Viktor Durasovic and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer will square off in the final of the Glasgow Challenger for the 2nd 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 2nd 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 2nd round in the Manama Challenger back in February 2025.

Viktor Durasovic

Viktor Durasovic

11 - 3win/loss

Hard
2-1
I Hard
9-2
Rank
241
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. 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

Glasgow Challenger
Durasovic's Record

Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

11 - 5win/loss

Hard
1-1
I Hard
10-4
Rank
299
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), 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).

Glasgow Challenger
Budkov's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

V.Durasovic
N.Budkov Kjaer
8h:46
8h:46
Time on court​
6h:43
6h:43
!
2h:14
2h:14
Last match​
1h:29
1h:29
4
4
Match played
4
4
113
113
Games Played​
94
94
12
12
Set played​​
10
10
420
420
Total points​
322
322
105
105
Avg point​
80.5
80.5
172
172
Winners
152
152
43
43
Avg Winners​
38
38
41%
41%
Ratio winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
32
32
Aces
34
34
8
8
Avg Aces
8.5
8.5
9
9
Double Faults
1
1
2.3
2.3
Avg Double Faults
0.3
0.3
172/227
172/227
1st won total​
152/199
152/199
!
76%
76%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
73/140
73/140
2nd won total​
49/92
49/92
52%
52%
2nd won %
53%
53%
-- Break Points --
17/49
17/49
BP won
10/20
10/20
4.3/12.3
4.3/12.3
Avg BP won
2.5/5
2.5/5
35%
35%
Won
50%
50%
25
25
Conceded
15
15
6.3
6.3
Avg Conceded
3.8
3.8
5
5
Broken
5
5
1.3
1.3
Avg Broken
1.3
1.3
20
20
Saved
10
10

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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