Viktor Durasovic and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer will square off in the 2^nd round of the Manama Challenger for the 1^st 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

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

In the 1^st 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

Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

Ranked no. 455, the Norwegian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Adrian Andreev 7-5 1-0 ret..

In the 1^st 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.

H2H Performance in the tournament

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

• Daniel EvansEvans – Benoit PairePaire (6-4 6-7⁴ 6-2) – See score progression
• Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (7-6¹ 6-7⁷ 6-3) – See score progression
• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Aleksandre BakshiBakshi (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Aziz DougazDougaz – Charles BroomBroom (7-5 3-6 7-6³) – See score progression
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Ilia SimakinSimakin – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (7-6² 6-4) – See score progression
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov (6-7⁴ 6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Marat SharipovSharipov – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer – Adrian AndreevAndreev (7-5 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Brandon HoltHolt – Pavel KotovKotov (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Constant LestienneLestienne (4-6 6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-3 3-6 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Fajing SunSun (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Aziz DougazDougaz – Charles BroomBroom (7-5 3-6 7-6(3)) – See score progression
• Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer – Adrian AndreevAndreev (7-5 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Marat SharipovSharipov – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov (6-7(4) 6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Ilia SimakinSimakin – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (7-6(2) 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (7-6(1) 6-7(7) 6-3) – See score progression
• Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (6-3 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Aleksandre BakshiBakshi (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Daniel EvansEvans – Benoit PairePaire (6-4 6-7(4) 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Daniel EvansEvans – Brandon HoltHolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Aziz DougazDougaz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – (1-1) – H2H and prediction