Nuno Borges (tennis)

Nuno Borges

File:Borges BOR22 (52082935912).jpg Borges at the 2022 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux
Country (sports)	Portugal
Residence	Portugal
Born	(1997-02-19) February 19, 1997 Maia, Portugal
Height
Turned pro	2019
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	Mississippi State
Coach(es)	João Maio
Prize money	$232,655
Singles
Career record	3–4
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 122 (20 June 2022)
Current ranking	No. 122 (20 June 2022)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	1R (2022)
Wimbledon	1R (2022)
Doubles
Career record	5–1
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 83 (16 May 2022)
Current ranking	No. 88 (20 June 2022)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (2022)
Last updated on: 20 June 2022.

Nuno Borges (born February 19, 1997) is a Portuguese tennis player.

Borges has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 122 achieved on 20 June 2022 and a doubles ranking of World No. 83 achieved on 16 May 2022. Borges has a career high ITF juniors ranking of World No. 44 achieved on 13 April 2015.

College career

Borges played college tennis at the Mississippi State University between 2015 and 2019. He won the SEC Player of the Year Award three times (2017, 2018, 2019).

Professional Career

2021-22:ATP & Major debut, Record 6 Challenger titles, historic ATP title & Top 100

Borges made his ATP debut at the 2021 Estoril Open after qualifying for the singles draw. He then defeated Jordan Thompson in the first round to win his first ATP match and lost against former US Open champion Marin Čilić in the second round. He repeated the same feat at the 2022 Estoril Open where he also reached the second round as a wildcard after Pablo Andujar retirement but lost to Frances Tiafoe.

Borges won two ATP Challenger singles titles and eight doubles titles with Francisco Cabral, a record doubles of six in 2021.

He reached the top 100 in doubles after a semifinal and first ATP final showing at the 2022 Estoril Open with Cabral as a wildcard pair where they defeated the top seeded pair Jamie Murray and Michael Venus en route. They became the first Portuguese pair to reach and win the final at their home tournament on their ATP doubles debut.

At the 2022 French Open Borges qualified to make his Grand Slam main draw singles debut. He also qualified for his second Grand Slam of the year at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships as a lucky loser after the late withdrawal of Marin Cilic.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP Tour 250 Series (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoor (1–0) Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2022	Estoril Open, Portugal	250 Series	Clay	Francisco Cabral	Máximo González André Göransson	6–2, 6–3

Future and Challenger finals

Singles: 23 (12–11)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (2–3) ITF Futures / World Tennis Tour (10–8)

Titles by surface Hard (7–7) Clay (5–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2017	Portugal F8, Lisbon	Futures	Hard	João Monteiro	4–6, 6–1, 5–7
Win	1–1	Jul 2017	Portugal F9, Setúbal	Futures	Hard	João Monteiro	6–3, 6–0
Win	2–1	Jul 2017	Portugal F13, Idanha-a-Nova	Futures	Hard	Andrés Artuñedo	7–6(7–4), 6–4
Loss	2–2	Jun 2018	Portugal F8, Póvoa de Varzim	Futures	Hard	Tseng Chun-hsin	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–3	Jul 2018	Portugal F11, Castelo Branco	Futures	Hard	Mark Whitehouse	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–4	Jul 2018	Portugal F12, Porto	Futures	Hard	Máté Valkusz	3–6, 2–6
Win	3–4	Aug 2018	Portugal F13, Caldas da Rainha	Futures	Clay	Daniel Batista	6–0, 6–2
Win	4–4	Nov 2018	United States F32, Pensacola	Futures	Clay	Ricardo Rodríguez	6–4, 6–3
Win	5–4	Jun 2019	M15 Setúbal, Portugal	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Fred Gil	6–3, 6–4
Win	6–4	Jul 2019	M15 Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Fred Gil	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	7–4	Jan 2020	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Zizou Bergs	6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Win	8–4	Sep 2020	M15 Sintra, Portugal	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Gastão Elias	6–2, 6–2
Loss	8–5	Oct 2020	M25 Porto, Portugal	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Gastão Elias	3–6, 3–6
Loss	8–6	Oct 2020	M15 Setúbal, Portugal	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Sebastian Fanselow	4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	8–7	Nov 2020	M25 Vale do Lobo, Portugal	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Kacper Żuk	4–6, 3–6
Win	9–7	Nov 2020	M15 Quinta do Lago, Portugal	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Michael Geerts	6–0, 6–1
Win	10–7	Feb 2021	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Miljan Zekić	6–4, 3–3 ret.
Loss	10–8	Apr 2021	Oeiras, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Pedro Cachín	6–7(4–7), 6–7(3–7)
Loss	10–9	May 2021	M15 Majadahonda, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Johan Nikles	4–6, 3–6
Win	11–9	Nov 2021	Antalya, Turkey	Challenger	Clay	Ryan Peniston	6–4, 6–3
Loss	11–10	Dec 2021	Maia, Portugal	Challenger	Clay (i)	Tseng Chun-hsin	7–5, 5–7, 2–6
Loss	11–11	Mar 2022	Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Carlos Taberner	2-6, 3-6
Win	12–11	Apr 2022	Barletta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Miljan Zekić	6–3, 7-5

Doubles: 24 (16–7)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (9–2) ITF Futures / World Tennis Tour (7–5)

