Javier Barranco Cosano and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer will face off in the 1st round of the Murcia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on PISTA 2. 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 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 fight against each other in the main tour.
Javier Barranco Cosano
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-24 | 5-5 | 26-18 | 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. 243, the Spaniard 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.
The Spaniard has a compiled 5-5 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on clay.
Talking about his overall career, The Spaniard 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 | 50-27 | 7-2 | 18-12 | 22-10 | 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. 306, Budkov Kjaer 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.Budkov Kjaer has a compiled 12-6 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Glasgow Challenger where he beat 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
The Norwegian has never competed in this tournament before.
Tennis Scores in Murcia Challenger
- Harold MayotMayot – Edas ButvilasButvilas (6-4 4-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (6-4 6-72 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Henrique RochaRocha (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Benjamin HassanHassan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Jesper De JongDe Jong (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Sumit NagalNagal (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (0-0) – H2H and prediction