Nicolai Budkov Kjaer and Artem Dubrivnyy will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Sibiu Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on COURT 7. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nicolai Budkov Kjaer who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nicolai Budkov Kjaer is the pick to win this match.
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer -> 1.7
Artem Dubrivnyy -> 2.07

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Prediction and head to head Nicolai Budkov Kjaer vs. Artem Dubrivnyy

There is no head to head record between Nicolai Budkov Kjaer and Artem Dubrivnyy since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

15 - 4win/loss

Hard
3-3
I Hard
2-0
Clay
10-1
Rank
663
High
662
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 20-9 5-5 13-3 2-1 0-0 0-0
2023 0-2 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 731 (career-high), he will start his run in the Sibiu Challenger after he played his last match in 1 where he overcame 4-6 6-3 7-6(4) to Faria in the Rubber 1 on the 13th of September.

Budkov Kjaer has an aggregate 15-4 win-loss record in 2024, 10-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Nicolai’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Antalya.

Talking about his overall career, Budkov Kjaer has an overall 15-6 record. He has a positive 10-3 record on clay.

Previously in the Sibiu Challenger

The Norwegian has never competed in this tournament before.

Sibiu Challenger
Budkov Kjaer's Record

Artem Dubrivnyy

Artem Dubrivnyy

2 - 1win/loss

Clay
2-1
Rank
High
394
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 4-5 0-0 4-3 0-2 0-0 0-0
2023 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 3-3 0-0 0-0 3-3 0-0 0-0
2021 22-16 4-3 4-5 14-7 0-0 0-1
2020 18-17 11-8 3-5 4-4 0-0 0-0

Currently unranked, the Russian reached the 1st round after beating Robert Strombachs 6-4 7-6(2) and Pedro Araujo 6-2 6-2.

In the qualifications, Dubrivnyy had a good straight sets win against Araujo (6-2 6-2). During the match Dubrivnyy scored 58 points vs Araujo’s 36. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.

About the serving games, Dubrivnyy struck 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Artem Dubrivnyy was extremely efficient on serve to win 79% (22/28) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Dubrivnyy broke Araujo 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Russian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 57% of the points he played.

Artem has a compiled 2-1 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Sibiu Challenger
Dubrivnyy's Record

Tennis Scores in Sibiu Challenger

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