Nicolai Budkov Kjaer and Federico Bondioli will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Vicenza Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nicolai Budkov Kjaer who should win in 2 sets.
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer -> 1.34
Federico Bondioli -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Nicolai Budkov Kjaer vs. Federico Bondioli
There is no head to head record between Nicolai Budkov Kjaer and Federico Bondioli since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer
17 - 13win/loss
132
132
| 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. 291, Budkov Kjaer got to the qualifications after defeating Massimo Giunta 2-6 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications against Giunta, The Norwegian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-2). During the match, Budkov Kjaer scored 94 points vs Giunta’s 79. The Norwegian was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Budkov Kjaer wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Nicolai Budkov Kjaer lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Budkov Kjaer put 75% of his first serves in, winning 64% (34/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the 2nd serve. Nicolai broke Giunta 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).
Budkov Kjaer has a solid win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 62% of his matches (43-26). 5-7 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Budkov Kjaer has an overall24-14 win-loss record in the last 3 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Glasgow Challenger where he beat Viktor Durasovic in the final 6-4 6-3.
The Norwegian has a compiled 17-13 win-loss record in 2025, 5-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Vicenza Challenger
Nicolai has never competed in this tournament before.
Federico Bondioli
18 - 12win/loss
400
382
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43-33 | 7-7 | 34-23 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-30 | 13-9 | 15-16 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 10-13 | 2-5 | 4-6 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-9 | 5-3 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 482 (career-high), Bondioli reached the qualifications after defeating Enrico Dalla Valle 6-7(4) 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications against Dalla Valle, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-2 6-2). During the match Bondioli scored 98 points vs Dalla Valle’s 81. Bondioli was exceptionally aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Bondioli blasted 2 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Federico Bondioli lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Bondioli put 70% of his first serves in, winning 68% (45/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the 2nd serve. Bondioli broke Dalla Valle 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Federico’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Santa margherita di Pula.
Federico has a compiled 18-12 win-loss record in 2025, 9-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Budkov Kjaer | Bondioli |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 29 |
| Pts | 94-79 | 98-81 |
| Total Points | 173 | 179 |
| Winners | 34 | 45 |
| %Winners | 36% | 46% |
Both Budkov Kjaer and Bondioli played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Nicolai Budkov Kjaer dropped 1 set, while Federico Bondioli dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Budkov Kjaer and Bondioli have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Budkov Kjaer played 3 games less than Bondioli. The Norwegian scored 34 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Federico fired 45 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Budkov Kjaer | Bondioli |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 2 |
| 1st in | 53/71 | 66/94 |
| %1st in | 75% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 34/53 | 45/66 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 17/28 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 61% |
Budkov Kjaer didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Bondioli blasted 2 aces . Budkov Kjaer won 64% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Bondioli won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Budkov Kjaer | Bondioli |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/15 | 6/11 |
| % Converted | 33% | 55% |
| Conceded | 7 | 6 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 43% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
The Norwegian broke his opponent 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. Budkov Kjaer surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Federico broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Budkov Kjaer | |||
| Q1 Giunta | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 94-79 | 94-79 | |
| Total points | 173 | 173 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 53/71 | 53/71 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 34/53 | 34/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Bondioli | |||
| Q1 Dalla Valle | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 98-81 | 98-81 | |
| Total points | 179 | 179 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 66/94 | 66/94 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 45/66 | 45/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 17/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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