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.

As per the initial odds, Nicolai Budkov Kjaer is the pick to win this match.
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

Javier Barranco Cosano

5 - 5win/loss

Hard
5-4
I Hard
0-1
Rank
248
High
211
LWLWWLWLLW
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.

Murcia Challenger
Barranco Cosano's Record

Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

12 - 6win/loss

Hard
1-1
I Hard
11-5
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. 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.

Murcia Challenger
Budkov Kjaer's Record

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