Nicolai Budkov Kjaer and Pablo Llamas Ruiz will face off in the qualifications of the Nordea Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pablo Llamas Ruiz who should win in 3 sets.
Pablo Llamas Ruiz -> 1.666
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Nicolai Budkov Kjaer vs. Pablo Llamas Ruiz
There is no head to head record between Nicolai Budkov Kjaer and Pablo Llamas Ruiz since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer
21 - 17win/loss
133
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. 303, Budkov Kjaer reached the qualifications after beating Thiago Seyboth Wild 6-3 6-4
.In the qualifications, Nicolai had a good straight sets win against Seyboth Wild (6-3 6-4). During the match, Budkov Kjaer scored 66 points vs Seyboth Wild’s 56. The Norwegian was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Budkov Kjaer recorded 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Nicolai Budkov Kjaer lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Budkov Kjaer put 72% of his first serves in, winning 68% (28/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the 2nd serve. The Norwegian broke Seyboth Wild 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Budkov Kjaer has a solid record in the last 3 years having won 61% of his matches (47-30). 6-8 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Budkov Kjaer has a compiled25-15 match record in the last 3 years on clay.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Glasgow Challenger where he defeated Viktor Durasovic in the final 6-4 6-3.
Nicolai has a composed 21-17 win-loss record in 2025, 6-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Bastad
The Norwegian has never competed in this tournament before.
Pablo Llamas Ruiz
11 - 12win/loss
215
131
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-21 | 5-5 | 23-13 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 16-16 | 2-5 | 10-8 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-21 | 12-6 | 33-12 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-23 | 2-4 | 35-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-16 | 2-2 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 573, the Spaniard got to the qualifications after beating Luca Van Assche 6-3 6-0.
In the qualifications, Llamas Ruiz had a good straight sets win against Van Assche (6-3 6-0). During the match Llamas Ruiz scored 70 points vs Van Assche’s 43. Llamas Ruiz was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Llamas Ruiz blasted 3 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Pablo Llamas Ruiz was pretty effective on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Pablo broke Van Assche 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Llamas Ruiz has a composed 11-12 win-loss record in 2025, 9-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Budkov Kjaer | Llamas Ruiz |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 15 |
| Pts | 66-56 | 70-43 |
| Total Points | 122 | 113 |
| Winners | 28 | 25 |
| %Winners | 42% | 36% |
Both Budkov Kjaer and Llamas Ruiz played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Budkov Kjaer and Llamas Ruiz have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Budkov Kjaer played 4 games more than Llamas Ruiz. Budkov Kjaer scored 28 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Pablo blasted 25 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Budkov Kjaer | Llamas Ruiz |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 41/57 | 31/45 |
| %1st in | 72% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 28/41 | 25/31 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/14 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 71% |
Budkov Kjaer bagged 4 aces . Llamas Ruiz bagged 3 aces . Budkov Kjaer won 68% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Llamas Ruiz won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Budkov Kjaer | Llamas Ruiz |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 38% | 36% |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Nicolai broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Nicolai lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Llamas Ruiz broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Spaniard was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Budkov Kjaer | |||
| Q1 Seyboth Wild | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 66-56 | 66-56 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 41/57 | 41/57 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 28/41 | 28/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Llamas Ruiz | |||
| Q1 Van Assche | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 70-43 | 70-43 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 31/45 | 31/45 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 25/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 10/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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