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Karen Khachanov vs Nuno Borges Head-to-Head, Preview, Prediction, and Betting Odds for Wimbledon 2025 Round 3

Khachanov and Borges are meeting for only the second time

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Wimbledon 2025 continues with the first day of round 3 action, and the number 17 seed Karen Khachanov will play against Nuno Borges in the final match of the day on the No. 3 court. The pair has met only once before, but that was more than three years ago.

For Borges, this is already his best result at Wimbledon, and with a win today, he will tie his career-best at the majors if he makes it to the fourth round. As for Khachanov, the Russian is striving to better his quarterfinal finish from 2021.

Karen Khachanov vs Nuno Borges Preview

Khachanov entered Wimbledon 2025 with a 4-2 record on grass this year. Since then, he earned a relatively easy straight sets win over Mackenzie McDonald in the first round, but was taken all the way to five sets in his second round win over Shintaro Mochizuki.

In that 3-hour 40-minute match against Mochizuki, Khachanov came up second-best in almost every major stat, yet managed to win the big points as he battled back from a 2 sets to 1 deficit. The 50-odd unforced errors are something he will need to cut back on.

Khachanov 16 76(7) 46 63 64 Mochizuki 🇯🇵 (K. Radwan-Cho 🇵🇱) #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/wtJe48vDEw
— ATP Tennis Stats; Snooker Stats (@ATP_Entry) July 2, 2025

Portuguese star Nuno Borges entered 3 tournaments prior to Wimbledon, where he finished with a 3-3 record. However, he has played well thus far at the All England Club, dispatching the 16th seed Francisco Cerundolo and Billy Harris in the first and second rounds respectively.

Karen Khachanov vs Nuno Borges Head-to-Head Record

The only match the duo has played until now came in 2022 on the clay courts of Roland Garros. Khachanov pulled out a four-set win in what was otherwise a close match.

Year	Event	Round	Winner	Score
2022	Roland Garros	Round of 128	Karen Khachanov	6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4

Karen Khachanov vs Nuno Borges Comparison

Karen Khachanov	Category	Nuno Borges
20	Ranking	37
299-216	Career W-L	60-68
18-15	YTD W-L	20-18
7	Career Titles	1
0	Grand Slams	0
0	YTD Titles	0

Portuguese #1 Nuno Borges defeats Billy Harris 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(7) to reach the 3rd round at #Wimbledon for the first time.

He becomes the first EVER Portuguese player to reach at least the 3rd round in every Grand Slam and he actually did it in the last 4 Majors! pic.twitter.com/0VHFgNluhy
— José Morgado (@josemorgado) July 2, 2025

Karen Khachanov vs Nuno Borges Wimbledon 2025 Prediction

The Portuguese is currently enjoying some of the best grass-court tennis of his career. But his game is more focused on play from the baseline with limited variety at the net. This should play into the hands of the Russian, who is one of the better movers on the court.

Khachanov hasn’t gotten off to the best start, but his big serve has the ability to trouble Borges. He will have to play better and reduce his unforced errors, which were a big factor in the last match.

Match Prediction: Khachanov wins in four sets

Karen Khachanov vs. Nuno Borges Wimbledon 2025 Betting Odds

As per BetMGM, Khachanov is the favorite with a 67% chance of winning this match. The money line for this match also shows the Russian as the favorite to win by a big margin. (Sourced from BetMGM).

As for the number of games and sets, the betting odds by BetMGM reflect that Khachanov is favored to win the match in four sets.

Bet	Karen Khachanov	Nuno Borges
Match Odds	21/50	37/20

The over-under for the number of sets and games in this match is as follows:

Total Sets – Over 3.5: 12/25
Total Sets – Under 4.5: 1/3

Total Games won by Borges – Over 19.5: 10/11
Total Games – Over 40.5: 10/11
Total Games – Under 40.5: 17/20

Borges to lose in straight sets: 12/5
Total Tiebreaks – Under 0.5: 9/5

(According to BetMGM: BetMGM offers exclusive promo codes, bonus deals, and accurate odds for users upon signing up. Use BetMGM to ace your betting game in all sports!)

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