Lukas Neumayer and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer will face off in the 1^st round of the Mauthausen Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lukas Neumayer who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Lukas Neumayer is the pick to win this match.
Lukas Neumayer -> 1.71
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer -> 2.04

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Prediction and head to head Lukas Neumayer vs. Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

There is no head to head record

between Lukas Neumayer and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Lukas Neumayer

Ranked no. 191 (career-high), Lukas will start his run in the Mauthausen Challenger after he played his last match in the Rome Challenger where he lost 4-6 6-3 6-1 to Gaubas in the semifinal on the 25^th of April.

The Austrian has a compiled 18-11 win-loss record in 2025, 15-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

The Austrian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Menorca Challenger and the Rome Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, The Austrian has an overall 177-129 record. He has a positive 148-100 record on clay.

Previously in the Mauthausen Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2024. See his history.

Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

Ranked no. 305, Budkov will start his run in the Mauthausen Challenger after he played his last match in the Oeiras 4 Challenger where he lost 6-3 7-6(4) to Taberner in the 1^st round on the 15^th of April.

Budkov has a compiled 14-10 win-loss record in 2025, 2-4 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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His best result of the current season was winning the title the Glasgow Challenger where he defeated Viktor Durasovic in the final 6-4 6-3.

In terms of his career, The Norwegian has an overall 40-23 record. He has a positive 21-11 record on clay.

Previously in the Mauthausen Challenger

Budkov has never competed in this tournament before.

Tennis Scores in Mauthausen Challenger

• Marco TrungellitiMarco – Timofey SkatovTimofey (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Martin LandaluceMartin – Benjamin HassanBenjamin (7-5 5-7 7-6(1)) – See score progression
• Tomas Barrios VeraTomas – Jurij RodionovJurij (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

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