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

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Liam Draxl who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Liam Draxl is the pick to win this match.
Liam Draxl -> 1.53
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer -> 2.375

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Prediction and head to head Liam Draxl vs. Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

There is no head to head record between Liam Draxl and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Liam Draxl

Liam Draxl

11 - 4win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
11-3
Rank
179
High
171
LWWLWWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 15-7 0-1 0-0 15-6 0-0 0-0
2024 51-24 21-10 17-12 13-2 0-0 0-0
2023 36-9 23-5 0-0 13-4 0-0 0-0
2022 26-16 16-10 3-1 7-5 0-0 0-0
2021 29-14 16-9 12-3 1-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 184, Liam got to the quarter after defeating Adrian Andreev 6-4 6-1 and Bernabe Zapata Miralles 6-3 6-2.

In the 2nd round, Draxl had a good straight sets win against Zapata Miralles (6-3 6-2). During the match, Draxl scored 59 points vs Zapata Miralles’s 40. Draxl was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Draxl fired 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Liam Draxl conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 76% of his first serves in, win 85% (29/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (5/11) on the 2nd serve. Draxl broke Zapata Miralles 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Draxl hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 60% of the points he played.

Draxl has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 67% of his matches (172-85). 11-3 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Draxl has a compiled46-19 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

Draxl’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Oeiras 1 Challenger and the Oeiras 3 Challenger.

The Canadian has a composed 11-4 win-loss record in 2025, 11-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Glasgow Challenger

The Canadian has never competed in this tournament before.

Glasgow Challenger
Draxl's Record

Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

9 - 5win/loss

Hard
1-1
I Hard
8-4
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), Nicolai reached the quarter after defeating Hugo Grenier 6-3 3-6 6-2 and Raul Brancaccio 6-4 7-6(7).

In the 2nd round, Budkov had a good straight sets win against Brancaccio (6-4 7-67). During the match Budkov scored 83 points vs Brancaccio’s 70. Nicolai was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.

About the serving games, Budkov scored 8 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Nicolai Budkov Kjaer was quite efficient on serve to win 80% (37/46) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Norwegian broke Brancaccio once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Nicolai has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

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

The Norwegian has an aggregate 9-5 win-loss record in 2025, 8-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Glasgow Challenger
Budkov's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

L.Draxl
N.Budkov Kjaer
2h:20
2h:20
Time on court​
3h:27
3h:27
1h:10
1h:10
Last match​
1h:31
1h:31
2
2
Match played
2
2
34
34
Games Played​
49
49
4
4
Set played​​
5
5
117
117
Total points​
171
171
58.5
58.5
Avg point​
85.5
85.5
54
54
Winners
78
78
27
27
Avg Winners​
39
39
46%
46%
Ratio winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
16
16
Aces
13
13
8
8
Avg Aces
6.5
6.5
3
3
Double Faults
0
0
1.5
1.5
Avg Double Faults
0
0
54/63
54/63
1st won total​
78/104
78/104
!
86%
86%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
12/21
12/21
2nd won total​
27/50
27/50
57%
57%
2nd won %
54%
54%
-- Break Points --
8/14
8/14
BP won
5/10
5/10
4/7
4/7
Avg BP won
2.5/5
2.5/5
!
57%
57%
Won
50%
50%
0
0
Conceded
8
8
0
0
Avg Conceded
4
4
0
0
Broken
2
2
!
0
0
Avg Broken
1
1
0
0
Saved
6
6

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Draxl Budkov
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 5
Tot Games 34 49
Pts 117-79 171-149
Total Points 196 320
Winners 54 78
%Winners 46% 46%

Both Draxl and Budkov played 2 matches. At the moment, Nicolai Budkov Kjaer dropped 1 set while Liam Draxl hasn’t conceded a set so far. Draxl has played 1 set(s) less than Budkov (4 vs 5). Therefore, Draxl played 15 games less than Budkov. Draxl scored 54 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Norwegian blasted 78 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve Draxl Budkov
Aces 16 13
Avg per match 8 6.5
1st in 63/84 104/154
%1st in 75% 68%
1st pts 54/63 78/104
%1st pts 86% 75%
2nd pts 12/21 27/50
%2nd pts 57% 54%

Draxl blasted 16 aces (8 per match). Budkov scored 13 aces (6.5 per match). Draxl won 86% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Budkov won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Draxl Budkov
Won 8 5
Converted 8/14 5/10
% Converted 57% 50%
Conceded 0 8
Saved 0 6
% Saved 0% 75%
Times Broken 0 2

Liam broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Liam pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Norwegian broke his opponents 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Nicolai conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Draxl
R1
Andreev
R2
Zapata Miralles
Total
Score 6-4 6-1 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 17 17 34
pts 58-39 59-40 117-79
Total points 97 99 196
Winners 25 29 54
%Winners 43% 49% 46%
SERVE
Aces 11 5 16
Double Faults 1 2 3
1st in 29/39 34/45 63/84
% 1st in 74% 76% 75%
1st pts 25/29 29/34 54/63
% 1st pts 86% 85% 86%
2nd pts 7/10 5/11 12/21
% 2nd pts 70% 45% 57%
Breaks
Won 4 4 8
Converted 4/9 4/5 8/14
Converted % 44% 80% 57%
Conceded 0 0 0
Saved 0/0 0/0 0
Saved % 0%
Times Broken 0 0 0
Budkov
R1
Grenier
R2
Brancaccio
Total
Score 6-3 3-6 6-2 6-4 7-67
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 26 23 49
pts 88-79 83-70 171-149
Total points 167 153 320
Winners 41 37 78
%Winners 47% 45% 46%
SERVE
Aces 5 8 13
Double Faults 0 0 0
1st in 58/87 46/67 104/154
% 1st in 67% 69% 68%
1st pts 41/58 37/46 78/104
% 1st pts 71% 80% 75%
2nd pts 13/29 14/21 27/50
% 2nd pts 45% 67% 54%
Breaks
Won 4 1 5
Converted 4/6 1/4 5/10
Converted % 67% 25% 50%
Conceded 7 1 8
Saved 5/7 1/1 6
Saved % 71% 100% 86%
Times Broken 2 0 2

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