Andrey Rublev and Nuno Borges will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on GRANDSTAND 1. 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 Andrey Rublev who should win in 2 sets.
Andrey Rublev -> 1.36
Nuno Borges -> 3.14
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Prediction and head to head Andrey Rublev vs. Nuno Borges
This will be the 2nd time that Andrey Rublev and Nuno Borges face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Rublev won 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in Basel back in 2024.
Highlights Andrey Rublev vs Nuno Borges – Basel 21-October-2024
Andrey Rublev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-25 | 16-13 | 8-6 | 6-4 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-26 | 26-11 | 11-6 | 6-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-26 | 23-12 | 19-5 | 6-7 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-20 | 19-7 | 14-6 | 18-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-23 | 25-10 | 9-5 | 12-6 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 10, the Russian got to the 2nd round after defeating Alexander Bublik 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Andrey had a good straight sets win against Bublik (6-3 6-4). During the match, Rublev scored 65 points vs Bublik’s 52. Andrey was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rublev fired 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Andrey Rublev was very effective on serve to win 72% (33/46) of his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Rublev broke Bublik 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Rublev has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (410-226). 1-2 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rublev has an aggregate 174-90 record in the last years on hard.
Andrey’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Montpellier.
The Russian has a composed 5-4 win-loss record in 2025, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Nuno Borges
| 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 reached the 2nd round after defeating Otto Virtanen 7-6(6) 6-3.
In the 1st round, Borges had a good straight sets win against Virtanen (7-66 6-3). During the match Borges scored 73 points vs Virtanen’s 67. Borges was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Borges bagged 3 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Nuno Borges lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Borges put 80% of his first serves in, winning 73% (40/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (5/14) on the 2nd serve. Nuno broke Virtanen 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Borges’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Auckland.
Nuno has a composed 9-5 win-loss record in 2025, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
The Portuguese has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rublev | Borges |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 22 |
| Pts | 65-52 | 73-67 |
| Total Points | 117 | 140 |
| Winners | 33 | 40 |
| %Winners | 51% | 55% |
Both Rublev and Borges played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Rublev and Borges have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Rublev played 3 games less than Borges. Rublev scored 33 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Nuno recorded 40 winners (55%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rublev | Borges |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3 |
| 1st in | 46/62 | 55/69 |
| %1st in | 74% | 80% |
| 1st pts | 33/46 | 40/55 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 5/14 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 36% |
Rublev made 6 aces . Borges bagged 3 aces . Rublev won 72% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Borges won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 36% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rublev | Borges |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 60% | 43% |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Rublev broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Rublev lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Nuno broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Portuguese conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rublev | |||
| R1 Bublik | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 65-52 | 65-52 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 46/62 | 46/62 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 33/46 | 33/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 9/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Borges | |||
| R1 Virtanen | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 73-67 | 73-67 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 55% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 55/69 | 55/69 | |
| % 1st in | 80% | 80% | |
| 1st pts | 40/55 | 40/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 36% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Doha
- Zizou BergsBergs – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Alexander BublikBublik (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Quentin HalysHalys (4-6 6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (7-66 6-3) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (7-65 7-67) – See score progression
- Joe Salisbury/Neal SkupskiSalisbury/Neal Skupski – Matthew Ebden/Joran VliegenEbden/Joran Vliegen (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Aziz DougazDougaz (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Harri Heliovaara/Henry PattenHeliovaara/Henry Patten – Tallon Griekspoor/Adam PavlasekGriekspoor/Adam Pavlasek (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-2 7-64) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Hady HabibHabib (7-67 7-63) – See score progression
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Marin CilicCilic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (7-6(4) 6-2) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (7-6(5) 7-6(7)) – See score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Quentin HalysHalys (4-6 6-4 7-6(2)) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Alexander BublikBublik (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (7-6(6) 6-3) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Jack DraperDraper (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Nuno BorgesBorges (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – (0-0) – H2H and prediction