Javier Barranco Cosano and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer will square off in the 1st round of the Murcia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:00 pm on PISTA CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nicolai Budkov Kjaer who should win in 3 sets.
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer -> 1.6
Javier Barranco Cosano -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Javier Barranco Cosano vs. Nicolai Budkov Kjaer
There is no head to head record
between Javier Barranco Cosano and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.Javier Barranco Cosano
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5-5 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-31 | 8-5 | 33-25 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-20 | 0-2 | 29-17 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-21 | 0-0 | 39-20 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-24 | 0-0 | 37-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 248, Barranco Cosano will start his run in the Murcia Challenger after he played his last match in the Hersonissos 1 Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Searle in the 2nd round on the 6th of March.
Barranco Cosano has an overall 5-5 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on clay.
Talking about his overall career, Javier has an overall 345-224 record. He has a positive 306-189 record on clay.
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021, 2022 and 2024. See his history.
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer
| 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. 299, the Norwegian will start his run in the Murcia Challenger after he played his last match in the Thionville Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-7(10) 6-4 to Draxl in the 1st round on the 3rd of March.
Nicolai has an aggregate 12-6 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Glasgow Challenger where he overcame Viktor Durasovic in the final 6-4 6-3.
In terms of his career, Nicolai has an overall 38-19 record. He has a positive 19-7 record on clay.
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
Budkov Kjaer has never competed in this tournament before.
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