Nuno Borges (tennis)

Professional career

Nuno Borges first stepped onto an ATP court at the 2021 Estoril Open, having come through qualifying. He beat Jordan Thompson in the opening round for his first tour-level win, then fell to former US Open champion Marin Čilić in the next round. A year later, at the same event, he entered as a wildcard and again made the second round after Pablo Andújar retired, but lost to Frances Tiafoe. In doubles, Borges has found great success with Francisco Cabral.

Together they have won nine Challenger doubles titles, with six of those coming in a record-setting 2021. Borges also has two Challenger singles trophies. He cracked the top 100 in doubles after winning his first ATP title at the 2022 Estoril Open with Cabral. On the way to the final, they knocked off the top seeds Jamie Murray and Michael Venus.

That victory made them the first Portuguese duo to both reach and win the final at their home tournament, doing so in their ATP doubles debut. Borges made his Grand Slam singles debut at the 2022 French Open after qualifying. He then got into the 2022 Wimbledon main draw as a lucky loser when Marin Čilić withdrew late. At the same Wimbledon, he and Cabral reached the second round in their first Major doubles appearance.

For his third consecutive Grand Slam, Borges qualified for the 2022 US Open by beating Francesco Maestrelli in a deciding-set super tiebreak. He then won his first-round match against wildcard Ben Shelton. In doubles, he again advanced to the second round with Cabral. Those results pushed him into the top 100 in singles at world No. 93 and into the top 70 in doubles on 12 September 2022.

At the 2023 Australian Open, he lost in the first round to Lorenzo Sonego. Later that year at the Delray Beach Open, he qualified for the main draw by defeating Steve Johnson, then beat Johnson again in the first round. He lost in the second round to eventual runner-up Miomir Kecmanović. Borges claimed his first title of 2023 at the Monterrey Challenger in Mexico, beating Borna Gojo in the final, which lifted him to a career-high ranking inside the top 85.

He then made history by winning the first-ever ATP Challenger 175 event at the Phoenix Challenger. That victory, his biggest title to date and second of the season, moved him into the top 70. The very next day, he entered qualifying at the 2023 Miami Open and won both matches to make his Masters 1000 debut.

Did You Know?

• Borges played US college tennis at Mississippi State University from 2015 to 2019, graduating with a degree in Kinesiology.
• Borges wears HEAD clothing and shoes and plays with a HEAD Radical racquet in a pro stock TGT 307 edition.