Nuno Borges and Otto Virtanen will play each other in the 1st round of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 2:30 pm on GRANDSTAND 3. 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 Nuno Borges who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nuno Borges is the pick to win this match.
Nuno Borges -> 1.43
Otto Virtanen -> 2.83

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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Otto Virtanen

This will be the 3rd time that Nuno Borges and Otto Virtanen play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Virtanen (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Virtanen won 6-2 6-1 in the Rubber 1 in 1 back in 2024.

Nuno Borges

Nuno Borges

8 - 5win/loss

Hard
6-3
I Hard
1-1
Clay
1-1
Rank
47
High
30
LWWLLLWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 33-33 17-14 9-11 3-4 4-4 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. 39, the Portuguese will start his run in Doha after he played his last match in Marseille where he lost 6-2 6-7(5) 6-2 to Bergs in the 2nd round on the 13th of February.

Borges has an aggregate 8-5 win-loss record in 2025, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Portuguese’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Auckland.

Talking about his overall career, The Portuguese has an overall 291-138 record. He has a positive 142-55 record on hard.

Previously in Doha

Nuno has never competed in this tournament before.

Doha
Borges's Record

Otto Virtanen

Otto Virtanen

2 - 5win/loss

Hard
1-2
I Hard
1-2
Clay
0-1
Rank
126
High
91
LLWWWWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 27-24 4-9 5-9 12-6 6-0 0-0
2024 43-28 9-11 5-7 24-7 5-3 0-0
2023 33-31 4-6 4-10 22-11 3-4 0-0
2022 46-31 4-1 7-12 25-13 8-3 2-2
2021 40-21 2-2 16-11 19-6 0-0 3-2

Ranked no. 92, the Finn reached the 1st round after defeating Terence Atmane 6-4 7-5 and Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-1 6-4

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Otto has an aggregate 2-5 win-loss record in 2025, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Doha
Virtanen's Record

Tennis Scores in Doha

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