Dimitar Kuzmanov and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer will play each other in the 1st round of the Nottingham Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:30 pm on COURT 4. 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 -> 1.67
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 2.1
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Prediction and head to head Dimitar Kuzmanov vs. Nicolai Budkov Kjaer
There is no head to head record between Dimitar Kuzmanov and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Dimitar Kuzmanov
24 - 24win/loss
336
158
LWWLWWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-24 | 12-7 | 9-13 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-25 | 9-7 | 22-15 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-26 | 10-7 | 16-13 | 4-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-25 | 8-6 | 22-15 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-13 | 4-1 | 13-8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 336, Dimitar will start his run in the Nottingham Challenger after he played his last match in the Manzanillo Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-1 to Oliveira in the quarter on the 29th of November.
This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.
Talking about his overall career, The Bulgarian has an overall 515-297 record. He has a negative 16-33 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Nottingham Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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. 518, the Norwegian got to the 1st round after beating Ben Jones 7-6(3) 7-6(5) and Blake Mott 6-3 7-6(5).
In the qualifications, Nicolai had a good straight sets win against Jones (7-63 7-65). During the match Budkov scored 80 points vs Jones’s 68. Budkov was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Budkov bagged 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nicolai Budkov Kjaer was very effective on serve to win 89% (39/44) of his 1st serve and 81% (21/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match.
Nicolai has an aggregate 1-0 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nottingham Challenger
Nicolai has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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- Sandro KoppKopp – Aidan MayoMayo (6-3 6-76 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Johannus MondayJohannus – Ryan PenistonRyan (2-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
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