleksandar Vukic
There is no head to head record between Nuno Borges and Aleksandar Vukic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Nuno Borges
29 - 20win/loss
33
30
LLLLWWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-26 | 20-12 | 13-7 | 0-4 | 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 qualifications after defeating Jeff Wolf 5-7 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications against Wolf, Nuno recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-4). During the match, Borges scored 98 points vs Wolf’s 89. Nuno was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Borges made 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Nuno Borges lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Borges put 62% of his first serves in, winning 68% (38/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (18/35) on the 2nd serve. The Portuguese broke Wolf 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Borges has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 69% of his matches (278-127). 15-9 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Borges has a composed 131-49 match record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Phoenix Challenger where he defeated Matteo Berrettini in the final 7-5 7-6(4) and in Bastad where he beat Rafael Nadal in the final 6-3 6-2.
Nuno has a compiled 28-20 win-loss record in 2024, 15-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Aleksandar Vukic
21 - 29win/loss
69
48
LWWWLWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-36 | 13-18 | 5-9 | 6-2 | 10-7 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-33 | 34-20 | 9-4 | 1-3 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-25 | 14-15 | 4-5 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-26 | 8-5 | 10-11 | 11-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-12 | 10-4 | 9-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 83, Vukic reached the qualifications after beating Jakub Mensik 7-6(5) 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Mensik (7-65 6-2). During the match Vukic scored 69 points vs Mensik’s 61. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Vukic managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Aleksandar Vukic lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Vukic put 62% of his first serves in, winning 78% (35/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (11/28) on the 2nd serve. Vukic broke Mensik 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Vukic’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Phoenix Challenger and Eastbourne.
Vukic has a compiled 21-28 win-loss record in 2024, 6-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Borges | Vukic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 21 |
| Pts | 98-89 | 69-61 |
| Total Points | 187 | 130 |
| Winners | 38 | 35 |
| %Winners | 39% | 51% |
Both Borges and Vukic played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Nuno Borges dropped 1 set while Aleksandar Vukic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Borges has played 1 set more than Vukic (3 vs 2). Therefore, Borges played 10 games more than Vukic. Borges scored 38 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian struck 35 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Borges | Vukic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 5 |
| 1st in | 56/91 | 45/73 |
| %1st in | 62% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 38/56 | 35/45 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 18/35 | 11/28 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 39% |
Borges made 7 aces . Vukic made 5 aces . Borges won 68% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Vukic won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Borges | Vukic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 42% | 75% |
| Conceded | 7 | 4 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 43% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
Borges broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Portuguese surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Aleksandar broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Vukic conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Borges | |||
| Q1 Wolf |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 98-89 | 98-89 | |
| Total points | 187 | 187 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 56/91 | 56/91 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 38/56 | 38/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/35 | 18/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Vukic | |||
| Q1 Mensik |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 69-61 | 69-61 | |
| Total points | 130 | 130 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 45/73 | 45/73 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 35/45 | 35/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/28 | 11/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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