Frederico Ferreira Silva and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer will square off in the 2^nd round of the Tampere Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.44
Frederico Ferreira Silva -> 2.625

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Prediction and head to head Frederico Ferreira Silva vs. Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

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

Frederico Ferreira Silva

Ranked no. 251, Ferreira Silva reached the 2^nd round after beating Eero Vasa 7-6(4) 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Portuguese had a good straight sets win against Vasa (7-6⁴ 6-3). During the match, Ferreira Silva scored 72 points vs Vasa’s 63. Frederico was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Ferreira Silva blasted 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Frederico Ferreira Silva was pretty effective on serve to win 84% (31/37) of his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Portuguese broke Vasa twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Ferreira Silva has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (343-223). 5-5 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ferreira Silva has a compiled 133-106 record in the last years on clay.

The Portuguese’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio.

Ferreira Silva has an overall 19-10 win-loss record in 2025, 5-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tampere Challenger

Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

Ranked no. 253 (career-high), Budkov Kjaer got to the 2^nd round after defeating Alex Barrena 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Budkov Kjaer had a good straight sets win against Barrena (6-3 6-2). During the match Budkov Kjaer scored 63 points vs Barrena’s 47. Budkov Kjaer was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.

About the serving games, Budkov Kjaer recorded 2 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Nicolai Budkov Kjaer lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Budkov Kjaer put 66% of his first serves in, winning 55% (23/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 73% (16/22) on the 2nd serve. The Norwegian broke Barrena 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

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

Nicolai has a composed 24-18 win-loss record in 2025, 9-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Ferreira Silva	Budkov Kjaer
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	17
Pts	72-63	63-47
Total Points	135	110
Winners	31	23
%Winners	43%	37%

Both Ferreira Silva and Budkov Kjaer played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ferreira Silva and Budkov Kjaer have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Ferreira Silva played 5 games more than Budkov Kjaer. Frederico scored 31 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Budkov Kjaer made 23 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Ferreira Silva	Budkov Kjaer
Aces	6	2
Avg per match	6	2
1st in	37/64	42/64
%1st in	58%	66%
1st pts	31/37	23/42
%1st pts	84%	55%
2nd pts	17/27	16/22
%2nd pts	63%	73%

Ferreira Silva managed to score 6 aces . Budkov Kjaer managed to score 2 aces . Ferreira Silva won 84% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Budkov Kjaer won 55% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 73% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Ferreira Silva	Budkov Kjaer
Won	2	5
Converted	2/6	5/7
% Converted	33%	71%
Conceded	1	6
Saved	0	4
% Saved	0%	67%
Times Broken	1	2

Ferreira Silva broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Frederico conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Budkov Kjaer broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Nicolai conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Ferreira Silva
	R1 Vasa	Total
Score	7-64 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	72-63	72-63
Total points	135	135
Winners	31	31
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	37/64	37/64
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	31/37	31/37
% 1st pts	84%	84%
2nd pts	17/27	17/27
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/6	2/6
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Budkov Kjaer
	R1 Barrena	Total
Score	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	63-47	63-47
Total points	110	110
Winners	23	23
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	42/64	42/64
% 1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	23/42	23/42
% 1st pts	55%	55%
2nd pts	16/22	16/22
% 2nd pts	73%	73%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/7
Converted %	71%	71%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	4/6	4
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Tampere Challenger

• Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Aristotelis ThanosThanos (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Federico CinaCina – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer – Alex BarrenaBarrena (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Thomas FaurelFaurel – Timofey SkatovSkatov (7-6² 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Ivan GakhovGakhov – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-4 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Gilles Arnaud BaillyArnaud Bailly – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Timofey SkatovSkatov – Thomas FaurelFaurel (6-7(2) 0-4 ret. (Skatov ret.)) – See score progression
• Hynek BartonBarton – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Patrick ZahrajZahraj (6-3 6-7⁴ 7-5) – See score progression
• Nicolas KickerKicker – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Sumit NagalNagal – Jay ClarkeClarke (7-6⁴ 6-1) – See score progression
• Mathys ErhardErhard – Oskari PaldaniusPaldanius (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Max HoukesHoukes – Vesa AhtiAhti (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Gonzalo BuenoBueno (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Daniel RinconRincon – Christoph NegrituNegritu (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Eero VasaVasa (7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Sumit NagalNagal – Jay ClarkeClarke (7-6(4) 6-1) – See score progression
• Max HoukesHoukes – Vesa AhtiAhti (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Nicolas KickerKicker – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Patrick ZahrajZahraj (6-3 6-7(4) 7-5) – See score progression
• Gilles Arnaud BaillyArnaud Bailly – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Thomas FaurelFaurel – Timofey SkatovSkatov (7-6(2) 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – Gonzalo BuenoBueno (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Federico CinaCina – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Ivan GakhovGakhov – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-4 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Hynek BartonBarton – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer – Alex BarrenaBarrena (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Mathys ErhardErhard – Oskari PaldaniusPaldanius (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Aristotelis ThanosThanos (6-4 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Nicolas KickerKicker – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sumit NagalNagal – Max HoukesHoukes (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mathys ErhardErhard – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (2-0) – H2H and prediction