Nuno Borges (tennis)

Nuno Borges

Borges at the 2022 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux
Country (sports)	Portugal
Residence	Portugal
Born	(1997-02-19) February 19, 1997 (age 27) 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, Hugo Anão
Prize money	US $2,554,600
Singles
Career record	40–49
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 30 (9 September 2024)
Current ranking	No. 34 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (2024)
French Open	2R (2023)
Wimbledon	1R (2022, 2023, 2024)
US Open	4R (2024)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2024)
Doubles
Career record	19–17
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 69 (19 September 2022)
Current ranking	No. 228 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2024)
Wimbledon	2R (2022)
US Open	3R (2024)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2024)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	4–3
Last updated on: 2 November 2024.

Nuno Borges (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈnunu ˈβɔɾʒɨʃ];^[a] born 19 February 1997) is a Portuguese professional tennis player. Borges has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 30 achieved on 9 September 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 69 achieved on 19 September 2022.^[1] He is currently the No. 1 ranked Portuguese player.^[2]

Borges won his first ATP singles title at the 2024 Swedish Open in Båstad, Sweden. In the final, he beat Rafael Nadal, becoming one of only five players (with Federer, Djokovic, Murray and Zeballos) to beat Nadal in a clay court final.

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

Borges played US college tennis at 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]

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 winning his first ATP title ^[11][12] at the 2022 Estoril Open with Francisco Cabral and 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]

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.

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][25] He lost to Daniil Medvedev in four sets.^[26] As a result he became the second Portuguese tennis player to break into the top 50 of the ATP rankings.^[27] He defended his Challenger title at the 2024 Arizona Tennis Classic.^[28]

Borges reached his first ATP Tour final at the Swedish Open, defeating Thiago Agustín Tirante in the semifinals to set up a meeting with 22-time Grand Slam champion, Rafael Nadal.^[29] Borges defeated the Spaniard in straight sets to win his first ATP title, making him the ninth first-time ATP Tour champion for 2024 and the fifth man to beat Nadal in a clay court final (the others being the rest of the Big Four and Horacio Zeballos).^[30][31]

At the 2024 National Bank Open he defeated Miomir Kecmanović and upset 12th seed Ugo Humbert. As a result he reached the top 40 in the rankings on 12 August 2024.^[32] Ranked No. 39, he qualified for the next Masters, the 2024 Cincinnati Open and defeated Adrian Mannarino. As a result he moved into the top 35 in the rankings on 19 August 2024. At the US Open he reached the third round for the first time at this Major, with wins over Federico Coria and Thanasi Kokkinakis.

Current through the 2024 US Open.

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2024	Swedish Open, Sweden	ATP 250	Clay	Rafael Nadal	6–3, 6–2

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2021	Oeiras II, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Pedro Cachín	6–7(4–7), 6–7(3–7)
Win	1–1	Nov 2021	Antalya III, Turkey	Challenger	Clay	Ryan Peniston	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–2	Dec 2021	Maia II, Portugal	Challenger	Clay (i)	Tseng Chun-hsin	7–5, 5–7, 2–6
Loss	1–3	Mar 2022	Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Carlos Taberner	2–6, 3–6
Win	2–3	Apr 2022	Barletta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Miljan Zekić	6–3, 7–5
Win	3–3	Feb 2023	Monterrey, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Borna Gojo	6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Win	4–3	Mar 2023	Phoenix, USA	Challenger	Hard	Alexander Shevchenko	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss	4–4	Oct 2023	Shenzhen, China	Challenger	Hard	Aleksandar Kovacevic	6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)
Win	5–4	Dec 2023	Maia, Portugal	Challenger	Clay (i)	Benoît Paire	6–1, 6–4
Win	6–4	Mar 2024	Phoenix, USA	Challenger	Hard	Matteo Berrettini	7–5, 7–6(7–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2021	Oeiras II, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Francisco Cabral	Pavel Kotov Tseng Chun-hsin	6–1, 6–2
Win	2–0	Sep 2021	Braga, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Francisco Cabral	Jesper de Jong Bart Stevens	6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–5]
Loss	2–1	Oct 2021	Lisbon, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Francisco Cabral	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Purav Raja	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss	2–2	Oct 2021	Barcelona, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Francisco Cabral	Harri Heliövaara Roman Jebavý	4–6, 3–6
Win	3–2	Nov 2021	Tenerife, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Francisco Cabral	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Purav Raja	6–3, 6–4
Win	4–2	Nov 2021	Manama, Bahrain	Challenger	Hard	Francisco Cabral	Maximilian Neuchrist Michail Pervolarakis	7–5, 6–7(5–7), [10–8]
Win	5–2	Dec 2021	Maia, Portugal	Challenger	Clay (i)	Francisco Cabral	Andrej Martin Gonçalo Oliveira	6–3, 6–4
Win	6–2	Dec 2021	Maia II, Portugal	Challenger	Clay (i)	Francisco Cabral	Piotr Matuszewski David Pichler	6–4, 7–5
Win	7–2	Mar 2022	Oeiras, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Francisco Cabral	Sanjar Fayziev Markos Kalovelonis	6–3, 6–0
Win	8–2	Apr 2022	Oeiras II, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Francisco Cabral	Zdeněk Kolář Adam Pavlásek	6–4, 6–0
Win	9–2	May 2022	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Francisco Cabral	Andrew Paulson Adam Pavlásek	6–4, 6–7(3–7), [10–5]
Loss	9–3	Jul 2022	Porto, Portugal	Challenger	Hard	Francisco Cabral	Yuki Bhambri Saketh Myneni	4–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss	9–4	Nov 2022	Maia, Portugal	Challenger	Clay (i)	Francisco Cabral	Julian Cash Henry Patten	3–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Loss	9–5	May 2023	Aix-en-Provence, France	Challenger	Clay	Francisco Cabral	Jason Kubler John Peers	7–6(7–5), 4–6, [7–10]

