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NOR Nicolai Budkov Kjaer

ATP #147
Elo#1651590
Glicko-2#1551641 RD ±62.1
20 yrs · strongest on Grass · 124–75 career · peak Elo 1716 · last 2026-09-18

Nicolai Budkov Kjaer is ATP No. 147, ranked #165 by Elo (1590) and #155 by Glicko-2 (1641). Career record 124–75.

Elo — overall & by surface

Overall
1590#165
Hard
1646#146
Clay
1696#186
Grass
1696#191
Form · 52w
1842#374
Form is a separate 52-week race in which every player restarts level — it tracks the last year’s gains, not overall level, so it is not comparable to the ratings above.

Glicko-2 — rating & deviation

Overall
1641#155
Hard
1712#126
Clay
1719#165
Grass
1749#227
Rating deviation ±62.1 — lower means more certain.

Rankings · Elo / Glicko

Official (ATP)#147
Overall#165 / #155
Form · 52w race#374 / #468
Hard#146 / #126
Clay#186 / #165
Grass#191 / #227

Career

Peak Elo1716 2025-10-09
Overall W–L124–75 62%
Hard64–38 63%
Clay47–29 62%
Grass13–8 62%

Honours · career

Career high ATP#118

Pressure · career

Deciding set12–7 63%
Tie-breaks10–8 56%
Deciding-set tie-breaks4–0 100%
After winning set 114–4 78%
After losing set 16–19 24%
Vs Top 100–1 0%
Retirements and walkovers are excluded — a deciding set that ended because someone stopped playing is not a deciding set won.

Serve & return · career rates

1st serve in64.1%
Won behind 1st67.7%
Won behind 2nd49.2%
Break points saved56.9%
Break points converted41.3%
Return points won37.3%
Aces per match4.2
Double faults per match2.5
From 44 tour-level matches with point-by-point statistics on file. Rates rather than totals, because the statistics table does not cover every match played.

Head-to-head · career meetings

Billy Harris0–0 in 0
Felix Balshaw0–0 in 0
Moez Echargui0–0 in 0
Titouan Droguet0–0 in 0
Pairs who could meet soon — every scheduled match, and every live-draw opponent with a history. All of them in the head-to-head index.

Recent results

WClay v CHN Jie CuiDavis Cup, Group I, 1R, NOR-CHN 4-0 · 2026-09-184-6 6-4 6-4
LHard v FRA Titouan DroguetCassis Challenger · 2026-09-127-6 2-6 4-6
WHard v TUN Moez EcharguiCassis Challenger · 2026-09-116-7 7-5 6-1
WHard v FRA Yanis Ghazouani DurandCassis Challenger · 2026-09-106-1 7-6
WHard v FRA Felix BalshawCassis Challenger · 2026-09-086-4 6-4
LHard v EST Mark LajalManacor Challenger · 2026-09-023-6 1-6
LHard v AUS Christopher OConnellU.S. Open · 2026-08-265-7 4-6
WHard v POL Maks KasnikowskiU.S. Open · 2026-08-257-6 4-6 6-4
LHard v NED Jesper De JongQuebec City Challenger · 2026-08-203-6 1-6
WHard v CHN Bu YunchaoketeQuebec City Challenger · 2026-08-186-3 6-1
LHard v FRA Kyrian JacquetCincinnati Open · 2026-08-125-7 4-6
WHard v FRA Hugo GastonCincinnati Open · 2026-08-116-2 3-6 6-4

Upcoming

Hard Challenger St Tropez · R1 · TUE 09/22 4:10am ET
vs B. Harris
66%
Elo win