Viktor Durasovic and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer will square off in the 2nd round of the Manama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following paragraphs, 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 -> 1.47
Viktor Durasovic -> 2.53

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Prediction and head to head Viktor Durasovic vs. Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

There is no head to head record between Viktor Durasovic and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Viktor Durasovic

Viktor Durasovic

6 - 2win/loss

Hard
1-0
I Hard
5-2
Rank
248
High
238
LLWLWWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 12-6 2-1 0-0 10-5 0-0 0-0
2024 48-33 19-10 15-15 14-8 0-0 0-0
2023 25-37 5-8 17-18 2-9 0-1 1-1
2022 28-36 2-7 15-18 11-11 0-0 0-0
2021 31-24 2-4 13-12 16-8 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 295, the Norwegian got to the 2nd round after defeating Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-3 3-6 7-6(6).

In the 1st round, Durasovic defeated Basilashvili (6-3 3-6 7-66). During the match, Durasovic scored 112 points vs Basilashvili’s 106. The Norwegian was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Talking about the service games, Durasovic managed to score 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Viktor Durasovic lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Durasovic put 60% of his first serves in, winning 69% (43/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (22/41) on the 2nd serve. Durasovic broke Basilashvili 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Durasovic has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (292-268). 1-0 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Durasovic has a composed 125-85 record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Nottingham Challenger where he beat Henry Searle in the final 7-6(6) 3-6 6-1.

The Norwegian has an overall 6-2 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Manama Challenger

Manama Challenger
Durasovic's Record

Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

7 - 4win/loss

Hard
1-0
I Hard
6-4
Rank
306
High
298
LWWWWWLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 12-6 1-1 0-0 11-5 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. 455, the Norwegian got to the 2nd round after defeating Adrian Andreev 7-5 1-0 ret..

In the 1st round against Andreev, Budkov had a free pass after Andreev retired on a 7-5 1-0 . scoreline.

Budkov’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Esch/Alzette.

Budkov has a compiled 7-4 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Manama Challenger

Nicolai has never competed in this tournament before.

Manama Challenger
Budkov's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

V.Durasovic
N.Budkov Kjaer
!
2h:28
2h:28
Time on court​
1h:01
1h:01
!
2h:28
2h:28
Last match​
1h:01
1h:01
1
1
Match played
1
1
31
31
Games Played​
13
13
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
112
112
Total points​
44
44
112
112
Avg point​
44
44
43
43
Winners
21
21
43
43
Avg Winners​
21
21
38%
38%
Ratio winners
48%
48%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
11
11
10
10
Avg Aces
!
11
11
1
1
Double Faults
1
1
1
1
Avg Double Faults
1
1
43/62
43/62
1st won total​
21/28
21/28
69%
69%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
22/41
22/41
2nd won total​
5/13
5/13
54%
54%
2nd won %
!
38%
38%
-- Break Points --
4/12
4/12
BP won
3/4
3/4
4/12
4/12
Avg BP won
3/4
3/4
33%
33%
Won
!
75%
75%
9
9
Conceded
5
5
9
9
Avg Conceded
5
5
4
4
Broken
2
2
4
4
Avg Broken
2
2
5
5
Saved
3
3

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Durasovic Budkov
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 31 13
Pts 112-106 44-33
Total Points 218 77
Winners 43 21
%Winners 38% 48%

Both Durasovic and Budkov played 1 match. At the moment, Viktor Durasovic surrendered 1 set while Nicolai Budkov Kjaer hasn’t lost a set so far. Talking about their workload, Durasovic and Budkov have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Durasovic played 18 games more than Budkov. Durasovic scored 43 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Nicolai managed to score 21 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve Durasovic Budkov
Aces 10 11
Avg per match 10 11
1st in 62/103 28/41
%1st in 60% 68%
1st pts 43/62 21/28
%1st pts 69% 75%
2nd pts 22/41 5/13
%2nd pts 54% 38%

Durasovic blasted 10 aces . Budkov blasted 11 aces . Durasovic won 69% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Budkov won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Durasovic Budkov
Won 4 3
Converted 4/12 3/4
% Converted 33% 75%
Conceded 9 5
Saved 5 3
% Saved 56% 60%
Times Broken 4 2

Viktor broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Norwegian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Nicolai broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Budkov conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Durasovic
R1
Basilashvili
Total
Score 6-3 3-6 7-66
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 31 31
pts 112-106 112-106
Total points 218 218
Winners 43 43
%Winners 38% 38%
SERVE
Aces 10 10
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 62/103 62/103
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 43/62 43/62
% 1st pts 69% 69%
2nd pts 22/41 22/41
% 2nd pts 54% 54%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/12 4/12
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 9 9
Saved 5/9 5
Saved % 56% 56%
Times Broken 4 4
Budkov
R1
Andreev
Total
Score 7-5 1-0 ret.
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 13 13
pts 44-33 44-33
Total points 77 77
Winners 21 21
%Winners 48% 48%
SERVE
Aces 11 11
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 28/41 28/41
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 21/28 21/28
% 1st pts 75% 75%
2nd pts 5/13 5/13
% 2nd pts 38% 38%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/4 3/4
Converted % 75% 75%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 3/5 3
Saved % 60% 60%
Times Broken 2 2

Tennis Scores in Manama Challenger

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