Nuno Borges (tennis)

Nuno Borges

Country (sports)	Portugal
Born	(1997-02-19) February 19, 1997 (age 24) Maia, Portugal
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
College	Mississippi State
Prize money	$79,188
Singles
Career record	1–1
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 272 (31 May 2021)
Current ranking	No. 272 (31 May 2021)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 310 (31 May 2021)
Current ranking	No. 310 (31 May 2021)
Last updated on: 31 May 2021.

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

Borges has a career high ATP singles ranking of 272 achieved on 31 May 2021.^[1] Borges has a career high ITF juniors ranking of 44 achieved on 13 April 2015.^[2]

Borges played college tennis at the Mississippi State University between 2015-2019.^[3] He won the SEC Player of the Year Award three times (2017, 2018, 2019).^[4][5][6]

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.

Future and Challenger finals[]

Singles: 19 (10–9)[]

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

Doubles: 13 (8–5)[]

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

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	Carpet	Last Match
Number 3 ranked players
Marin Čilić	2021	1	0–1	0.0%	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	Lost (7–6(7–5), 4–6, 4–6) at 2021 Estoril 2R
Total	2021	1	0–1	0.0%	0–0 (0.0%)	0–0 (0.0%)	0–1 (0.0%)	0–0 (0.0%)	* Statistics correct as of 10 May 2021.

References[]

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 Incumbent