Nuno Borges (tennis)

Nuno Borges (tennis)
Nuno Borges (born February 19, 1997) is a Portuguese tennis player. Borges has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 63 achieved on 10 April 2023 and a doubles ranking of world No. 69 achieved on 19 September 2022. Borges has a career high ITF juniors ranking of World No. 44 achieved on 13 April 2015. He is currently the No.1 ranked Portuguese player.
College career
Borges played US college tennis at the Mississippi State University from 2015 to 2019. He was NCAA singles runner-up in 2019, ITA 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.
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 Andujar retirement but lost to Frances Tiafoe.
Borges won two ATP Challenger singles titles and nine 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, and have done so 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 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. 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.
2023: Australian Open, Masters debut and first win, top 65
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 reached the top 85 after winning his first title of the season at the 2023 Monterrey Challenger, Mexico defeating Borna Gojo in the final. Borges created history by winning the first ever 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. 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.
At the 2023 Italian Open he earned his first Masters 1000 win over Dušan Lajović. His good form continued at the 2023 French Open where he defeated John Isner for his first win at this Major.
Performance timeline
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Current through the 2023 French Open.
ATP career finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Future and Challenger finals
Singles: 26 (14–12)
Doubles: 26 (16–10)
Best Grand Slam results details
Record against top 10 players
Borges' record against those who have been ranked in the top 10, with active players in boldface.
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.
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References
External links
1997 births
Living people
Portuguese male tennis players
People from Maia, Portugal
Mississippi State Bulldogs tennis players
Sportspeople from Porto District
21st-century Portuguese people