Nicolai Budkov Kjaer and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida will square off in the 2nd round of the Todi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on GRAND STAND. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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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 -> 1.52
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida -> 2.4

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Prediction and head to head Nicolai Budkov Kjaer vs. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida

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

Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

35 - 18win/loss

Hard
6-1
I Hard
11-5
Clay
15-9
Grass
3-3
Rank
132
High
132
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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
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Ranked no. 163 (career-high), Nicolai got to the 2nd round after defeating Juan Bautista Torres 6-2 4-6 7-6(5).

In the 1st round, The Norwegian defeated Bautista Torres (6-2 4-6 7-65).During the match, Budkov Kjaer scored less points (7) than Bautista Torres. In fact, the world no. 163 won 102 points vs Bautista Torres’s. That means that Budkov Kjaer was more focused during the important points. Nicolai was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about the service games, Budkov Kjaer scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Nicolai Budkov Kjaer lost the serve 5 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Budkov Kjaer put 66% of his first serves in, winning 56% (41/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (19/37) on the 2nd serve. The Norwegian broke Bautista Torres 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).

Budkov Kjaer has a solid win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 66% of his matches (60-31). 14-9 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Budkov Kjaer has a compiled33-16 match record in the last 3 years on clay.

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 and the Tampere Challenger where he overcame Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg in the final 7-6(5) 6-7(2) 6-2 and the Astana Challenger where he beat Alexandr Binda in the final 6-4 6-3.

Nicolai has an aggregate 34-18 win-loss record in 2025, 14-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Todi Challenger

Budkov Kjaer has never competed in this tournament before.

Todi Challenger
Budkov Kjaer's Record

Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida

Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida

24 - 17win/loss

Clay
24-16
Rank
297
High
190
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 39-25 0-0 39-24 0-1 0-0 0-0
2024 38-27 0-1 38-26 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 20-25 1-3 19-22 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 29-29 1-3 27-24 0-0 1-2 0-0
2021 72-29 0-0 72-29 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 278, Pucinelli De Almeida got to the 2nd round after beating Gonzalo Villanueva 6-2 6-2.

In the 1st round, Pucinelli De Almeida had a good straight sets win against Villanueva (6-2 6-2). During the match Pucinelli De Almeida scored 59 points vs Villanueva’s 37. Matheus was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.

About the serving games, Pucinelli De Almeida bagged 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 86% (25/29) of his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Matheus broke Villanueva 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

The Brazilian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Santos Challenger.

The Brazilian has an aggregate 24-16 win-loss record in 2025, 24-15 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Todi Challenger
Pucinelli De Almeida's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

N.Budkov Kjaer
M.Pucinelli Almeida
!
2h:59
2h:59
Time on court​
1h:13
1h:13
!
2h:59
2h:59
Last match​
1h:13
1h:13
1
1
Match played
1
1
31
31
Games Played​
16
16
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
102
102
Total points​
59
59
102
102
Avg point​
59
59
41
41
Winners
25
25
41
41
Avg Winners​
25
25
40%
40%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
2
2
1
1
Avg Aces
2
2
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
1
1
Avg Double Faults
2
2
41/73
41/73
1st won total​
25/29
25/29
56%
56%
1st won %
!
86%
86%
19/37
19/37
2nd won total​
9/16
9/16
51%
51%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
6/13
6/13
BP won
4/5
4/5
6/13
6/13
Avg BP won
4/5
4/5
46%
46%
Won
!
80%
80%
10
10
Conceded
2
2
10
10
Avg Conceded
2
2
5
5
Broken
0
0
!
5
5
Avg Broken
!
0
0
5
5
Saved
2
2
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Budkov Kjaer Pucinelli De Almeida
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 31 16
Pts 102-109 59-37
Total Points 211 96
Winners 41 25
%Winners 40% 42%

Both Budkov Kjaer and Pucinelli De Almeida played 1 match. At the moment, Nicolai Budkov Kjaer dropped 1 set while Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida hasn’t dropped a set so far. Budkov Kjaer has played 1 set more than Pucinelli De Almeida (3 vs 2). Therefore, Budkov Kjaer played 15 games more than Pucinelli De Almeida. Budkov Kjaer scored 41 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Brazilian blasted 25 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Budkov Kjaer Pucinelli De Almeida
Aces 1 2
Avg per match 1 2
1st in 73/110 29/45
%1st in 66% 64%
1st pts 41/73 25/29
%1st pts 56% 86%
2nd pts 19/37 9/16
%2nd pts 51% 56%

Budkov Kjaer fired 1 ace . Pucinelli De Almeida also scored 2 aces . Budkov Kjaer won 56% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Pucinelli De Almeida won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Budkov Kjaer Pucinelli De Almeida
Won 6 4
Converted 6/13 4/5
% Converted 46% 80%
Conceded 10 2
Saved 5 2
% Saved 50% 100%
Times Broken 5 0

Nicolai broke his opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Nicolai conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Brazilian broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Pucinelli De Almeida was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.

Budkov Kjaer
R1
Bautista Torres		 Total
Score 6-2 4-6 7-65
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 31 31
pts 102-109 102-109
Total points 211 211
Winners 41 41
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 73/110 73/110
% 1st in 66% 66%
1st pts 41/73 41/73
% 1st pts 56% 56%
2nd pts 19/37 19/37
% 2nd pts 51% 51%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/13 6/13
Converted % 46% 46%
Conceded 10 10
Saved 5/10 5
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 5 5
Pucinelli De Almeida
R1
Villanueva		 Total
Score 6-2 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 16
pts 59-37 59-37
Total points 96 96
Winners 25 25
%Winners 42% 42%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 29/45 29/45
% 1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 25/29 25/29
% 1st pts 86% 86%
2nd pts 9/16 9/16
% 2nd pts 56% 56%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/5 4/5
Converted % 80% 80%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 2/2 2
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Tennis Scores in Todi Challenger

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