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	USA F32, Pensacola	Futures	Clay	Ricardo Rodríguez	6–4, 6–3
Win	5–4	Jun 2019	M15 Setúbal, Portugal	WTT	Hard	Frederico Gil	6–3, 6–4
Win	6–4	Jul 2019	M15 Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal	WTT	Hard	Frederico Gil	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	7–4	Jan 2020	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Zizou Bergs	6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Win	8–4	Sep 2020	M15 Sintra, Portugal	WTT	Hard	Gastão Elias	6–2, 6–2
Loss	8–5	Oct 2020	M25 Porto, Portugal	WTT	Hard	Gastão Elias	3–6, 3–6
Loss	8–6	Oct 2020	M15 Setúbal, Portugal	WTT	Hard	Sebastian Fanselow	4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	8–7	Nov 2020	M25 Vale do Lobo, Portugal	WTT	Hard	Kacper Żuk	4–6, 3–6
Win	9–7	Nov 2020	M15 Quinta do Lago, Portugal	WTT	Hard	Michael Geerts	6–0, 6–1
Win	10–7	Feb 2021	M15 Antalya, Turkey	WTT	Clay	Miljan Zekić	6–4, 3–3 ret.
Loss	10–8	May 2021	M15 Majadahonda, Spain	WTT	Clay	Johan Nikles	4–6, 3–6

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	WTT	Hard	Francisco Cabral	Francisco Dias Gonçalo Falcão	6–4, 6–3
Win	6–2	Oct 2020	M15 Setúbal, Portugal	WTT	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	WTT	Hard	Francisco Cabral	Jesper de Jong Jelle Sels	6–7(3–7), 7–5, [8–10]
Loss	6–4	Nov 2020	M15 Villena, Spain	WTT	Clay	Francisco Cabral	Benjamín Winter López Alberto Barroso Campos	5–7, 5–7
Loss	6–5	Jan 2021	M15 Antalya, Turkey	WTT	Clay	Alex Rybakov	Davide Galoppini Raúl Brancaccio	6–2, 4–6, [7–10]
Win	7–5	Feb 2021	M15 Antalya, Turkey	WTT	Clay	Alex Rybakov	Jacopo Berrettini Raúl Brancaccio	4–6, 7–6(7–1), [10–6]

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 2024 Wimbledon Round Opponent Rank Score NBR 1R Yoshihito Nishioka No. 90 2–6, 6–7(6–8), 6–2, 3–6 No. 50

US Open 2024 US Open Round Opponent Rank Score NBR 1R Federico Coria No. 79 6–2, 6–4, 6–1 No. 34 2R Thanasi Kokkinakis No. 86 6–4, 7–5, 7–5 3R Jakub Menšík No. 65 6–7(5–7), 6–1, 3–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–0 4R Daniil Medvedev (5) No. 5 0–6, 1–6, 3–6

Borges has a 0–8 record against players who were ranked in the top 10 at the time the match was played.^[33]

• 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
Defeat	9	III	Doubles (with Francisco Cabral)		Alexander Erler / Lucas Miedler	6–7(0–7), 6–7(5–7)
Victory	10	IV	Singles		Dennis Novak	6–2, 6–2
1–3; 2–3 February 2024; Gatorade Center, Turku, Finland; Davis Cup qualifying round; hard (indoor) surface
Defeat	11	I	Singles	Finland	Otto Virtanen	2–6, 1–6
Defeat	12	III	Doubles (with Francisco Cabral)		Harri Heliövaara / Emil Ruusuvuori	4–6, 6–7(6–8)

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

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