Marin Cilic and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer will fight against each other in the 1st round of the BNP Paribas Nordic Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following paragraphs, 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.
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer -> 1.75
Marin Cilic -> 2.07
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Prediction and head to head Marin Cilic vs. Nicolai Budkov Kjaer
There is no head to head record between Marin Cilic and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Marin Cilic
23 - 17win/loss
75
3
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-20 | 3-6 | 11-9 | 6-3 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 9-11 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-21 | 16-10 | 9-5 | 4-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-23 | 6-9 | 5-5 | 13-7 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 92, Cilic will start his run in Stockholm after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 7-6(2) 6-4 to Djokovic in the 2nd round on the 3rd of October.
Cilic has a compiled 23-17 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Girona Challenger where he overcame Elmer Moller in the final 6-3 6-4 and the Nottingham 2 Challenger where he overcame Shintaro Mochizuki in the final 6-2 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, Marin has an overall 720-399 record. He has a positive 157-82 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Stockholm
Cilic has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer
50 - 24win/loss
132
132
| 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 |
Ranked no. 136 (career-high), Nicolai will start his run in Stockholm after he played his last match in the Roanne Challenger where he lost 6-4 3-6 6-1
to Gaston in the quarter on the 10th of October.Nicolai has an aggregate 50-24 win-loss record in 2025, 22-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title the Glasgow Challenger where he overcame 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 overcame Alexandr Binda in the final 6-4 6-3 and the Captif Challenger where he beat Patrick Kypson in the final 6-0 6-3.
In terms of his career, Nicolai has an overall 76-37 record. He has a positive 24-8 record on indoor hard courts.
Tennis Scores in Stockholm
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Elias YmerYmer – Mikael YmerYmer (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Filip MisolicMisolic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Sebastian KordaKorda (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (0-0) – H2H and prediction