
Liam Draxl and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Thionville Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. 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 Liam Draxl who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Liam Draxl is the pick to win this match.
Liam Draxl -> 1.81
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer -> 1.92
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Prediction and head to head Liam Draxl vs. Nicolai Budkov Kjaer
This will be the 2nd time that Liam Draxl and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Budkov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Budkov won 6-3 1-6 6-1 in the quarter in the Glasgow Challenger back in February 2025.
Liam Draxl
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 41-17 | 16-5 | 10-5 | 15-6 | 0-1 | 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. 176 (career-high), Liam will start his run in the Thionville Challenger after he played his last match in the Lugano Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Collignon in the quarter on the 28th of February.
Draxl has an overall 13-6 win-loss record in 2025, 13-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Draxl’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Oeiras 1 Challenger and the Oeiras 3 Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Liam has an overall 174-87 record. He has a positive 48-21 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Thionville Challenger
Draxl has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 23-18 | 1-1 | 8-9 | 11-5 | 3-3 | 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. 298 (career-high), will start his run in the Thionville Challenger after he won the title in the Glasgow Challenger after beating 6-4 6-3 Durasovic in the final.
Nicolai has an aggregate 12-5 win-loss record in 2025, 11-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Glasgow Challenger where he overcame Viktor Durasovic in the final 6-4 6-3.
The Norwegian won his last 5 matches.
In terms of his career, Nicolai has an overall 38-18 record. He has a positive 13-5 record on indoor hard courts.
Head 2 Head



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