Nuno Borges and Jakub Mensik will face off in the quarter of the ASB Classic for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jakub Mensik who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jakub Mensik is the pick to win this match.
Jakub Mensik -> 1.58
Nuno Borges -> 2.38
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Jakub Mensik
This will be the 2nd time that Nuno Borges and Jakub Mensik 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 fought against each other, Borges won 6-7(5) 6-1 3-6 7-6(6) 6-0 in the 3rd round in at the U.S. Open back in 2024.
Highlights Nuno Borges vs Jakub Mensik – U.S. Open 31-August-2024
Nuno Borges
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 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 got to the quarter after beating Luciano Darderi 5-7 6-3 7-5 and Mariano Navone 4-6 7-5 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Navone, Nuno recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-4). During the match, Borges scored 107 points vs Navone’s 106. Borges was pretty aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about the service games, Borges blasted 6 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Nuno Borges lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Borges put 68% of his first serves in, winning 63% (47/75) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (19/36) on the 2nd serve. The Portuguese broke Navone 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Borges has dropped 2 set in this event to conquer 51% of the points he played.
Borges has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 68% of his matches (276-128). 3-1 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Borges has an overall 133-51 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Portuguese has a composed 3-1 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Auckland
Jakub Mensik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-27 | 26-12 | 6-4 | 7-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-23 | 10-6 | 17-11 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-16 | 18-4 | 17-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 49, Jakub reached the quarter after defeating Pablo Carreno-Busta 6-2 4-6 7-5 and Ben Shelton 7-6(2) 4-6 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Mensik defeated Shelton (7-62 4-6 7-5). During the match Mensik scored 128 points vs Shelton’s 118. The Czech was pretty aggressive to blast 57 winners.
About the serving games, Mensik fired 10 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Jakub Mensik was quite efficient on serve to win 80% (57/71) of his 1st serve and 52% (25/48) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Mensik broke Shelton once after converting 8% of his break points (1/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jakub has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Jakub has an overall 4-1 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Auckland
The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Borges | Mensik |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 65 | 65 |
| Pts | 203-193 | 229-205 |
| Total Points | 396 | 434 |
| Winners | 88 | 102 |
| %Winners | 43% | 45% |
Both Borges and Mensik played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Nuno Borges dropped 2 sets, while Jakub Mensik lost 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Borges and Mensik have played the same amount of sets 6. They also played the same amount of games (65). Borges scored 88 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Jakub bagged 102 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Borges | Mensik |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 28 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 14 |
| 1st in | 134/197 | 126/207 |
| %1st in | 68% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 88/134 | 102/126 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 37/63 | 43/81 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 53% |
Borges managed to score 7 aces (3.5 per match). Mensik bagged 28 aces (14 per match). Borges won 66% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Mensik won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Borges | Mensik |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 4 |
| Converted | 10/17 | 4/19 |
| % Converted | 59% | 21% |
| Conceded | 13 | 8 |
| Saved | 6 | 6 |
| % Saved | 46% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 2 |
Borges broke his opponents 10 times with a 59% conversion rate. The Portuguese lost his serve 7 times and he saved 46% of the break points that he conceded. The Czech broke his opponents 4 times with a 21% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Borges | ||||
| R1 Darderi |
R2 Navone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-3 7-5 | 4-6 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 32 | 65 | |
| pts | 96-87 | 107-106 | 203-193 | |
| Total points | 183 | 213 | 396 | |
| Winners | 41 | 47 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 44% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 59/86 | 75/111 | 134/197 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 41/59 | 47/75 | 88/134 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 63% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/27 | 19/36 | 37/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 53% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/10 | 10/17 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 50% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 4/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 50% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Mensik | ||||
| R1 Carreno-Busta |
R2 Shelton |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 7-5 | 7-62 4-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 35 | 65 | |
| pts | 101-87 | 128-118 | 229-205 | |
| Total points | 188 | 246 | 434 | |
| Winners | 45 | 57 | 102 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 18 | 10 | 28 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 55/88 | 71/119 | 126/207 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 60% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 45/55 | 57/71 | 102/126 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 80% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/33 | 25/48 | 43/81 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 52% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 1/12 | 4/19 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 8% | 21% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 5/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 83% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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