Novak Djokovic and Nuno Borges will clash against each other in the quarter of the Hellenic Championship for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Novak Djokovic who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.154
Nuno Borges -> 5.3

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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Nuno Borges

There is no head to head record between Novak Djokovic and Nuno Borges since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Novak Djokovic

Ranked no. 5, Djokovic got to the quarter after defeating Alejandro Tabilo 7-6(3) 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, Djokovic had a good straight sets win against Tabilo (7-6³ 6-1). During the match, Djokovic scored 73 points vs Tabilo’s 48. Djokovic was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about the service games, Djokovic scored 13 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Novak Djokovic was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 92% (34/37) of his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Djokovic broke Tabilo twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Djokovic has a terrific record in the last 10 years having won 84% of his matches (474-87). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Djokovic has an aggregate 74-15 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the season was winning the title in Geneva where he overcame Hubert Hurkacz in the final 5-7 7-6(2) 7-6(2).

Djokovic has an aggregate 36-11 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Athens

Novak has never competed in this tournament before.

Nuno Borges

Ranked no. 47, the Portuguese reached the quarter after defeating Stefanos Sakellaridis 7-6(4) 6-3 and Eliot Spizzirri 5-7 6-3 6-4.

In the 2^nd round against Spizzirri, Borges recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-4). During the match Borges scored 101 points vs Spizzirri’s 89. Nuno was very aggressive to blast 50 winners.

About the serving games, Borges made 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Nuno Borges was very effective on serve to win 78% (50/64) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Borges broke Spizzirri twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Nuno has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

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

The Portuguese has a composed 33-32 win-loss record in 2025, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Djokovic	Borges
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	5
Tot Games	20	53
Pts	73-48	170-145
Total Points	121	315
Winners	34	92
%Winners	47%	54%

Djokovic played 1 match while Borges competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Nuno Borges lost 1 set while Novak Djokovic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Djokovic has played 3 set(s) less than Borges (2 vs 5). Therefore, Djokovic played 33 games less than Borges. Djokovic scored 34 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Borges managed to score 92 winners (54%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Djokovic	Borges
Aces	13	12
Avg per match	13	6
1st in	37/59	111/155
%1st in	63%	72%
1st pts	34/37	92/111
%1st pts	92%	83%
2nd pts	13/22	25/44
%2nd pts	59%	57%

Djokovic blasted 13 aces . Borges blasted 12 aces (6 per match). Djokovic won 92% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Borges won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Djokovic	Borges
Won	2	3
Converted	2/5	3/10
% Converted	40%	30%
Conceded	1	4
Saved	1	3
% Saved	100%	75%
Times Broken	0	1

The Serbian broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Novak very solid his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. The Portuguese broke his opponents 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Nuno conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Djokovic
	R2 Tabilo	Total
Score	7-63 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	73-48	73-48
Total points	121	121
Winners	34	34
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	13	13
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	37/59	37/59
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	34/37	34/37
% 1st pts	92%	92%
2nd pts	13/22	13/22
% 2nd pts	59%	59%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/5	2/5
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Borges
	R1 Sakellaridis	R2 Spizzirri	Total
Score	7-64 6-3	5-7 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	22	31	53
pts	69-56	101-89	170-145
Total points	125	190	315
Winners	42	50	92
%Winners	61%	50%	54%
SERVE
Aces	4	8	12
Double Faults	0	1	1
1st in	47/64	64/91	111/155
% 1st in	73%	70%	72%
1st pts	42/47	50/64	92/111
% 1st pts	89%	78%	83%
2nd pts	10/17	15/27	25/44
% 2nd pts	59%	56%	57%
Breaks
Won	1	2	3
Converted	1/2	2/8	3/10
Converted %	50%	25%	30%
Conceded	0	4	4
Saved	0/0	3/4	3
Saved %	–	75%	75%
Times Broken	0	1	1

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