Nuno Borges

Borges at the 2022 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux
Country (sports)	Portugal
Residence	Portugal
Born	(1997-02-19) February 19, 1997 (age 26) Maia, Portugal
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2019
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	Mississippi State
Coach	Rui Machado
Prize money	$ 1,160,193
Singles
Career record	20–28 (41.7%) (ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draws, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 47 (29 January 2024)
Current ranking	No. 47 (29 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (2024)
French Open	2R (2023)
Wimbledon	1R (2022, 2023)
US Open	2R (2022)
Doubles
Career record	13–7 (65.0%) (ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draws, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 69 (19 September 2022)
Current ranking	No. 221 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2024)
Wimbledon	2R (2022)
US Open	2R (2022)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	4–3
Last updated on: 28 January 2024.

Nuno Borges (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈnunu ˈβɔɾʒɨʃ];^[a] born February 19, 1997) is a Portuguese professional tennis player. Borges has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 47 achieved on 29 January 2024 and a doubles ranking of world No. 69 achieved on 19 September 2022.^[1] He is currently the No.1 ranked Portuguese player.^[2]

Juniors

Borges reached a career high ITF juniors ranking of world No. 44 achieved on 13 April 2015.^[3]

College career

Borges played US college tennis at the Mississippi State University from 2015 to 2019.^[4] As a player of the Mississippi State Bulldogs he was NCAA singles runner-up in 2019, Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Player of the Year in 2019, and won the SEC Player of the Year Award three times (2017, 2018, 2019), having ranked #1 in both singles and doubles at the national level.^[5][6][7]

Professional career

2021–22: ATP debut, ATP and 6 Challenger doubles titles, top 100 in singles & doubles

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 Andújar retirement but lost to Frances Tiafoe.^[8][9]

Borges won two ATP Challenger singles titles and nine doubles titles with Francisco Cabral, a record doubles of six in 2021.^[10]

He reached the top 100 in doubles after a semifinal^[11][12] 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, and have done so on their ATP doubles debut.^{[13][14][15][16]}

At the 2022 French Open Borges qualified to make his Grand Slam main draw singles debut.^[17]

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 Čilić. In doubles at the same tournament he reached the second round on his doubles Major debut partnering with Cabral.

He qualified for his third straight Grand Slam at the US Open defeating Francesco Maestrelli in a third set super tiebreak.^[18] He won his first round match against wildcard Ben Shelton. In doubles he reached the second round partnering again with Cabral. As a result, he moved into the top 100 in the singles rankings at world No. 93 and into the top 70 in doubles on 12 September 2022.^[19]

2023: Australian Open, Masters debut and first win, top 70

He made his debut at the 2023 Australian Open where he lost in the first round to Lorenzo Sonego.

At the 2023 Delray Beach Open he qualified for the main draw defeating Steve Johnson whom he defeated again in the first round. He lost in the second round to eventual runner-up Miomir Kecmanović.

He won his first title of the season at the 2023 Monterrey Challenger, Mexico defeating Borna Gojo in the final and reached the top 85. Borges created history by winning the first ATP Challenger 175 category at the Phoenix Challenger. After winning his biggest title of his career and second of the season, he reached the top 70.^[20] The following day he entered the qualifying competition at the 2023 Miami Open and won his two qualifying matches to make his Masters 1000 debut.^[21]

At the 2023 Italian Open, he earned his first Masters 1000 win over Dušan Lajović.^[22] His good form continued at the 2023 French Open where he defeated John Isner for his first win at this Major.

2024: Historic Australian Open fourth round, top 50

He reached the fourth round of a Major for the first time in his career at the 2024 Australian Open defeating Maximilian Marterer, 23rd seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina^[23] and 13th seed Grigor Dimitrov, his first top 20 win, becoming the first Portuguese player to reach the fourth round of either singles draw at this Major. He was also just the second Portuguese player to reach the second week of a Grand Slam after João Sousa.^[24] He lost to Daniil Medvedev in four sets.^[25] As a result he reached the top 50 in the live rankings.

Performance timeline

Current through the 2023 French Open.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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: 27 (15–12)

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 Cachin	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
Win	13–11	Feb 2023	Monterrey, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Borna Gojo	6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Win	14–11	Mar 2023	Phoenix, USA	Challenger	Hard	Alexander Shevchenko	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss	14–12	Oct 2023	Shenzhen, China	Challenger	Hard	Aleksandar Kovacevic	6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)
Win	15–12	Dec 2023	Maia, Portugal	Challenger	Clay (i)	Benoît Paire	6–1, 6–4

Doubles: 26 (16–10)

