Nicolai Budkov Kjaer and Raul Brancaccio will clash against each other in the quarter of the Como Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:00 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 -> 1.42
Raul Brancaccio -> 2.7

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Prediction and head to head Nicolai Budkov Kjaer vs. Raul Brancaccio

This will be the 2^nd time that Nicolai Budkov Kjaer and Raul Brancaccio face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Budkov Kjaer (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they played, Budkov Kjaer won 6-4 7-6(7) in the 2^nd round in the Glasgow Challenger back in February 2025.

Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

Ranked no. 158 (career-high), Budkov Kjaer got to the quarter after defeating Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 7-6(5) 6-4 and Giovanni Fonio 6-4 7-6(8).

In the 2^nd round, Budkov Kjaer had a good straight sets win against Fonio (6-4 7-6⁸). During the match, Budkov Kjaer scored 83 points vs Fonio’s 71. Budkov Kjaer was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Regarding the service games, Budkov Kjaer bagged 7 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Nicolai Budkov Kjaer lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Budkov Kjaer put 72% of his first serves in, winning 85% (45/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (8/21) on the 2nd serve. Budkov Kjaer broke Fonio twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Nicolai hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 53% of the points he played.

Budkov Kjaer has a solid win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 66% of his matches (63-32). 17-10 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Budkov Kjaer has a composed36-17 record in the last 3 years on clay.

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Glasgow Challenger where he beat Viktor Durasovic in the final 6-4 6-3 and the Tampere Challenger where he beat 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 a composed 37-19 win-loss record in 2025, 17-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Como Challenger

Budkov Kjaer has never competed in this tournament before.

Raul Brancaccio

Ranked no. 377, Raul got to the quarter after beating Parikshit Somani 6-0 7-5, Federico Iannaccone 6-4 6-4, Kilian Feldbausch 6-2 7-5 and Alvaro Guillen Meza 6-2 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Guillen Meza (6-2 6-3). During the match Brancaccio scored 62 points vs Guillen Meza’s 42. Raul was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Brancaccio bagged 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Raul Brancaccio lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Brancaccio put 67% of his first serves in, winning 69% (27/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the 2nd serve. Raul broke Guillen Meza 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Italian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 58% of the points he played.

Raul’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Villena,M25 Tarragona and M25 Cordoba.

Raul has an aggregate 33-23 win-loss record in 2025, 21-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Como Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2019 and 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Budkov Kjaer	Brancaccio
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	4	8
Tot Games	46	75
Pts	173-153	280-201
Total Points	326	481
Winners	77	109
%Winners	45%	39%

Budkov Kjaer played 2 matches while Brancaccio competed in 4 matches. Brancaccio started his run from the qualifications while Budkov Kjaer had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Budkov Kjaer has played 4 set(s) less than Brancaccio (4 vs 8). Therefore, Budkov Kjaer played 29 games less than Brancaccio. Nicolai scored 77 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Brancaccio bagged 109 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Budkov Kjaer	Brancaccio
Aces	8	13
Avg per match	4	3.3
1st in	102/152	155/244
%1st in	67%	64%
1st pts	77/102	109/155
%1st pts	75%	70%
2nd pts	25/50	52/89
%2nd pts	50%	58%

Budkov Kjaer made 8 aces (4 per match). Brancaccio bagged 13 aces (3.3 per match). Budkov Kjaer won 75% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Brancaccio won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Budkov Kjaer	Brancaccio
Won	5	18
Converted	5/18	18/32
% Converted	28%	56%
Conceded	12	20
Saved	9	14
% Saved	75%	70%
Times Broken	3	6

Nicolai broke his opponents 5 times with a 28% conversion rate. The Norwegian dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 18 times with a 56% conversion rate. Brancaccio conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.

Budkov Kjaer
	R1 Stebe	R2 Fonio	Total
Score	7-65 6-4	6-4 7-68
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	23	23	46
pts	90-82	83-71	173-153
Total points	172	154	326
Winners	32	45	77
%Winners	36%	54%	45%
SERVE
Aces	1	7	8
Double Faults	0	6	6
1st in	49/78	53/74	102/152
% 1st in	63%	72%	67%
1st pts	32/49	45/53	77/102
% 1st pts	65%	85%	75%
2nd pts	17/29	8/21	25/50
% 2nd pts	59%	38%	50%
Breaks
Won	3	2	5
Converted	3/12	2/6	5/18
Converted %	25%	33%	28%
Conceded	6	6	12
Saved	4/6	5/6	9
Saved %	67%	83%	75%
Times Broken	2	1	3

Brancaccio
	Q1 Somani	Q3 Iannaccone	R1 Feldbausch	R2 Guillen	Total
Score	6-0 7-5	6-4 6-4	6-2 7-5	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	8
Tot Games	18	20	20	17	75
pts	62-32	71-58	85-69	62-42	280-201
Total points	94	129	154	104	481
Winners	24	24	34	27	109
%Winners	39%	34%	40%	44%	39%
SERVE
Aces	4	1	4	4	13
Double Faults	1	1	2	3	7
1st in	26/43	36/63	54/80	39/58	155/244
% 1st in	60%	57%	68%	67%	64%
1st pts	24/26	24/36	34/54	27/39	109/155
% 1st pts	92%	67%	63%	69%	70%
2nd pts	13/17	16/27	11/26	12/19	52/89
% 2nd pts	76%	59%	42%	63%	58%
Breaks
Won	4	4	6	4	18
Converted	4/5	4/10	6/11	4/6	18/32
Converted %	80%	40%	55%	67%	56%
Conceded	0	4	11	5	20
Saved	0/0	2/4	8/11	4/5	14
Saved %	–	50%	73%	80%	102%
Times Broken	0	2	3	1	6

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