Viktor Durasovic and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer will square off in the final of the Glasgow Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.56
Viktor Durasovic -> 2.3

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

This will be the 2^nd time that Viktor Durasovic and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Durasovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they competed against each other, Durasovic won 7-6(5) 6-2 in the 2^nd round in the Manama Challenger back in February 2025.

Viktor Durasovic

Ranked no. 280 (career-high), the Norwegian reached the final after defeating James Story 6-1 6-7(7) 6-2, Chak Lam Coleman Wong 4-6 6-1 6-2, Matteo Martineau 4-6 6-3 7-6(3) and Daniel Rincon 6-7(2) 6-3 6-0.

In the semifinal against Rincon, Viktor recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7² 6-3 6-0). During the match, Durasovic scored 104 points vs Rincon’s 84. The Norwegian was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Regarding the service games, Durasovic blasted 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Viktor Durasovic lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Durasovic put 62% of his first serves in, winning 78% (35/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (13/28) on the 2nd serve. The Norwegian broke Rincon 7 times after converting 35% of his break points (7/20).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Durasovic has surrendered 4 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Durasovic has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (297-269). 9-2 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Durasovic has an aggregate 78-74 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

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

Viktor has an overall 11-3 win-loss record in 2025, 9-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Glasgow Challenger

Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

Ranked no. 439 (career-high), Budkov got to the final after defeating Hugo Grenier 6-3 3-6 6-2, Raul Brancaccio 6-4 7-6(7)

, Liam Draxl 6-3 1-6 6-1 and Max Hans Rehberg 6-3 7-6(3).

In the semifinal, The Norwegian had a good straight sets win against Hans Rehberg (6-3 7-6³). During the match Budkov scored 72 points vs Hans Rehberg’s 53. The Norwegian was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

About the serving games, Budkov scored 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Nicolai Budkov Kjaer was exceptionally effective on serve to win 79% (37/47) of his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Budkov was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Hans Rehberg twice.

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Norwegian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

The Norwegian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Esch/Alzette.

Nicolai has an aggregate 11-5 win-loss record in 2025, 10-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Durasovic	Budkov
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	12	10
Tot Games	113	94
Pts	420-354	322-272
Total Points	774	594
Winners	172	152
%Winners	41%	47%

Both Durasovic and Budkov played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Viktor Durasovic dropped 4 sets, while Nicolai Budkov Kjaer lost 2 sets. Durasovic has played 2 sets more than Budkov (12 vs 10). Therefore, Durasovic played 19 games more than Budkov. Durasovic scored 172 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Budkov made 152 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Durasovic	Budkov
Aces	32	34
Avg per match	8	8.5
1st in	227/367	199/291
%1st in	62%	68%
1st pts	172/227	152/199
%1st pts	76%	76%
2nd pts	73/140	49/92
%2nd pts	52%	53%

Durasovic bagged 32 aces (8 per match). Budkov recorded 34 aces (8.5 per match). Durasovic won 76% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Budkov won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Durasovic	Budkov
Won	17	10
Converted	17/49	10/20
% Converted	35%	50%
Conceded	25	15
Saved	20	10
% Saved	80%	67%
Times Broken	5	5

Durasovic broke his opponents 17 times with a 35% conversion rate. Viktor dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Budkov broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Norwegian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Durasovic
	R1 Story	R2 Lam Coleman Wong	1/4 Martineau	1/2 Rincon	Total
Score	6-1 6-77 6-2	4-6 6-1 6-2	4-6 6-3 7-63	6-72 6-3 6-0
Tot Set	3	3	3	3	12
Tot Games	28	25	32	28	113
pts	110-88	90-71	116-111	104-84	420-354
Total points	198	161	227	188	774
Winners	48	33	56	35	172
%Winners	44%	37%	48%	34%	41%
SERVE
Aces	8	10	10	4	32
Double Faults	4	1	2	2	9
1st in	63/92	43/86	76/116	45/73	227/367
% 1st in	68%	50%	66%	62%	62%
1st pts	48/63	33/43	56/76	35/45	172/227
% 1st pts	76%	77%	74%	78%	76%
2nd pts	17/29	24/43	19/40	13/28	73/140
% 2nd pts	59%	56%	48%	46%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	4	2	7	17
Converted	4/9	4/11	2/9	7/20	17/49
Converted %	44%	36%	22%	35%	35%
Conceded	5	7	9	4	25
Saved	5/5	6/7	7/9	2/4	20
Saved %	100%	86%	78%	50%	79%
Times Broken	0	1	2	2	5

Budkov
	R1 Grenier	R2 Brancaccio	1/4 Draxl	1/2 Hans Rehberg	Total
Score	6-3 3-6 6-2	6-4 7-67	6-3 1-6 6-1	6-3 7-63
Tot Set	3	2	3	2	10
Tot Games	26	23	23	22	94
pts	88-79	83-70	79-70	72-53	322-272
Total points	167	153	149	125	594
Winners	41	37	37	37	152
%Winners	47%	45%	47%	51%	47%
SERVE
Aces	5	8	10	11	34
Double Faults	0	0	0	1	1
1st in	58/87	46/67	48/73	47/64	199/291
% 1st in	67%	69%	66%	73%	68%
1st pts	41/58	37/46	37/48	37/47	152/199
% 1st pts	71%	80%	77%	79%	76%
2nd pts	13/29	14/21	10/25	12/17	49/92
% 2nd pts	45%	67%	40%	71%	53%
Breaks
Won	4	1	3	2	10
Converted	4/6	1/4	3/8	2/2	10/20
Converted %	67%	25%	38%	100%	50%
Conceded	7	1	4	3	15
Saved	5/7	1/1	2/4	2/3	10
Saved %	71%	100%	50%	67%	72%
Times Broken	2	0	2	1	5

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