Nuno Borges and Thanasi Kokkinakis will face off in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:00 pm on Court 11. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Thanasi Kokkinakis who should win in 5 sets.
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 1.73
Nuno Borges -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
This will be the 2nd time that Nuno Borges and Thanasi Kokkinakis clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Borges (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Borges won 7-6(1) 6-1 in the quarter in the Phoenix Challenger back in March 2024.
Nuno Borges
31 - 22win/loss
34
34
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-22 | 18-11 | 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. 34 (career-high), the Portuguese got to the 2nd round after defeating Federico Coria 6-2 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Portuguese had a good straight sets win against Coria (6-2 6-4 6-1). During the match, Borges scored 93 points vs Coria’s 65. The Portuguese was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Borges made 8 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Overall, Nuno Borges was extremely effective on serve to win 83% (29/35) of his 1st serve and 51% (19/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Borges broke Coria 7 times after converting 47% of his break points (7/15).
Borges has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 69% of his matches (281-129). 18-11 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Borges has a compiled 134-51 match record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Phoenix Challenger where he overcame 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 an aggregate 31-22 win-loss record in 2024, 18-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Thanasi Kokkinakis
27 - 18win/loss
86
65
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-18 | 14-11 | 11-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-26 | 31-18 | 8-5 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-19 | 19-12 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-21 | 15-11 | 18-7 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 86, Kokkinakis reached the 2nd round after beating Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-6(5) 4-6 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round, Thanasi defeated Tsitsipas (7-65 4-6 6-3 7-5). During the match Kokkinakis scored 145 points vs Tsitsipas’s 130. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 54 winners.
Talking about serving, Kokkinakis blasted 17 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Thanasi Kokkinakis was very effective on serve to win 78% (54/69) of his 1st serve and 57% (41/72) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Thanasi broke Tsitsipas 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Sarasota Challenger where he beat Zizou Bergs in the final 6-3 1-6 6-0.
The Australian has an aggregate 27-18 win-loss record in 2024, 14-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022 and 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Borges | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 44 |
| Pts | 93-65 | 145-130 |
| Total Points | 158 | 275 |
| Winners | 29 | 54 |
| %Winners | 31% | 37% |
Both Borges and Kokkinakis played 1 match. At the moment, Thanasi Kokkinakis conceded 1 set while Nuno Borges hasn’t dropped a set so far. Borges has played 1 set(s) less than Kokkinakis (3 vs 4). Therefore, Borges played 19 games less than Kokkinakis. Borges scored 29 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Thanasi made 54 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Borges | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 17 |
| 1st in | 35/72 | 69/141 |
| %1st in | 49% | 49% |
| 1st pts | 29/35 | 54/69 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 19/37 | 41/72 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 57% |
Borges fired 8 aces . Kokkinakis struck 17 aces . Borges won 83% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Kokkinakis won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Borges | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 4 |
| Converted | 7/15 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 47% | 50% |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 |
| Saved | 1 | 6 |
| % Saved | 33% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Nuno broke his opponent 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Nuno dropped his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Thanasi broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Thanasi conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Borges | |||
| R1 Coria | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 93-65 | 93-65 | |
| Total points | 158 | 158 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 35/72 | 35/72 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 29/35 | 29/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/37 | 19/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/15 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 47% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kokkinakis | |||
| R1 Tsitsipas | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 4-6 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 44 | 44 | |
| pts | 145-130 | 145-130 | |
| Total points | 275 | 275 | |
| Winners | 54 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 17 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 69/141 | 69/141 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 54/69 | 54/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 41/72 | 41/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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