Martin Landaluce and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer will face off in the quarter of the Orleans Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 7:00 pm on CENTRAL ARENA. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Martin Landaluce who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Martin Landaluce is the pick to win this match.
Martin Landaluce -> 1.74
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer -> 2

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Prediction and head to head Martin Landaluce vs. Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

This will be the 3^rd time that Martin Landaluce and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Landaluce (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they fought against each other, Landaluce won 6-2 2-6 6-2 in the 1^st round in the Nottingham 2 Challenger back in June 2025.

Martin Landaluce

Ranked no. 136, the Spaniard got to the quarter after defeating Dominic Stricker 6-2 6-2 and Mae Malige 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Landaluce had a good straight sets win against Malige (6-4 6-4). During the match, Landaluce scored 72 points vs Malige’s 62. Martin was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about the service games, Landaluce fired 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Martin Landaluce was very effective on serve to win 73% (22/30) of his 1st serve and 74% (20/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Landaluce broke Malige twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Martin hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Landaluce has a winning win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 55% of his matches (97-79). 2-3 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Landaluce has a composed8-8 match record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.

Landaluce’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Canberra Challenger,the Prague Challenger and the Nottingham 2 Challenger.

Martin has a composed 29-26 win-loss record in 2025, 2-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Orleans Challenger

Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

Ranked no. 155 (career-high), Budkov reached the quarter after defeating Hugo Gaston 6-3 6-4 and Edas Butvilas 4-6 6-3 6-4.

In the 2^nd round against Butvilas, Nicolai recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4).During the match Budkov scored less points (4) than Butvilas. In fact, the world no. 136 won 103 points vs Butvilas’s. That means that Budkov was more focused during the important points. Nicolai was pretty aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Talking about serving, Budkov blasted 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Nicolai Budkov Kjaer lost the serve 4 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Budkov put 56% of his first serves in, winning 65% (46/71) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (24/56) on the 2nd serve. Nicolai broke Butvilas 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Nicolai has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 50% of the points he played.

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 overcame Alexandr Binda in the final 6-4 6-3.

The Norwegian has an aggregate 43-22 win-loss record in 2025, 15-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Orleans Challenger

The Norwegian has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Landaluce	Budkov
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	5
Tot Games	36	48
Pts	126-99	162-162
Total Points	225	324
Winners	42	71
%Winners	33%	44%

Both Landaluce and Budkov played 2 matches. At the moment, Nicolai Budkov Kjaer surrendered 1 set while Martin Landaluce hasn’t conceded a set so far. Landaluce has played 1 set(s) less than Budkov (4 vs 5). Therefore, Landaluce played 12 games less than Budkov. Landaluce scored 42 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Norwegian recorded 71 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Landaluce	Budkov
Aces	7	13
Avg per match	3.5	6.5
1st in	55/103	103/184
%1st in	53%	56%
1st pts	42/55	71/103
%1st pts	76%	69%
2nd pts	30/48	33/81
%2nd pts	63%	41%

Landaluce recorded 7 aces (3.5 per match). Budkov managed to score 13 aces (6.5 per match). Landaluce won 76% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Budkov won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Landaluce	Budkov
Won	7	9
Converted	7/15	9/17
% Converted	47%	53%
Conceded	3	17
Saved	2	11
% Saved	67%	65%
Times Broken	1	6

The Spaniard broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Spaniard dropped his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Nicolai broke his opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. Nicolai conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.

Landaluce
	R1 Stricker	R2 Malige	Total
Score	6-2 6-2	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	16	20	36
pts	54-37	72-62	126-99
Total points	91	134	225
Winners	20	22	42
%Winners	37%	31%	33%
SERVE
Aces	3	4	7
Double Faults	5	2	7
1st in	25/46	30/57	55/103
% 1st in	54%	53%	53%
1st pts	20/25	22/30	42/55
% 1st pts	80%	73%	76%
2nd pts	10/21	20/27	30/48
% 2nd pts	48%	74%	63%
Breaks
Won	5	2	7
Converted	5/7	2/8	7/15
Converted %	71%	25%	47%
Conceded	1	2	3
Saved	0/1	2/2	2
Saved %	0%	100%	50%
Times Broken	1	0	1

Budkov
	R1 Gaston	R2 Butvilas	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	4-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	19	29	48
pts	59-55	103-107	162-162
Total points	114	210	324
Winners	25	46	71
%Winners	42%	45%	44%
SERVE
Aces	5	8	13
Double Faults	3	5	8
1st in	32/57	71/127	103/184
% 1st in	56%	56%	56%
1st pts	25/32	46/71	71/103
% 1st pts	78%	65%	69%
2nd pts	9/25	24/56	33/81
% 2nd pts	36%	43%	41%
Breaks
Won	4	5	9
Converted	4/6	5/11	9/17
Converted %	67%	45%	53%
Conceded	3	14	17
Saved	1/3	10/14	11
Saved %	33%	71%	52%
Times Broken	2	4	6

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