Nuno Borges and Luciano Darderi will face off in the 1st round of the ASB Classic for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:30 am 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nuno Borges is the pick to win this match.
Nuno Borges -> 1.42
Luciano Darderi -> 2.86

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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Luciano Darderi

This will be the 2nd time that Nuno Borges and Luciano Darderi clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Borges (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Borges won 1-6 7-6(4) 6-1 in the quarter in the Barletta Challenger back in 2022.

Nuno Borges

Nuno Borges

1 - 1win/loss

Hard
1-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
36
High
30
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
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

Ranked no. 36, Borges will start his run in Auckland after he played his last match in Hong Kong where he lost 6-3 7-5 to Munar Clar in the 2nd round on the 2nd

of January.

Borges has a compiled 1-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, The Portuguese has an overall 284-134 record. He has a positive 137-53 record on hard.

Previously in Auckland

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.

Auckland
Borges's Record

Luciano Darderi

Luciano Darderi

0 - 1win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
44
High
32
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 38-31 1-9 34-15 1-4 2-3 0-0
2023 48-31 3-3 45-27 0-0 0-1 0-0
2022 37-25 0-1 37-24 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 48-19 20-6 27-12 0-0 1-1 0-0

Ranked no. 44, Darderi will start his run in Auckland after he played his last match in Hong Kong where he lost 6-3 6-3 to Kecmanovic in the 1st round on the 30th of December.

Luciano has a compiled 0-1 win-loss record in 2025, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, Luciano has an overall 180-117 record. He has a positive 24-20 record on hard.

Previously in Auckland

The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.

Auckland
Darderi's Record

Tennis Scores in Auckland

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