Nuno Borges and Jenson Brooksby will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Rothesay International for the 1^st 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.

As 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

Ranked no. 37, Nuno reached the 2^nd round after beating Jack Pinnington Jones 4-6 6-3 6-3.

In the 1^st 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

Jenson Brooksby

Ranked no. 149, Jenson reached the 2^nd 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 1^st 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).

H2H Performance in the tournament

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

• Billy HarrisHarris – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 6-7⁵ 6-1) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Jack Pinnington JonesPinnington Jones (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Marcos GironGiron – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – George LoffhagenLoffhagen (7-6⁶ 3-6 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Francisco ComesanaComesana (7-6⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Francisco Comesana/Luciano DarderiComesana/Luciano Darderi – Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow (7-5 6-7⁵ 10-5) – See score progression
• Daniel EvansEvans – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Mattia BellucciBellucci – Quentin HalysHalys (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (7-6⁶ 6-2) – See score progression
• Joao FonsecaFonseca – Zizou BergsBergs (6-7⁸ 6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Marcos GironGiron – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – George LoffhagenLoffhagen (7-6(6) 3-6 7-6(1)) – See score progression
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 6-7(5) 6-1) – See score progression
• Billy HarrisHarris – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Jack Pinnington JonesPinnington Jones (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Francisco ComesanaComesana (7-6(6) 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Daniel EvansEvans – Tommy PaulPaul (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marcos GironGiron – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Billy HarrisHarris – (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Ugo HumbertHumbert (3-4) – H2H and prediction
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (0-0) – H2H and prediction