Borges Begins Pair Of Olympic Draws

PARIS, France – Fresh off his first ATP 250 Tour title, Nuno Borges will represent Mississippi State and his home nation of Portugal at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Borges will play in both men's singles and doubles, partnering with childhood friend Francisco Cabral in the pairs event. He is the first athlete to represent State in tennis at the Olympic Games.

The initial draws give world-No. 42 Borges a challenging road. In the singles bracket, his first match will come against No. 36 Mariano Navone of Argentina on Saturday, July 27. He will be the second match on Court 10. Should he win that meeting, Borges would face the winner between No. 17 Lorenzo Musetti (ITA), who is the No. 11 overall Olympic seed, and No. 30 Gael Monfils (FRA). Borges has never played any of those three individuals in his career.

On the doubles side of things, Borges and Cabral will open the tournament against Greece's Petros and Stefanos Tsitsipas on Sunday, July 28 at a time yet to be determined. The Tsitsipas brothers are both ranked among the top 100 in the world in doubles, and Cabral is No. 81. With a victory, the Portuguese pair would advance to face the winner of the match between Germany and No. 7-seed Croatia.

Playing on the clay courts of Roland-Garros will be an advantage for Borges, however. He boasts a 95-46 career singles record on clay and just defeated the "King of Clay" himself, Rafael Nadal, to claim his first ATP title last weekend. Together, Borges and Cabral are even better, posting a 61-16 record in doubles on clay courts, that includes a 25-match winning streak for the pair in 2022.

Borges is one of seven former NCAA men's tennis players at the Olympic Games and one of just three from the SEC. During his collegiate career at MSU, the Maia, Porto, native reached a No. 1 national ranking in both singles and doubles, and he was the 2019 NCAA singles runner-up. Borges closed his Bulldog career as the 2019 ITA National Player of the Year and ITA National Senior Player of the Year after earning five All-America honors and three SEC Player of the Year awards.

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Bulldog Bios

Nuno Borges (Portugal)

ATP Rankings: 42nd World; 1st POR

Will make his Olympic debut at the Paris 2024 Games ... is State's first athlete to compete in tennis at the Olympics … ranked No. 50 in the world leading into the Paris Games and has won 16 professional tournaments including back-to-back titles at the Phoenix Challenger in 2023-24 … has competed on tennis' biggest stages including Wimbledon, the U.S. Open, the Australian Open and Roland-Garros … closed his Bulldog career as the 2019 ITA National Player of the Year and ITA National Senior Player of the Year … was a five-time All-American (singles – 2017-19, doubles – 2018-19) and three-time SEC Player of the Year (2017-19) … one of only two players to ever hold the No. 1 national ranking in both singles and doubles in school history … led the Bulldogs to back-to-back SEC Tournament Championships in 2018 and 2019 … was the 2019 NCAA Singles finalist after being a semifinalist the previous two years … holds MSU records in nine different categories including career wins (189) … posted a perfect 25-0 dual match singles record as a senior in 2019 … earned the 2018 ITA Arthur Ashe Jr. Sportsmanship and Leadership Award … won the 2017 Oracle ITA National Fall Singles Championship.

Olympic Men's Tennis Schedule (all times CT)

Saturday, July 27

Time	Event	Athletes	Country	Watch
2nd on Court 10	Singles First Round vs. Mariano Navone (ARG)	Nuno Borges	POR	Peacock

Sunday, July 28

Time	Event	Athletes	Country	Watch
TBD	Doubles First Round vs. Greece	Nuno Borges	POR	Peacock

Monday, July 29*

Time	Event	Athletes	Country	Watch
TBD	Singles Second Round vs. TBD Doubles Second Round vs. TBD	Nuno Borges	POR	Peacock