Nicolai Budkov Kjaer and Giovanni Fonio will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Como Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:30 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 -> 1.51
Giovanni Fonio -> 2.42

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Prediction and head to head Nicolai Budkov Kjaer vs. Giovanni Fonio

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

Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

Ranked no. 158 (career-high), Nicolai reached the 2^nd round after beating Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 7-6(5) 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Nicolai had a good straight sets win against Stebe (7-6⁵ 6-4). During the match, Budkov Kjaer scored 90 points vs Stebe’s 82. Budkov Kjaer was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Budkov Kjaer scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Nicolai Budkov Kjaer lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Budkov Kjaer put 63% of his first serves in, winning 65% (32/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the 2nd serve. Budkov Kjaer broke Stebe 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).

Budkov Kjaer has a solid match record in the last 3 years having won 66% of his matches (62-32). 16-10 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Budkov Kjaer has a composed35-17 record in the last 3 years on clay.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Glasgow Challenger where he beat 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 36-19 win-loss record in 2025, 16-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Como Challenger

Nicolai has never competed in this tournament before.

Giovanni Fonio

Ranked no. 407, Giovanni reached the 2^nd round after beating Rocco Piatti 6-3 6-4, Jacopo Vasami 6-4 6-2 and Federico Bondioli 6-2 3-6 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Italian defeated Bondioli (6-2 3-6 6-3). During the match Fonio scored 91 points vs Bondioli’s 78. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.

About the serving games, Fonio blasted 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Giovanni Fonio lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Fonio put 63% of his first serves in, winning 75% (40/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Bondioli 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Giovanni’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.

The Italian has a compiled 34-20 win-loss record in 2025, 25-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Budkov Kjaer	Fonio
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	7
Tot Games	23	63
Pts	90-82	230-181
Total Points	172	411
Winners	32	93
%Winners	36%	40%

Budkov Kjaer played 1 match while Fonio competed in 3 matches. Fonio started his run from the qualifications while Budkov Kjaer had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Giovanni Fonio surrendered 1 set while Nicolai Budkov Kjaer hasn’t dropped a set so far. Budkov Kjaer has played 5 set(s) less than Fonio (2 vs 7). Therefore, Budkov Kjaer played 40 games less than Fonio. The Norwegian scored 32 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Giovanni made 93 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Budkov Kjaer	Fonio
Aces	1	10
Avg per match	1	3.3
1st in	49/78	124/195
%1st in	63%	64%
1st pts	32/49	93/124
%1st pts	65%	75%
2nd pts	17/29	37/71
%2nd pts	59%	52%

Budkov Kjaer struck 1 ace . Fonio also bagged 10 aces (3.3 per match). Budkov Kjaer won 65% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Fonio won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Budkov Kjaer	Fonio
Won	3	11
Converted	3/12	11/28
% Converted	25%	39%
Conceded	6	10
Saved	4	6
% Saved	67%	60%
Times Broken	2	4

The Norwegian broke his opponent 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. Budkov Kjaer dropped his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Giovanni broke his opponents 11 times with a 39% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Budkov Kjaer
	R1 Stebe	Total
Score	7-65 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	90-82	90-82
Total points	172	172
Winners	32	32
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	49/78	49/78
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	32/49	32/49
% 1st pts	65%	65%
2nd pts	17/29	17/29
% 2nd pts	59%	59%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/12	3/12
Converted %	25%	25%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	4/6	4
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	2	2

Fonio
	Q1 Piatti	Q3 Vasami	R1 Bondioli	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	6-4 6-2	6-2 3-6 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	19	18	26	63
pts	72-55	67-48	91-78	230-181
Total points	127	115	169	411
Winners	27	26	40	93
%Winners	38%	39%	44%	40%
SERVE
Aces	1	4	5	10
Double Faults	2	1	1	4
1st in	36/63	35/48	53/84	124/195
% 1st in	57%	73%	63%	64%
1st pts	27/36	26/35	40/53	93/124
% 1st pts	75%	74%	75%	75%
2nd pts	15/27	8/13	14/31	37/71
% 2nd pts	56%	62%	45%	52%
Breaks
Won	3	4	4	11
Converted	3/6	4/10	4/12	11/28
Converted %	50%	40%	33%	39%
Conceded	1	1	8	10
Saved	0/1	0/1	6/8	6
Saved %	0%	0%	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1	2	4

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