Nicolai Budkov Kjaer and Amit Vales will play each other in the qualifications of the Nottingham 3 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 7:30 pm on COURT 4. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nicolai Budkov Kjaer who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nicolai Budkov Kjaer is the pick to win this match.
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer -> 1.135
Amit Vales -> 5.15

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Prediction and head to head Nicolai Budkov Kjaer vs. Amit Vales

There is no head to head record between Nicolai Budkov Kjaer and Amit Vales since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

Ranked no. 303, Nicolai reached the qualifications after beating Lorenzo Lorusso 7-6(7) 6-4

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In the qualifications, The Norwegian had a good straight sets win against Lorusso (7-6⁷ 6-4). During the match, Budkov Kjaer scored 70 points vs Lorusso’s 62. The Norwegian was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Regarding the service games, Budkov Kjaer blasted 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Nicolai Budkov Kjaer was exceptionally effective on serve to win 80% (35/44) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Norwegian broke Lorusso 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Budkov Kjaer has a solid record in the last 3 years having won 61% of his matches (45-29). 2-2 on grass in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Budkov Kjaer has a compiled2-2 record in the last 3 years on grass.

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

Nicolai has an overall 19-16 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Nottingham 3 Challenger

Amit Vales

Ranked no. 868, the Israeli reached the qualifications after defeating Mark Whitehouse 0-6 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications against Whitehouse, Vales recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Vales scored 77 points vs Whitehouse’s 75. The Israeli was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Vales scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Amit Vales lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Vales put 62% of his first serves in, winning 67% (30/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (18/28) on the 2nd serve. Vales broke Whitehouse twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

The Israeli has a composed 16-14 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Budkov Kjaer	Vales
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	23	25
Pts	70-62	77-75
Total Points	132	152
Winners	35	30
%Winners	50%	39%

Both Budkov Kjaer and Vales played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Amit Vales dropped 1 set while Nicolai Budkov Kjaer hasn’t dropped a set so far. Budkov Kjaer has played 1 set(s) less than Vales (2 vs 3). Therefore, Budkov Kjaer played 2 games less than Vales. Budkov Kjaer scored 35 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Amit struck 30 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Budkov Kjaer	Vales
Aces	6	1
Avg per match	6	1
1st in	44/65	45/73
%1st in	68%	62%
1st pts	35/44	30/45
%1st pts	80%	67%
2nd pts	12/21	18/28
%2nd pts	57%	64%

Budkov Kjaer managed to score 6 aces . Vales struck 1 ace . Budkov Kjaer won 80% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Vales won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Budkov Kjaer	Vales
Won	3	2
Converted	3/4	2/4
% Converted	75%	50%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	3	2
% Saved	60%	40%
Times Broken	2	3

The Norwegian broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Nicolai lost his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Israeli broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Israeli conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.

Budkov Kjaer
	Q1 Lorusso	Total
Score	7-67 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	70-62	70-62
Total points	132	132
Winners	35	35
%Winners	50%	50%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	44/65	44/65
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	35/44	35/44
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	12/21	12/21
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/4
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	3/5	3
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	2	2

Vales
	Q1 Whitehouse	Total
Score	0-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	25	25
pts	77-75	77-75
Total points	152	152
Winners	30	30
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	45/73	45/73
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	30/45	30/45
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	18/28	18/28
% 2nd pts	64%	64%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/4	2/4
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	2/5	2
Saved %	40%	40%
Times Broken	3	3

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