Leo Borg and Johan Nikles will square off in the 2^nd round of the Islamabad Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Leo Borg who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Leo Borg is the pick to win this match.
Leo Borg -> 1.84
Johan Nikles -> 1.84

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Prediction and head to head Leo Borg vs. Johan Nikles

There is no head to head record between Leo Borg and Johan Nikles since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Leo Borg

Ranked no. 549, Borg got to the 2^nd round after defeating Matthias Ujvary 6-2 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Leo had a good straight sets win against Ujvary (6-2 6-4). During the match, Borg scored 64 points vs Ujvary’s 49. Leo was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Regarding the service games, Borg recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Leo Borg was pretty effective on serve to win 76% (32/42) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Leo broke Ujvary 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Borg has a winning record in the last 5 years having won 53% of his matches (135-119). 17-9 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Borg has an aggregate77-41 record in the last 5 years on hard.

Borg’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Doha.

Borg has an aggregate 31-26 win-loss record in 2025, 17-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Islamabad Challenger

Borg has never competed in this tournament before.

Johan Nikles

Ranked no. 584, Nikles got to the 2^nd round after beating Adrian Arcon 6-1 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Johan had a good straight sets win against Arcon (6-1 6-1). During the match Nikles scored 60 points vs Arcon’s 32. Nikles was pretty aggressive to blast 17 winners.

About the serving games, Nikles blasted 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Johan Nikles was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (17/22) of his 1st serve and 73% (11/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nikles broke Arcon 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

The Swiss’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Zahra and M15 Heraklion.

Nikles has a composed 36-23 win-loss record in 2025, 19-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Borg	Nikles
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	14
Pts	64-49	60-32
Total Points	113	92
Winners	32	17
%Winners	50%	28%

Both Borg and Nikles played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Borg and Nikles have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Borg played 4 games more than Nikles. Borg scored 32 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Johan recorded 17 winners (28%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Borg	Nikles
Aces	2	4
Avg per match	2	4
1st in	42/57	22/37
%1st in	74%	59%
1st pts	32/42	17/22
%1st pts	76%	77%
2nd pts	8/15	11/15
%2nd pts	53%	73%

Borg recorded 2 aces . Nikles made 4 aces . Borg won 76% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Nikles won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 73% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Borg	Nikles
Won	3	5
Converted	3/4	5/10
% Converted	75%	50%
Conceded	1	0
Saved	1	0
% Saved	100%	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Leo broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Leo extremely effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. The Swiss broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Johan was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Borg
	R1 Ujvary	Total
Score	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	64-49	64-49
Total points	113	113
Winners	32	32
%Winners	50%	50%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	42/57	42/57
% 1st in	74%	74%
1st pts	32/42	32/42
% 1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	8/15	8/15
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/4
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Nikles
	R1 Arcon	Total
Score	6-1 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	14	14
pts	60-32	60-32
Total points	92	92
Winners	17	17
%Winners	28%	28%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	22/37	22/37
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	17/22	17/22
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	11/15	11/15
% 2nd pts	73%	73%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/10	5/10
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

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