Nicolai Budkov Kjaer and Hynek Barton will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Tampere Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:00 pm 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 -> 1.86
Hynek Barton -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Nicolai Budkov Kjaer vs. Hynek Barton

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

Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

Ranked no. 253 (career-high), Budkov Kjaer reached the semifinal after defeating Alex Barrena 6-3 6-2, Frederico Ferreira Silva 7-5 6-4 and Mathys Erhard 6-0 4-0 ret..

In the quarter against Erhard, Budkov Kjaer had a free pass after Erhard retired on a 6-0 4-0 . scoreline.

Budkov Kjaer has a solid win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 63% of his matches (52-31). 11-9 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Budkov Kjaer has an aggregate30-16 match record in the last 3 years on clay.

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

Nicolai has an overall 26-18 win-loss record in 2025, 11-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tampere Challenger

Nicolai has never competed in this tournament before.

Hynek Barton

Ranked no. 328 (career-high), the Czech reached the semifinal after defeating Hermanni Tiainen 6-2 6-3, Sebastian Dominko 6-4 6-3, Daniel Michalski 6-1 6-3, Daniel Rincon 4-6 6-2 6-1 and Federico Cina 6-2 3-6 6-2.

In the quarter, The Czech defeated Cina (6-2 3-6 6-2). During the match Barton scored 89 points vs Cina’s 74. The Czech was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Barton managed to score 3 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Hynek Barton was exceptionally effective on serve to win 79% (30/38) of his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Hynek broke Cina 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Barton started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

The Czech’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Doha and M25 Santa margherita di Pula.

Hynek has a composed 38-17 win-loss record in 2025, 24-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tampere Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2024. See his history

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Budkov Kjaer	Barton
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	7	12
Tot Games	49	102
Pts	195-143	371-281
Total Points	338	652
Winners	72	129
%Winners	37%	35%

Budkov Kjaer played 3 matches while Barton competed in 5 matches. Barton started his run from the qualifications while Budkov Kjaer had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Hynek Barton lost 2 sets while Nicolai Budkov Kjaer hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Budkov Kjaer has played 5 set(s) less than Barton (7 vs 12). Therefore, Budkov Kjaer played 53 games less than Barton. Nicolai scored 72 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Barton struck 129 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Budkov Kjaer	Barton
Aces	4	23
Avg per match	1.3	4.6
1st in	122/190	167/301
%1st in	64%	55%
1st pts	72/122	129/167
%1st pts	59%	77%
2nd pts	36/68	72/134
%2nd pts	53%	54%

Budkov Kjaer managed to score 4 aces (1.3 per match). Barton struck 23 aces (4.6 per match). Budkov Kjaer won 59% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Barton won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Budkov Kjaer	Barton
Won	17	24
Converted	17/28	24/54
% Converted	61%	44%
Conceded	25	23
Saved	18	16
% Saved	72%	70%
Times Broken	7	7

The Norwegian broke his opponents 17 times with a 61% conversion rate. Budkov Kjaer surrendered his serve 7 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded. Barton broke his opponents 24 times with a 44% conversion rate. Hynek conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.

Budkov Kjaer
	R1 Barrena	R2 Ferreira Silva	1/4 Erhard	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	7-5 6-4	6-0 4-0 ret.
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	17	22	10	49
pts	63-47	85-78	47-18	195-143
Total points	110	163	65	338
Winners	23	28	21	72
%Winners	37%	33%	45%	37%
SERVE
Aces	2	2	0	4
Double Faults	0	8	1	9
1st in	42/64	52/84	28/42	122/190
% 1st in	66%	62%	67%	64%
1st pts	23/42	28/52	21/28	72/122
% 1st pts	55%	54%	75%	59%
2nd pts	16/22	14/32	6/14	36/68
% 2nd pts	73%	44%	43%	53%
Breaks
Won	5	7	5	17
Converted	5/7	7/16	5/5	17/28
Converted %	71%	44%	100%	61%
Conceded	6	12	7	25
Saved	4/6	7/12	7/7	18
Saved %	67%	58%	100%	75%
Times Broken	2	5	0	7

Barton
	Q1 Tiainen	Q3 Dominko	R1 Michalski	R2 Rincon	1/4 Cina	Total
Score	6-2 6-3	6-4 6-3	6-1 6-3	4-6 6-2 6-1	6-2 3-6 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	3	12
Tot Games	17	19	16	25	25	102
pts	68-49	69-53	58-37	87-68	89-74	371-281
Total points	117	122	95	155	163	652
Winners	26	26	18	29	30	129
%Winners	38%	38%	31%	33%	34%	35%
SERVE
Aces	8	6	3	3	3	23
Double Faults	2	4	0	4	0	10
1st in	30/51	31/58	28/48	40/76	38/68	167/301
% 1st in	59%	53%	58%	53%	56%	55%
1st pts	26/30	26/31	18/28	29/40	30/38	129/167
% 1st pts	87%	84%	64%	73%	79%	77%
2nd pts	10/21	14/27	15/20	16/36	17/30	72/134
% 2nd pts	48%	52%	75%	44%	57%	54%
Breaks
Won	4	4	5	7	4	24
Converted	4/11	4/10	5/7	7/13	4/13	24/54
Converted %	36%	40%	71%	54%	31%	44%
Conceded	2	6	6	6	3	23
Saved	2/2	5/6	5/6	2/6	2/3	16
Saved %	100%	83%	83%	33%	67%	122%
Times Broken	0	1	1	4	1	7

Tennis Scores in Tampere Challenger

• Sumit NagalNagal – Nicolas KickerKicker (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Sascha Gueymard WayenburgGueymard Wayenburg – Gilles Arnaud BaillyArnaud Bailly (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Hynek BartonBarton – Federico CinaCina (6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer – Mathys ErhardErhard (6-0 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Sumit NagalNagal – Nicolas KickerKicker (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Sascha Gueymard WayenburgGueymard Wayenburg – Gilles Arnaud BaillyArnaud Bailly (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Hynek BartonBarton – Federico CinaCina (6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer – Mathys ErhardErhard (6-0 4-0 ret.) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Sumit NagalNagal – (0-0) – H2H and prediction