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]
Loss	16–8	Jul 2022	Porto, Portugal	Challenger	Hard	Francisco Cabral	Yuki Bhambri Saketh Myneni	4–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss	16–9	Nov 2022	Maia, Portugal	Challenger	Clay (i)	Francisco Cabral	Julian Cash Henry Patten	3–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Loss	16–10	May 2023	Aix-en-Provence, France	Challenger	Clay	Francisco Cabral	Jason Kubler John Peers	7–6(7–5), 4–6, [7–10]

Best Grand Slam results details

Australian Open 2024 Australian Open Round Opponent Rank Score NBR 1R Maximilian Marterer No. 96 7–5, 7–6(7–3), 6–2 No. 69 2R Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (23) No. 24 7–6(9–7), 6–3, 6–3 3R Grigor Dimitrov (13) No. 13 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–2, 7–6(8–6) 4R Daniil Medvedev (3) No. 3 3–6, 6–7(4–7), 7–5, 1–6

French Open 2023 French Open Round Opponent Rank Score NBR 1R John Isner No. 90 6–4, 5–7, 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 7–6(11–9) No. 80 2R Diego Schwartzman No. 95 6–7(3–7) 4–6, 3–6

Wimbledon Championships 2022 Wimbledon (Lucky loser) Round Opponent Rank Score NBR Q1 Matteo Arnaldi No. 226 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–2 No. 122 Q2 Hiroki Moriya No. 247 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 Q3 Max Purcell (30) No. 156 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 4–6, 6–7(5–7) 1R Mackenzie McDonald No. 55 4–6, 4–6, 6–7(3–7) No. 123 2023 Wimbledon Round Opponent Rank Score NBR 1R Francisco Cerúndolo (18) No. 19 7–5, 3–6, 3–6, 4–6 No. 69

US Open 2022 US Open (Qualifier) Round Opponent Rank Score NBR Q1 Alex Rybakov (WC) No. 295 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 3–0 ret. No. 105 Q2 Govind Nanda (WC) No. 372 6–4, 6–4 Q3 Francesco Maestrelli No. 202 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–6(10–8) 1R Ben Shelton (WC) No. 165 7–6(8–6), 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(8–10), 6–3 No. 104 2R Wu Yibing (Q) No. 174 7–6(7–3), 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 4–6, 4–6

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	Clay	Grass	Last Match
Number 1 ranked players
Carlos Alcaraz	2023	1	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (3–6, 1–6) at 2023 Barcelona 2R
Daniil Medvedev	2024	1	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (3–6, 6–7(4–7), 7–5, 1–6) at 2024 Australian Open 4R
Number 3 ranked players
Marin Čilić	2021	1	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (7–6(7–5), 4–6, 4–6) at 2021 Estoril 2R
Grigor Dimitrov	2024	1	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–2, 7–6(8–6)) at 2024 Australian Open 3R
Stefanos Tsitsipas	2023	1	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (3–6, 3–6) at 2023 Rome 2R
Number 4 ranked players
Holger Rune	2023	1	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (0–6, 2–6) at 2023 Acapulco 2R
Jannik Sinner	2022	1	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2022 Sofia 2R
Number 8 ranked players
John Isner	2023	1	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	Won (6–4, 5–7, 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 7–6(11–9)) at 2023 French Open 1R
Karen Khachanov	2022	1	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (3–6, 6–2, 4–6, 4–6) at 2022 French Open 1R
Diego Schwartzman	2023	1	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (6–7(3–7), 4–6, 3–6) at 2023 French Open 2R
Number 10 ranked players
Frances Tiafoe	2022	1	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (6–7(4–7), 6–4, 0–6) at 2022 Estoril 2R
Total	2021–24	11	2–9	18%	1–3 (25%)	1–6 (14%)	0–0 ( – )	* Statistics correct as of 22 January 2024[update].

Davis Cup

Participations: (6–3)

• 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, Maia, 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
3–1; 16–17 September 2022; Centro Cultural de Viana do Castelo, Viana do Castelo, Portugal; World Group I first round; hard (indoor) surface
Victory	4	II	Singles	Brazil	Thiago Monteiro	6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Defeat	5	III	Doubles (with Francisco Cabral)		Rafael Matos / Felipe Meligeni Alves	3–6, 6–0, 3–6
1–3; 4–5 February 2023; Complexo Municipal de Ténis, Maia, Portugal; Davis Cup qualifying round; clay (indoor) surface
Defeat	6	I	Singles	Czech Republic	Jiří Lehečka	4–6, 4–6
Victory	7	III	Doubles (with Francisco Cabral)		Tomáš Macháč / Adam Pavlásek	7–5, 7–6(7–4)
3–1; 15–16 September 2023; Multiversum, Schwechat, Austria; World Group I first round; hard (indoor) surface
Victory	8	I	Singles	Austria	Jurij Rodionov	7–6(7–4), 3–6, 6–3
Victory	9	IV	Singles		Dennis Novak	6–2, 6–2