Nicolai Budkov Kjaer and Inaki Montes-De La Torre will fight against each other in the quarter of the Montemar Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nicolai Budkov Kjaer who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nicolai Budkov Kjaer is the pick to win this match.
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer -> 1.32
Inaki Montes-De La Torre -> 3.14

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Prediction and head to head Nicolai Budkov Kjaer vs. Inaki Montes-De La Torre

There is no head to head record between Nicolai Budkov Kjaer and Inaki Montes-De La Torre since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

Ranked no. 663, Budkov Kjaer reached the quarter after beating Francesco Passaro 7-6(4) 4-6 6-0 and Pablo Carreno-Busta 6-7(2) 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd round against Carreno-Busta, Nicolai recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7² 6-4 6-4). During the match, Budkov Kjaer and Carreno-Busta scored the same amount of points (119). However, the world no. 663 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Nicolai was quite aggressive to blast 57 winners.

Talking about the service games, Budkov Kjaer scored 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Nicolai Budkov Kjaer lost the serve 3 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Budkov Kjaer put 69% of his first serves in, winning 63% (57/90) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (20/41) on the 2nd serve. Nicolai broke Carreno-Busta 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Budkov Kjaer has dropped 2 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Budkov Kjaer has a solid win-loss record in the last 2 years having won 67% of his matches (22-11). 15-3 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Budkov Kjaer has a composed15-5 match record in the last 2 years on clay.

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

Nicolai has an overall 22-9 win-loss record in 2024, 15-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Montemar Challenger

The Norwegian has never competed in this tournament before.

Inaki Montes-De La Torre

Ranked no. 709, the Spaniard got to the quarter after defeating Alex Marti Pujolras 7-5 6-3, David Pichler 6-4 0-6 6-3, Santiago Rodriguez Taverna 6-2 7-5 and Kimmer Coppejans 2-6 6-4 6-3.

In the 2^nd round against Coppejans, The Spaniard recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-3). During the match Montes-De La Torre scored 83 points vs Coppejans’s 79. Inaki was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Montes-De La Torre couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Inaki Montes-De La Torre lost the serve 7 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Montes-De La Torre put 64% of his first serves in, winning 55% (27/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Inaki broke Coppejans 7 times after converting 39% of his break points (7/18).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Montes-De La Torre started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

The Spaniard’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir.

Montes-De La Torre has an overall 23-10 win-loss record in 2024, 8-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Budkov Kjaer	Montes-De La Torre
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	6	10
Tot Games	62	93
Pts	220-196	319-296
Total Points	416	615
Winners	98	124
%Winners	45%	39%

Budkov Kjaer played 2 matches while Montes-De La Torre competed in 4 matches. Montes-De La Torre started his run from the qualifications while Budkov Kjaer had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Nicolai Budkov Kjaer conceded 2 sets, while Inaki Montes-De La Torre surrendered 2 sets. Budkov Kjaer has played 4 set(s) less than Montes-De La Torre (6 vs 10). Therefore, Budkov Kjaer played 31 games less than Montes-De La Torre. Nicolai scored 98 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Montes-De La Torre managed to score 124 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Budkov Kjaer	Montes-De La Torre
Aces	6	2
Avg per match	3	0.5
1st in	147/223	193/311
%1st in	66%	62%
1st pts	98/147	124/193
%1st pts	67%	64%
2nd pts	43/76	53/118
%2nd pts	57%	45%

Budkov Kjaer managed to score 6 aces (3 per match). Montes-De La Torre managed to score 2 aces (0.5 per match). Budkov Kjaer won 67% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Montes-De La Torre won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Budkov Kjaer	Montes-De La Torre
Won	9	21
Converted	9/18	21/51
% Converted	50%	41%
Conceded	22	27
Saved	17	11
% Saved	77%	41%
Times Broken	5	16

Nicolai broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. Budkov Kjaer lost his serve 5 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. Inaki broke his opponents 21 times with a 41% conversion rate. Inaki conceded his serve 16 times and he saved 41% of the break points that he conceded.

Budkov Kjaer
	R1 Passaro	R2 Carreno-Busta	Total
Score	7-64 4-6 6-0	6-72 6-4 6-4
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	29	33	62
pts	101-77	119-119	220-196
Total points	178	238	416
Winners	41	57	98
%Winners	41%	48%	45%
SERVE
Aces	3	3	6
Double Faults	1	3	4
1st in	57/92	90/131	147/223
% 1st in	62%	69%	66%
1st pts	41/57	57/90	98/147
% 1st pts	72%	63%	67%
2nd pts	23/35	20/41	43/76
% 2nd pts	66%	49%	57%
Breaks
Won	4	5	9
Converted	4/8	5/10	9/18
Converted %	50%	50%	50%
Conceded	8	14	22
Saved	6/8	11/14	17
Saved %	75%	79%	77%
Times Broken	2	3	5

Montes-De La Torre
	Q1 Marti Pujolras	Q3 Pichler	R1 Rodriguez Taverna	R2 Coppejans	Total
Score	7-5 6-3	6-4 0-6 6-3	6-2 7-5	2-6 6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	2	3	10
Tot Games	21	25	20	27	93
pts	79-68	82-84	75-65	83-79	319-296
Total points	147	166	140	162	615
Winners	29	37	31	27	124
%Winners	37%	45%	41%	33%	39%
SERVE
Aces	0	2	0	0	2
Double Faults	1	8	3	2	14
1st in	45/72	52/92	47/71	49/76	193/311
% 1st in	63%	57%	66%	64%	62%
1st pts	29/45	37/52	31/47	27/49	124/193
% 1st pts	64%	71%	66%	55%	64%
2nd pts	15/27	14/40	11/24	13/27	53/118
% 2nd pts	56%	35%	46%	48%	45%
Breaks
Won	5	4	5	7	21
Converted	5/17	4/6	5/10	7/18	21/51
Converted %	29%	67%	50%	39%	41%
Conceded	3	9	5	10	27
Saved	1/3	4/9	3/5	3/10	11
Saved %	33%	44%	60%	30%	84%
Times Broken	2	5	2	7	16

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