Nuno Borges and Jenson Brooksby will play each other in the 2nd round of the Rothesay International for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

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

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Nuno Borges is the pick to win this match.
Nuno Borges -> 1.66
Jenson Brooksby -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Jenson Brooksby

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

Nuno Borges

Nuno Borges

23 - 19win/loss

Hard
11-8
I Hard
1-1
Clay
9-8
Grass
2-2
Rank
37
High
30
LWLLWLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 23-20 11-8 9-8 1-1 2-3 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. 37, Nuno reached the 2nd round after beating Jack Pinnington Jones 4-6 6-3 6-3.

In the 1st round against Pinnington Jones, The Portuguese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-3). During the match, Borges scored 102 points vs Pinnington Jones’s 89. Nuno was very aggressive to blast 47 winners.

Talking about the service games, Borges managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Nuno Borges lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Borges put 76% of his first serves in, winning 72% (47/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. The Portuguese broke Pinnington Jones 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Borges has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 67% of his matches (296-146). 2-2 on grass in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Borges has an aggregate 8-12 record in the last years on grass.

Borges’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Auckland and the Phoenix Challenger.

Nuno has a composed 23-19 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Eastbourne

Eastbourne
Borges's Record

Jenson Brooksby

Jenson Brooksby

15 - 13win/loss

Hard
3-4
I Hard
0-2
Clay
9-4
Grass
3-3
Rank
101
High
33
LWWWWLWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 18-14 3-4 9-4 0-2 6-4 0-0
2024 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 5-2 5-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 27-23 16-10 2-4 6-5 3-4 0-0
2021 49-12 26-8 8-1 11-2 4-1 0-0

Ranked no. 149, Jenson reached the 2nd round after beating Kamil Majchrzak 7-6(7) 6-3, Aleksandar Vukic 7-5 6-3 and Francisco Comesana 7-6(6) 6-4.

In the 1st round, Brooksby had a good straight sets win against Comesana (7-66 6-4). During the match Brooksby scored 76 points vs Comesana’s 66. Brooksby was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Brooksby blasted 2 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jenson Brooksby lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Brooksby put 65% of his first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Comesana 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

His best result of the year was conquering the title in Houston where he overcame Frances Tiafoe in the final 6-4 6-2.

Brooksby has an aggregate 15-13 win-loss record in 2025, 3-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Eastbourne
Brooksby's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

N.Borges
J.Brooksby
2h:01
2h:01
Time on court​
!
3h:24
3h:24
!
2h:01
2h:01
Last match​
1h:45
1h:45
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
28
28
Games Played​
66
66
3
3
Set played​​
6
6
102
102
Total points​
154
154
102
102
Avg point​
51.3
51.3
47
47
Winners
73
73
47
47
Avg Winners​
24.3
24.3
46%
46%
Ratio winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
8
8
7
7
Avg Aces
2.7
2.7
1
1
Double Faults
1
1
1
1
Avg Double Faults
0.3
0.3
47/65
47/65
1st won total​
73/98
73/98
!
72%
72%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
9/21
9/21
2nd won total​
24/40
24/40
43%
43%
2nd won %
60%
60%
-- Break Points --
5/13
5/13
BP won
4/17
4/17
5/13
5/13
Avg BP won
1.3/5.7
1.3/5.7
38%
38%
Won
!
24%
24%
8
8
Conceded
6
6
8
8
Avg Conceded
2
2
3
3
Broken
2
2
3
3
Avg Broken
!
0.7
0.7
5
5
Saved
4
4

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Borges Brooksby
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 3 4
Tot Games 28 45
Pts 102-89 154-132
Total Points 191 286
Winners 47 73
%Winners 46% 47%

Borges played 1 match while Brooksby competed in 2 matches. Brooksby started his run from the qualifications while Borges had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Nuno Borges dropped 1 set while Jenson Brooksby hasn’t dropped a set so far. Borges has played 1 set(s) less than Brooksby (3 vs 4). Therefore, Borges played 17 games less than Brooksby. Nuno scored 47 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Jenson scored 73 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve Borges Brooksby
Aces 7 8
Avg per match 7 4
1st in 65/86 98/138
%1st in 76% 71%
1st pts 47/65 73/98
%1st pts 72% 74%
2nd pts 9/21 24/40
%2nd pts 43% 60%

Borges fired 7 aces . Brooksby fired 8 aces (4 per match). Borges won 72% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Brooksby won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Borges Brooksby
Won 5 4
Converted 5/13 4/17
% Converted 38% 24%
Conceded 8 6
Saved 5 4
% Saved 63% 67%
Times Broken 3 2

The Portuguese broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Nuno dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Brooksby broke his opponents 4 times with a 24% conversion rate. Brooksby conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Borges
R1
Pinnington
Total
Score 4-6 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 28 28
pts 102-89 102-89
Total points 191 191
Winners 47 47
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 65/86 65/86
% 1st in 76% 76%
1st pts 47/65 47/65
% 1st pts 72% 72%
2nd pts 9/21 9/21
% 2nd pts 43% 43%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/13 5/13
Converted % 38% 38%
Conceded 8 8
Saved 5/8 5
Saved % 63% 63%
Times Broken 3 3
Brooksby
Q1
Majchrzak
Q3
Vukic
R1
Comesana
Total
Score 7-67 6-3 7-5 6-3 7-66 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 22 21 23 66
pts 78-66 76-66 154-132
Total points 144 0 142 286
Winners 42 31 73
%Winners 54% 0% 41% 47%
SERVE
Aces 6 0 2 8
Double Faults 1 0 1
1st in 54/70 / 44/68 98/138
% 1st in 77% 0% 65% 71%
1st pts 42/54 / 31/44 73/98
% 1st pts 78% 0% 70% 74%
2nd pts 8/16 / 16/24 24/40
% 2nd pts 50% 0% 67% 60%
Breaks
Won 1 3 4
Converted 1/7 / 3/10 4/17
Converted % 14% 0% 30% 24%
Conceded 1 5 6
Saved 1/1 0/ 3/5 4
Saved % 100% 60% 160%
Times Broken 0 2 2

Tennis Scores in Eastbourne

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