H2H, prediction of Raul Brancaccio vs Nicolai Budkov Kjaer in Glasgow Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 20th February 2025

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Prediction and head to head Raul Brancaccio vs. Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

Raul Brancaccio and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer will face off in the 2nd round of the Glasgow Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on COURT 8. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nicolai Budkov Kjaer who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Nicolai Budkov Kjaer is the pick to win this match.
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer -> 1.43
Raul Brancaccio -> 2.66

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Prediction and head to head Raul Brancaccio vs. Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

There is no head to head record between Raul Brancaccio and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Raul Brancaccio

Raul Brancaccio
Raul Brancaccio

7 - 4win/loss

Rank
432
High
121
WWWWWLWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 12-5 4-0 1-0 7-5 0-0 0-0
2024 27-27 6-6 21-19 0-2 0-0 0-0
2023 28-32 14-7 11-19 2-4 1-2 0-0
2022 39-26 7-6 31-18 1-2 0-0 0-0
2021 47-26 2-1 43-21 2-4 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 434, Brancaccio reached the 2nd round after defeating Tristan Lamasine 6-2 6-1, Finn Bass 6-7(4) 7-5 6-1 and Benjamin Hassan 7-5 2-6 6-3.

In the 1st round, Brancaccio defeated Hassan (7-5 2-6 6-3).During the match, Brancaccio scored less points (3) than Hassan. In fact, the world no. 434 won 85 points vs Hassan’s. That means that Brancaccio was more focused during the important points. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Regarding the service games, Brancaccio scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 4 double faults. Raul Brancaccio lost the serve 6 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Brancaccio put 60% of his first serves in, winning 60% (34/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (17/38) on the 2nd serve. Raul broke Hassan 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Brancaccio has good record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (329-244). 7-4 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Brancaccio has a compiled 26-30 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Brancaccio has an aggregate 7-4 win-loss record in 2025, 7-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Glasgow Challenger

The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.

Brancaccio
Glasgow Challenger
Brancaccio's Record

Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

Nicolai Budkov Kjaer
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

8 - 5win/loss

Hard
1-1
I Hard
7-4
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. 439 (career-high), the Norwegian reached the 2nd round after defeating Hugo Grenier 6-3 3-6 6-2.

In the 1st round, Nicolai defeated Grenier (6-3 3-6 6-2). During the match Budkov scored 88 points vs Grenier’s 79. Nicolai was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about serving, Budkov blasted 5 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Nicolai Budkov Kjaer lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Budkov put 67% of his first serves in, winning 71% (41/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. Nicolai broke Grenier 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

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

Nicolai has an overall 8-5 win-loss record in 2025, 7-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Budkov
Glasgow Challenger
Budkov's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

R.Brancaccio
N.Budkov Kjaer
!
5h:17
5h:17
Time on court​
1h:56
1h:56
1h:38
1h:38
Last match​
1h:56
1h:56
!
3
3
Match played
1
1
76
76
Games Played​
26
26
8
8
Set played​​
3
3
272
272
Total points​
88
88
90.7
90.7
Avg point​
88
88
115
115
Winners
41
41
38.3
38.3
Avg Winners​
41
41
42%
42%
Ratio winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
15
15
Aces
5
5
5
5
Avg Aces
5
5
12
12
Double Faults
0
0
4
4
Avg Double Faults
0
0
115/160
115/160
1st won total​
41/58
41/58
!
72%
72%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
41/88
41/88
2nd won total​
13/29
13/29
47%
47%
2nd won %
45%
45%
-- Break Points --
15/29
15/29
BP won
4/6
4/6
5/9.7
5/9.7
Avg BP won
4/6
4/6
!
52%
52%
Won
!
67%
67%
14
14
Conceded
7
7
4.7
4.7
Avg Conceded
7
7
7
7
Broken
2
2
2.3
2.3
Avg Broken
2
2
7
7
Saved
5
5

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Brancaccio Budkov
Match played 3 1
Tot Set 8 3
Tot Games 76 26
Pts 272-238 88-79
Total Points 510 167
Winners 115 41
%Winners 42% 47%

Brancaccio played 3 matches while Budkov competed in 1 match. Brancaccio started his run from the qualifications while Budkov had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Raul Brancaccio dropped 2 sets, while Nicolai Budkov Kjaer conceded 1 set. Brancaccio has played 5 sets more than Budkov (8 vs 3). Therefore, Brancaccio played 50 games more than Budkov. The Italian scored 115 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Budkov made 41 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve Brancaccio Budkov
Aces 15 5
Avg per match 5 5
1st in 160/248 58/87
%1st in 65% 67%
1st pts 115/160 41/58
%1st pts 72% 71%
2nd pts 41/88 13/29
%2nd pts 47% 45%

Brancaccio recorded 15 aces (5 per match). Budkov bagged 5 aces . Brancaccio won 72% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Budkov won 71% of the points on 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 Brancaccio Budkov
Won 15 4
Converted 15/29 4/6
% Converted 52% 67%
Conceded 14 7
Saved 7 5
% Saved 50% 71%
Times Broken 7 2

Raul broke his opponents 15 times with a 52% conversion rate. Brancaccio dropped his serve 7 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Nicolai broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Budkov conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Brancaccio
Q1
Lamasine
Q3
Bass
R1
Hassan
Total
Score 6-2 6-1 6-74 7-5 6-1 7-5 2-6 6-3
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 15 32 29 76
pts 73-50 114-100 85-88 272-238
Total points 123 214 173 510
Winners 30 51 34 115
%Winners 41% 45% 40% 42%
SERVE
Aces 3 11 1 15
Double Faults 3 5 4 12
1st in 37/59 66/94 57/95 160/248
% 1st in 63% 70% 60% 65%
1st pts 30/37 51/66 34/57 115/160
% 1st pts 81% 77% 60% 72%
2nd pts 10/22 14/28 17/38 41/88
% 2nd pts 45% 50% 45% 47%
Breaks
Won 4 5 6 15
Converted 4/11 5/7 6/11 15/29
Converted % 36% 71% 55% 52%
Conceded 2 4 8 14
Saved 2/2 3/4 2/8 7
Saved % 100% 75% 25% 67%
Times Broken 0 1 6 7
Budkov
R1
Grenier
Total
Score 6-3 3-6 6-2
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 26 26
pts 88-79 88-79
Total points 167 167
Winners 41 41
%Winners 47% 47%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 58/87 58/87
% 1st in 67% 67%
1st pts 41/58 41/58
% 1st pts 71% 71%
2nd pts 13/29 13/29
% 2nd pts 45% 45%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/6 4/6
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 7 7
Saved 5/7 5
Saved % 71% 24%
Times Broken 2 2

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Brancaccio
WWWWWLWWWL
Budkov Kjaer
LWWWWWLWLL
2025 2024 2023
12 - 5
12 - 4
4-0
Hard
1-1
7-5
I Hard
11-3
1-0
Clay
0-0

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