Arthur Fils and Nuno Borges will fight against each other in the 1^st round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 2:00 pm on COURT 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 Arthur Fils who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Arthur Fils is the pick to win this match.
Arthur Fils -> 1.52
Nuno Borges -> 2.53

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Prediction and head to head Arthur Fils vs. Nuno Borges

This will be the 4^th time that Arthur Fils and Nuno Borges clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Fils (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Fils won 7-6(5) 6-2 in the 1^st round in Indian wells back in 2024.

Arthur Fils

5 - 3win/loss

Hard

3-2

I Hard

2-1

Rank
16

High
14

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2025	21-10	9-5	10-4	2-1	0-0	0-0
2024	42-28	15-9	14-10	7-6	6-3	0-0
2023	43-24	5-4	13-8	21-10	4-2	0-0
2022	43-28	0-1	23-15	20-12	0-0	0-0
2021	33-26	3-2	29-17	1-7	0-0	0-0

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Ranked no. 19 (career-high), the French player will start his run in Dubai after he played his last match in Rotterdam where he lost 6-4 3-6 7-5 to Altmaier in the 2^nd

round on the 6^th of February.

The French player has an overall 5-3 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Fils has an overall 167-111 record. He has a positive 26-18 record on hard.

Previously in Dubai

Arthur has never competed in this tournament before.

Dubai

Fils's Record

Nuno Borges

9 - 6win/loss

Hard

7-4

I Hard

1-1

Clay

1-1

Rank
37

High
30

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2025	25-21	11-8	9-8	1-1	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

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Ranked no. 38, Borges will start his run in Dubai after he played his last match in Doha where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Rublev in the 2^nd round on the 19^th of February.

Borges has an overall 9-6 win-loss record in 2025, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Nuno’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Auckland.

In terms of his career, Borges has an overall 292-139 record. He has a positive 143-56 record on hard.

Dubai

Borges's Record

Tennis Scores in Dubai

Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Hady HabibHabib (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (3-6 6-3 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
Karen KhachanovKaren – Daniel EvansDaniel (6-1 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

Gael MonfilsMonfils – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (0-3) – H2H and prediction
Marin CilicCilic – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (2-2) – H2H and prediction
Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (8-2) – H2H and prediction
Alexander BublikBublik – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (2-2) – H2H and prediction
Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-3) – H2H and prediction
Quentin HalysHalys – Andrey RublevRublev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-1) – H2H and prediction
Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (3-0) – H2H and prediction
Aziz DougazDougaz – Zizou BergsBergs (1-0) – H2H and prediction
Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Ugo HumbertHumbert (0-0) – H2H and prediction
Jack DraperDraper – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (0-0) – H2H and prediction