Calvin Hemery and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Prague Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:30 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.71
Calvin Hemery -> 2.04

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Prediction and head to head Calvin Hemery vs. Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

There is no head to head record between Calvin Hemery and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Calvin Hemery

Ranked no. 176, the French player got to the 2^nd round after beating Vitaliy Sachko 6-4 7-5.

In the 1^st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Sachko (6-4 7-5). During the match, Hemery scored 90 points vs Sachko’s 80. The French player was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Hemery managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Calvin Hemery lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Hemery put 67% of his first serves in, winning 62% (31/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the 2nd serve. Hemery broke Sachko 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

Hemery has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (308-219). 10-7 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Hemery has an aggregate 160-106 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

The French player best result of the year was getting to the final in the Brazzaville Challenger.

Calvin has an overall 14-13 win-loss record in 2025, 10-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Prague Challenger

The French player has never competed in this tournament before.

Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

Ranked no. 307, Nicolai got to the 2^nd round after defeating Alejandro Moro Canas 7-5 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Budkov had a good straight sets win against Moro Canas (7-5 6-1). During the match Budkov scored 68 points vs Moro Canas’s 52. The Norwegian was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.

About the serving games, Budkov couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Nicolai Budkov Kjaer was exceptionally effective on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Nicolai broke Moro Canas 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Glasgow Challenger where he beat Viktor Durasovic in the final 6-4 6-3.

Budkov has an overall 15-11 win-loss record in 2025, 3-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Hemery	Budkov
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	19
Pts	90-80	68-52
Total Points	170	120
Winners	31	23
%Winners	34%	34%

Both Hemery and Budkov played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Hemery and Budkov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Hemery played 3 games more than Budkov. Calvin scored 31 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Norwegian scored 23 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Hemery	Budkov
Aces	2	0
Avg per match	2	0
1st in	50/75	29/52
%1st in	67%	56%
1st pts	31/50	23/29
%1st pts	62%	79%
2nd pts	15/25	12/23
%2nd pts	60%	52%

Hemery bagged 2 aces . Budkov didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Hemery won 62% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Budkov won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Hemery	Budkov
Won	4	5
Converted	4/13	5/11
% Converted	31%	45%
Conceded	11	2
Saved	9	1
% Saved	82%	50%
Times Broken	2	1

Hemery broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Calvin lost his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. Nicolai broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Norwegian conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Hemery
	R1 Sachko	Total
Score	6-4 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	90-80	90-80
Total points	170	170
Winners	31	31
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	50/75	50/75
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	31/50	31/50
% 1st pts	62%	62%
2nd pts	15/25	15/25
% 2nd pts	60%	60%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/13	4/13
Converted %	31%	31%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	9/11	9
Saved %	82%	82%
Times Broken	2	2

Budkov
	R1 Moro Canas	Total
Score	7-5 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	68-52	68-52
Total points	120	120
Winners	23	23
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	29/52	29/52
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	23/29	23/29
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	12/23	12/23
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/11	5/11
Converted %	45%	45%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Prague Challenger

• Petr BrunclikBrunclik – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Guy Den OudenDen Ouden – Sumit NagalNagal (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Calvin HemeryHemery – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Sascha Gueymard WayenburgGueymard Wayenburg – Dmitry PopkoPopko (7-6³ 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Antoine Cornut-ChauvincCornut-Chauvinc (6-2 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Maxime ChazalChazal – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (4-6 7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Henrique RochaRocha (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Alexander BlockxBlockx – Hady HabibHabib (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Maxim MrvaMrva (6-0 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Lukas KleinKlein – August HolmgrenHolmgren (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Martin LandaluceLandaluce – Jurij RodionovRodionov (5-7 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Daniel EvansEvans – Lloyd HarrisHarris (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Petr BrunclikBrunclik – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Maxime ChazalChazal – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (4-6 7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Maxim MrvaMrva (6-0 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Sascha Gueymard WayenburgGueymard Wayenburg – Dmitry PopkoPopko (7-6(3) 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Filip MisolicMisolic – Jan KumstatKumstat (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Antoine Cornut-ChauvincCornut-Chauvinc (6-2 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Guy Den OudenDen Ouden – Sumit NagalNagal (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Henrique RochaRocha (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Alexander BlockxBlockx – Hady HabibHabib (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Calvin HemeryHemery – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (6-4 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Daniel EvansEvans – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jan ChoinskiChoinski – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lukas KleinKlein – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Filip MisolicMisolic – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (1-0) – H2H and prediction