Elmer Moller and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer will square off in the 2nd round of the Girona Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:30 am on PISTA 5. 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.
As per the initial odds, Nicolai Budkov Kjaer is the pick to win this match.
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer -> 1.727
Elmer Moller -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Elmer Moller vs. Nicolai Budkov Kjaer
There is no head to head record between Elmer Moller and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Elmer Moller
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8-9 | 0-5 | 5-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 62-26 | 5-3 | 52-21 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-21 | 14-11 | 31-8 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-15 | 10-5 | 12-7 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 13-9 | 8-4 | 2-4 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 156, Elmer got to the 2nd round after defeating Federico Coria 7-6(4) 6-2.
In the 1st round, Elmer had a good straight sets win against Coria (7-64 6-2). During the match, Moller scored 75 points vs Coria’s 61. Elmer was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Moller bagged 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Elmer Moller lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Moller put 67% of his first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. The Dane broke Coria 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Moller has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 66% of his matches (154-79). 2-1 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Moller has an aggregate99-41 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
Moller has a compiled 5-8 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Girona Challenger
Elmer has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer
14 - 7win/loss
287
287
LWLWLWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-8 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 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. 306, Nicolai got to the 2nd round after defeating Justin Engel 6-4 3-6 7-6(5).
In the 1st round, Budkov defeated Engel (6-4 3-6 7-65).During the match Budkov scored less points (1) than Engel. In fact, the world no. 156 won 113 points vs Engel’s. That means that Budkov was more focused during the important points. The Norwegian was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about serving, Budkov managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Nicolai Budkov Kjaer lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Budkov put 63% of his first serves in, winning 65% (47/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (22/43) on the 2nd serve. Nicolai broke Engel 3 times after converting 23% of his break points (3/13).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Glasgow Challenger where he defeated Viktor Durasovic in the final 6-4 6-3.
Budkov has an aggregate 14-7 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Moller | Budkov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 32 |
| Pts | 75-61 | 113-114 |
| Total Points | 136 | 227 |
| Winners | 30 | 47 |
| %Winners | 40% | 42% |
Both Moller and Budkov played 1 match. At the moment, Nicolai Budkov Kjaer conceded 1 set while Elmer Moller hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Moller has played 1 set(s) less than Budkov (2 vs 3). Therefore, Moller played 11 games less than Budkov. The Dane scored 30 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Nicolai bagged 47 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Moller | Budkov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 43/64 | 72/115 |
| %1st in | 67% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 30/43 | 47/72 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 22/43 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 51% |
Moller struck 3 aces . Budkov managed to score 3 aces . Moller won 70% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Budkov won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Moller | Budkov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 3/13 |
| % Converted | 56% | 23% |
| Conceded | 8 | 11 |
| Saved | 5 | 7 |
| % Saved | 63% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Elmer broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Moller conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Nicolai broke his opponent 3 times with a 23% conversion rate. Nicolai conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Moller | |||
| R1 Coria |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 75-61 | 75-61 | |
| Total points | 136 | 136 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 43/64 | 43/64 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 30/43 | 30/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 10/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Budkov | |||
| R1 Engel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 113-114 | 113-114 | |
| Total points | 227 | 227 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 72/115 | 72/115 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 47/72 | 47/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/43 | 22/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/13 | 3/13 | |
| Converted % | 23% | 23% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWLWWWWW Tennis Scores in Girona Challenger
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Hugo DellienDellien (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Titouan DroguetDroguet (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Pedro CachinCachin (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Henrique RochaRocha (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Iliyan RadulovRadulov – Martin LandaluceLandaluce (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Henri SquireSquire (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer – Justin EngelEngel (6-4 3-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Vilius GaubasGaubas (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-4 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (3-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Elmer MollerMoller – Federico CoriaCoria (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Iliyan RadulovRadulov – Martin LandaluceLandaluce (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Pedro CachinCachin (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Titouan DroguetDroguet (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Henrique RochaRocha (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Henri SquireSquire (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Hugo DellienDellien (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Timofey SkatovSkatov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Marin CilicCilic (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Benjamin HassanHassan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Filip MisolicMisolic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