Titles by surface Hard (8–2) Clay (8–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2015	Morocco F4, Casablanca	Futures	Clay	Francisco Cabral	Amine Ahouda Yassine Idmbarek	2–6, 6–1, [8–10]
Win	1–1	Jun 2017	Portugal F8, Lisbon	Futures	Hard	Francisco Cabral	Sam Barry Bradley Mousley	6–1, 3–6, [10–5]
Win	2–1	Jul 2017	Portugal F9, Setúbal	Futures	Hard	Francisco Cabral	Harry Bourchier Daniel Nolan	7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win	3–1	Jun 2018	Portugal F9, Póvoa de Varzim	Futures	Hard	Francisco Cabral	Romain Bauvy Hugo Voljacques	6–4, 6–4
Loss	3–2	Jun 2018	Portugal F10, Setúbal	Futures	Hard	Francisco Cabral	Christopher Díaz Figueroa Wilfredo González	5–7, 6–2, [8–10]
Win	4–2	Jul 2018	Portugal F11, Castelo Branco	Futures	Hard	Francisco Cabral	Maxime Tchoutakian Hugo Voljacques	6–4, 6–4
Win	5–2	Jul 2019	M15 Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Francisco Cabral	Francisco Dias Gonçalo Falcão	6–4, 6–3
Win	6–2	Oct 2020	M15 Setúbal, Portugal	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Francisco Cabral	Mateus Alves Igor Marcondes	6–2, 6–7(5–7), [10–7]
Loss	6–3	Oct 2020	M25 Vale do Lobo, Portugal	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Francisco Cabral	Jesper de Jong Jelle Sels	6–7(3–7), 7–5, [8–10]
Loss	6–4	Nov 2020	M15 Villena, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Francisco Cabral	Alberto Barroso Campos Benjamín Winter López	5–7, 5–7
Loss	6–5	Jan 2021	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Alex Rybakov	Raúl Brancaccio Davide Galoppini	6–2, 4–6, [7–10]
Win	7–5	Feb 2021	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Alex Rybakov	Jacopo Berrettini Raúl Brancaccio	4–6, 7–6(7–1), [10–6]
Win	8–5	Apr 2021	Oeiras, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Francisco Cabral	Pavel Kotov Tseng Chun-hsin	6–1, 6–2
Win	9–5	Sep 2021	Braga, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Francisco Cabral	Jesper de Jong Bart Stevens	6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–5]
Loss	9–6	Oct 2021	Lisbon, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Francisco Cabral	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Purav Raja	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss	9–7	Oct 2021	Barcelona, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Francisco Cabral	Harri Heliövaara Roman Jebavý	4-6, 3-6
Win	10–7	Nov 2021	Tenerife, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Francisco Cabral	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Purav Raja	6-3, 6-4
Win	11–7	Nov 2021	Manama, Bahrain	Challenger	Hard	Francisco Cabral	Maximilian Neuchrist Michail Pervolarakis	7–5, 6–7(5–7), [10–8]
Win	12–7	Dec 2021	Maia, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Francisco Cabral	Andrej Martin Gonçalo Oliveira	6–3, 6–4
Win	13–7	Dec 2021	Maia, Portugal	Challenger	Clay (i)	Francisco Cabral	Piotr Matuszewski David Pichler	6–4, 7–5
Win	14–7	Mar 2022	Oeiras, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Francisco Cabral	Sanjar Fayziev Markos Kalovelonis	6–3, 6–0
Win	15–7	Apr 2022	Oeiras, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Francisco Cabral	Zdeněk Kolář Adam Pavlásek	6–4, 6–0
Win	16–7	May 2022	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Francisco Cabral	Andrew Paulson Adam Pavlásek	6–4, 6–7(3–7), [10–5]

Record against top 10 players

Borges' record against those who have been ranked in the top 10, with active players in boldface.

Player	Years	Matches	Record	Win%	Hard	Grass	Clay	Last Match
Number 3 ranked players
Marin Čilić	2021	1	0–1	0%	0–0	0–0	0–1	Lost (7–6(7–5), 4–6, 4–6) at 2021 Estoril 2R
Number 8 ranked players
Karen Khachanov	2022	1	0–1	0%	0–0	0–0	0–1	Lost (3–6, 6–2, 4–6, 4–6) at 2022 French Open 1R
Total	2021–22	2	0–2	0%	0–0 ( – )	0–0 ( – )	0–2 (0%)	* Statistics correct as of 22 May 2022.

Davis Cup

Participations: (2–1)

Group membership World Group (0–0) Qualifying Round (0–0) WG Play-off (0–0) Group I (2–1) Group II (0–0) Group III (0–0) Group IV (0–0)

Matches by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (2–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Matches by type Singles (1–0) Doubles (1–1)

• indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

Rubber outcome	No.	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
1–3; 18–19 September 2021; Horia Demian Sports Hall, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; World Group I First round; Hard (indoor) surface
Defeat	1	III	Doubles (with João Sousa)	Romania	Marius Copil / Horia Tecău	4–6, 3–6
4–0; 4–5 March 2022; Complexo Municipal de Ténis da Maia, Porto, Portugal; World Group I Play-off; Clay surface
Victory	2	II	Singles	Poland	Kamil Majchrzak	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Victory	3	III	Doubles (with Francisco Cabral)		Szymon Walków / Jan Zieliński	3–6, 6–3, 6–4

External links

• Nuno Borges at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Nuno Borges at the International Tennis Federation

Sporting positions
Preceded by Diego Hidalgo	SEC Tennis Player of the Year 2017–2019	Succeeded by Valentin Vacherot