Nuno Borges and Colton Smith will face off in the quarter of the Phoenix Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nuno Borges who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nuno Borges is the pick to win this match.
Nuno Borges -> 1.43
Colton Smith -> 2.66

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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Colton Smith

There is no head to head record between Nuno Borges and Colton Smith since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Nuno Borges

Ranked no. 36, the Portuguese reached the quarter after defeating Unknown Player bye and Jacob Fearnley 6-2 7-5.

In the 2^nd round, Nuno had a good straight sets win against Fearnley (6-2 7-5). During the match, Borges scored 73 points vs Fearnley’s 53. The Portuguese was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about the service games, Borges struck 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Nuno Borges was quite efficient on serve to win 77% (30/39) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Portuguese broke Fearnley 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Borges has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 68% of his matches (285-135). 10-6 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Borges has a composed 140-56 match record in the last years on hard.

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

Nuno has an aggregate 12-8 win-loss record in 2025, 10-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Phoenix Challenger

Colton Smith

Ranked no. 261, Smith got to the quarter after defeating Alexander Shevchenko 6-1 7-5 and Roman Safiullin 6-4 7-6(2).

In the 2^nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Safiullin (6-4 7-6²). During the match Smith scored 84 points vs Safiullin’s 76. Smith was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.

About the serving games, Smith managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Colton Smith lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Smith put 63% of his first serves in, winning 68% (34/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. Colton broke Safiullin 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Cleveland Challenger where he beat Eliot Spizzirri in the final 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3.

Smith has an aggregate 10-2 win-loss record in 2025, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Phoenix Challenger

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Borges	Smith
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	4
Tot Games	20	42
Pts	73-53	147-118
Total Points	126	265
Winners	30	56
%Winners	41%	38%

Borges played 1 match while Smith competed in 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Borges has played 2 set(s) less than Smith (2 vs 4). Therefore, Borges played 22 games less than Smith. The Portuguese scored 30 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Smith managed to score 56 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Borges	Smith
Aces	5	6
Avg per match	5	3
1st in	39/60	76/121
%1st in	65%	63%
1st pts	30/39	56/76
%1st pts	77%	74%
2nd pts	12/21	24/45
%2nd pts	57%	53%

Borges scored 5 aces . Smith made 6 aces (3 per match). Borges won 77% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Smith won 74% 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	Smith
Won	4	9
Converted	4/6	9/22
% Converted	67%	41%
Conceded	6	9
Saved	5	5
% Saved	83%	56%
Times Broken	1	4

The Portuguese broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Portuguese surrendered his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Smith broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. Colton conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.

Borges
	R2 Fearnley	Total
Score	6-2 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	73-53	73-53
Total points	126	126
Winners	30	30
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	39/60	39/60
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	30/39	30/39
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	12/21	12/21
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	5/6	5
Saved %	83%	83%
Times Broken	1	1

Smith
	R1 Shevchenko	R2 Safiullin	Total
Score	6-1 7-5	6-4 7-62
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	19	23	42
pts	63-42	84-76	147-118
Total points	105	160	265
Winners	22	34	56
%Winners	35%	40%	38%
SERVE
Aces	3	3	6
Double Faults	3	1	4
1st in	26/42	50/79	76/121
% 1st in	62%	63%	63%
1st pts	22/26	34/50	56/76
% 1st pts	85%	68%	74%
2nd pts	10/16	14/29	24/45
% 2nd pts	63%	48%	53%
Breaks
Won	5	4	9
Converted	5/11	4/11	9/22
Converted %	45%	36%	41%
Conceded	1	8	9
Saved	0/1	5/8	5
Saved %	0%	63%	63%
Times Broken	1	3	4

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