Nuno Borges and Mariano Navone will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the ASB Classic for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 7:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.58
Mariano Navone -> 2.38

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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Mariano Navone

This will be the 2^nd time that Nuno Borges and Mariano Navone face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Navone (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Navone won 6-2 6-2 in the 1^st round in Paris back in 2024.

Nuno Borges

Ranked no. 36, Nuno got to the 2^nd round after beating Luciano Darderi 5-7 6-3 7-5.

In the 1^st round against Darderi, Nuno recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 7-5). During the match, Borges scored 96 points vs Darderi’s 87. Nuno was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Regarding the service games, Borges scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Nuno Borges lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Borges put 69% of his first serves in, winning 69% (41/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (18/27) on the 2nd serve. Borges broke Darderi 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Borges has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 68% of his matches (275-128). 2-1 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Borges has a compiled 132-51 match record in the last years on hard.

Borges has an overall 2-1 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Auckland

Mariano Navone

Ranked no. 46, the Argentine reached the 2^nd round after defeating Adrian Mannarino 7-6(6) 6-7(5) 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Navone defeated Mannarino (7-6⁶ 6-7⁵ 6-1). During the match Navone scored 120 points vs Mannarino’s 108. The Argentine was very aggressive to blast 51 winners.

About the serving games, Navone blasted 5 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Mariano Navone lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Navone put 62% of his first serves in, winning 71% (51/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (21/44) on the 2nd serve. Navone broke Mannarino 6 times after converting 38% of his break points (6/16).

Mariano has an overall 1-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Auckland

Navone has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Borges	Navone
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	33	33
Pts	96-87	120-108
Total Points	183	228
Winners	41	51
%Winners	43%	43%

Both Borges and Navone played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Nuno Borges lost 1 set, while Mariano Navone conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Borges and Navone have played the same amount of sets 3. They also played the same amount of games (33). Borges scored 41 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Navone bagged 51 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Borges	Navone
Aces	1	5
Avg per match	1	5
1st in	59/86	72/116
%1st in	69%	62%
1st pts	41/59	51/72
%1st pts	69%	71%
2nd pts	18/27	21/44
%2nd pts	67%	48%

Borges recorded 1 ace . Navone also recorded 5 aces . Borges won 69% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Navone won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Borges	Navone
Won	5	6
Converted	5/7	6/16
% Converted	71%	38%
Conceded	5	7
Saved	2	3
% Saved	40%	43%
Times Broken	3	4

The Portuguese broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Borges conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Navone broke his opponent 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.

Borges
	R1 Darderi	Total
Score	5-7 6-3 7-5
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	33	33
pts	96-87	96-87
Total points	183	183
Winners	41	41
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	59/86	59/86
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	41/59	41/59
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	18/27	18/27
% 2nd pts	67%	67%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/7
Converted %	71%	71%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	2/5	2
Saved %	40%	40%
Times Broken	3	3

Navone
	R1 Mannarino	Total
Score	7-66 6-75 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	33	33
pts	120-108	120-108
Total points	228	228
Winners	51	51
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	7	7
1st in	72/116	72/116
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	51/72	51/72
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	21/44	21/44
% 2nd pts	48%	48%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/16	6/16
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	3/7	3
Saved %	43%	43%
Times Broken	4	4

Tennis Scores in Auckland

• Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Francisco ComesanaComesana (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Mariano NavoneNavone – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-6⁶ 6-7⁵ 6-1) – See score progression
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (1-6 7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Gabriel DialloDiallo (7-6⁵ 2-6 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Luca NardiNardi – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-2 1-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Jakub MensikMensik – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-2 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Luciano DarderiDarderi (5-7 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Nikola Mektic/Michael VenusMektic/Michael Venus – Santiago Gonzalez/Lucas MiedlerGonzalez/Lucas Miedler (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Zizou BergsBergs – Isaac BecroftBecroft (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Sumit NagalNagal (6-7⁸ 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Christian Harrison/Rajeev RamHarrison/Rajeev Ram – Constantin Frantzen/Hendrik JebensFrantzen/Hendrik Jebens (6-4 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Jakub MensikMensik – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-2 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (1-6 7-6(5) 6-3) – See score progression
• Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Francisco ComesanaComesana (6-2 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Gael MonfilsMonfils (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Zizou BergsBergs – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (5-0) – H2H and prediction
• Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Sebastian BaezBaez (1-4) – H2H and prediction
• Mariano NavoneNavone – Nuno BorgesBorges (1-0) – H2H and prediction