ATP Challenger Tour · Quarterfinals · Sardegna Open
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Arnaldi
🎯 Baseliner
Borges
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
🎯 Baseliner vs 🤖 Servebot is historically tight (48% vs 52%, 3,955 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and H2H matter most when Matteo Arnaldi plays Nuno Borges.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Arnaldi | Borges |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 12–6 | 6–9 |
| Avg odds | 2.19 | 2.36 |
| ROI % | +47.1% | -29.3% |
| Units P/L | +8.47u | -4.39u |
Prior meetings and scores · 3 career meetings
1
Arnaldi
2
Borges
May 1, 2026
Sardegna Open
C Clay · Quarterfinals
Jun 27, 2022
Wimbledon
G Grass · 1st Round Qualifying
Mar 9, 2022
Roseto Degli Abruzzi 1
C Clay · Round of 16
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Borges has a higher win rate against shared opponents (44% vs Arnaldi's 33%).
| Opponent | Arnaldi | Borges |
|---|---|---|
| Frances Tiafoe | W 76 67 36 76 64 | L 46 46 |
| Andrey Rublev | L 46 26 36 | L 57 67 67 |
| Rafael Jodar | L 16 64 36 | L 67 46 |
| Alex de Minaur | W 46 76 64 | L 57 26 |
| Jesper de Jong | W 64 76 | W 63 60 |
| Cristian Garin | L 26 46 | W 64 36 76 |
| Botic van de Zandschulp | L 36 36 | W 76 76 |
| Taylor Fritz | L 36 46 | L 57 67 |
| Francisco Cerundolo | L 63 62 57 46 36 | W 46 63 76 60 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Arnaldi | Borges |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 61.1% | 64.6% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 64.1% | 71.7% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 49% | 51.5% |
| Aces / Match | 4.5 | 6.5 |
| Double Faults / Match | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| Break Points Saved % | 51.4% | 59.3% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 33.4% | 30.5% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 52.5% | 50.6% |
| BP Converted % | 45.6% | 42.7% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 24.1 | 19.8 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 36.4 | 30.5 |
| Net Pts Won % | 63.4% | 53.9% |
| Total Pts Won % | 49.3% | 51.6% |
| Surface (Clay) | ||
| Clay Win % | 68% | 46% |
Last five matches per player
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Match summary
Matteo Arnaldi meets Nuno Borges in the Sardegna Open quarterfinals on May 1 on outdoor clay. Borges, ranked 49th, arrives as the higher seed; Arnaldi sits at 103rd and has won his last two matches to reach this stage after three outings in fourteen days.
Borges leads their head-to-head 2-0 and carries stronger recent momentum, winning 60% of his last five matches against Arnaldi's 40%. Both men have played three times in the past two weeks. Recent common opponents paint a mixed picture: Borges beat Botic van de Zandschulp and Cristian Garin while losing to Damir Dzumhur and Frances Tiafoe, whereas Arnaldi fell to van de Zandschulp and Garin but defeated Dzumhur and Tiafoe.
Arnaldi grinds from the baseline and prefers to construct points through consistency; on clay, he holds a 50% record in the sample. Borges hits through the court with pace and aggression; his recent clay record stands at 45%. Borges will need to dictate with his power game and finish points early, while Arnaldi must extend rallies and test Borges' patience over the longer court.
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