Francesco Passaro and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer will square off in the 1st round of the Montemar Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:30 am on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francesco Passaro who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francesco Passaro is the pick to win this match.
Francesco Passaro -> 1.3
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Nicolai Budkov Kjaer
There is no head to head record between Francesco Passaro and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Francesco Passaro
35 - 23win/loss
108
107
LWWWWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-25 | 4-5 | 35-19 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-35 | 8-11 | 18-20 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 49-28 | 12-6 | 35-18 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-27 | 4-5 | 39-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 114, the Italian will start his run in the Montemar Challenger after he played his last match in the Braga Challenger where he lost w/o to Moller in the 2nd round on the 1st of October.
The Italian has a composed 35-23 win-loss record in 2024, 31-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Turin Challenger where he beat Lorenzo Musetti in the final 6-3 7-5 and the Genova Challenger where he beat Jaume Antoni Munar Clar in the final 7-5 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, Francesco has an overall 170-130 record. He has a positive 138-92 record on clay.
Previously in the Montemar Challenger
Passaro has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer
20 - 9win/loss
511
511
LWWWWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-11 | 5-5 | 19-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 663, the Norwegian will start his run in the Montemar Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Heraklion where he lost 6-2 3-6 6-1 to Stricker in the quarter on the 1st of November.
The Norwegian has an overall 20-9 win-loss record in 2024, 13-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Budkov’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya.
In terms of his career, Nicolai has an overall 20-11 record. He has a positive 13-5 record on clay.
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWLWWLW Tennis Scores in Montemar Challenger
- Nick HardtNick – Adrian AndreevAdrian (6-3 2-1 ret. (Andreev ret.)) – See score progression
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