Felix Auger-Aliassime and Nuno Borges will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Felix Auger-Aliassime who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Felix Auger-Aliassime is the pick to win this match.
Felix Auger-Aliassime -> 1.52
Nuno Borges -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Nuno Borges
There is no head to head record between Felix Auger-Aliassime and Nuno Borges since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Felix Auger-Aliassime
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23-14 | 13-6 | 3-6 | 4-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-25 | 6-10 | 17-8 | 9-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-19 | 13-13 | 1-3 | 9-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 60-27 | 14-9 | 11-7 | 31-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-24 | 19-10 | 4-6 | 5-5 | 10-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 21, Felix reached the 2nd round after defeating Alexander Bublik 7-6(7) 6-7(4) 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Canadian defeated Bublik (7-67 6-74 6-3). During the match, Auger-Aliassime scored 126 points vs Bublik’s 113. Felix was pretty aggressive to blast 62 winners.
Regarding the service games, Auger-Aliassime struck 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Felix Auger-Aliassime was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (62/81) of his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Auger-Aliassime broke Bublik 3 times after converting 18% of his break points (3/17).
Auger-Aliassime has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (341-204). 9-3 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Auger-Aliassime has an aggregate 112-85 record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in Adelaide where he overcame Sebastian Korda in the final 6-3 3-6 6-1 and in Montpellier where he defeated Aleksandar Kovacevic in the final 6-2 6-7(7) 7-6(2).
The Canadian has a composed 13-4 win-loss record in 2025, 9-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Nuno Borges
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22-19 | 11-8 | 9-8 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 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. 38, Nuno reached the 2nd round after beating Arthur Fils 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, Borges had a good straight sets win against Fils (6-2 6-1). During the match Borges scored 62 points vs Fils’s 39. Nuno was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Borges recorded 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nuno Borges was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (22/29) of his 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Portuguese broke Fils 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
The Portuguese’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Auckland.
Borges has a composed 10-6 win-loss record in 2025, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Auger-Aliassime | Borges |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 15 |
| Pts | 126-113 | 62-39 |
| Total Points | 239 | 101 |
| Winners | 62 | 22 |
| %Winners | 49% | 35% |
Both Auger-Aliassime and Borges played 1 match. At the moment, Felix Auger-Aliassime conceded 1 set while Nuno Borges hasn’t dropped a set so far. Auger-Aliassime has played 1 set more than Borges (3 vs 2). Therefore, Auger-Aliassime played 20 games more than Borges. Auger-Aliassime scored 62 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Borges managed to score 22 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Auger-Aliassime | Borges |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 4 |
| 1st in | 81/113 | 29/44 |
| %1st in | 72% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 62/81 | 22/29 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 10/15 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 67% |
Auger-Aliassime recorded 8 aces . Borges scored 4 aces . Auger-Aliassime won 77% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Borges won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Auger-Aliassime | Borges |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/17 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 18% | 42% |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 86% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Felix broke his opponent 3 times with a 18% conversion rate. Auger-Aliassime dropped his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. The Portuguese broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Portuguese was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Auger-Aliassime | |||
| R1 Bublik |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 6-74 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 126-113 | 126-113 | |
| Total points | 239 | 239 | |
| Winners | 62 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 81/113 | 81/113 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 62/81 | 62/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 17/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/17 | 3/17 | |
| Converted % | 18% | 18% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Borges | |||
| R1 Fils |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 62-39 | 62-39 | |
| Total points | 101 | 101 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/44 | 29/44 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 22/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 10/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWWLWLL Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (5-7 7-64 7-61) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Yuki Bhambri/Alexei PopyrinBhambri/Alexei Popyrin – Marcelo Arevalo/Mate PavicArevalo/Mate Pavic (4-6 7-61 10-3) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Gael MonfilsMonfils (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Robin Haase/Hendrik JebensHaase/Hendrik Jebens – Pavlos Tsitsipas/Petros TsitsipasTsitsipas/Petros Tsitsipas (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (1-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Harri Heliovaara/Henry PattenHeliovaara/Henry Patten – Nikola Mektic/Michael VenusMektic/Michael Venus (6-75 7-68 10-6) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Andrey RublevRublev (3-6 6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Jamie Murray/John PeersMurray/John Peers – Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan/N. Vijay Sundar PrashanthNedunchezhiyan/N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Arthur FilsFils (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Alexander BublikBublik (7-67 6-74 6-3) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Aziz DougazDougaz (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Daniel EvansEvans (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Simone Bolelli/Andrea VavassoriBolelli/Andrea Vavassori – Karen Khachanov/Andrey RublevKhachanov/Andrey Rublev (5-7 6-3 16-14) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Hady HabibHabib (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (3-6 6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Kevin Krawietz/Tim PuetzKrawietz/Tim Puetz – Tallon Griekspoor/Adam PavlasekGriekspoor/Adam Pavlasek (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (5-7 7-6(4) 7-6(1)) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Gael MonfilsMonfils (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (1-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Andrey RublevRublev (3-6 6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Arthur FilsFils (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Alexander BublikBublik (7-6(7) 6-7(4) 6-3) – See score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Quentin HalysHalys (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (8-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Ugo HumbertHumbert (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Marin CilicCilic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
