Nicolai Budkov Kjær

Nicolai Budkov Kjær (born 1 September 2006) is a Norwegian tennis player.

Nicolai Budkov Kjær
Country (sports) Norway
Born (2006-09-01) 1 September 2006
Prize money$659
Singles
Career record1–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 748 (27 May 2024)
Current rankingNo. 748 (27 May 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open JuniorSF (2024)
French Open Junior1R (2024)
Wimbledon Junior3R (2023)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open JuniorQF (2024)
French Open JuniorW (2024)
Wimbledon Junior2R (2023)
US Open Junior1R (2023)
Team competitions
Davis Cup0–2
Last updated on: 31 March 2024.

Budkov Kjær has a career high ATP singles ranking of 748 achieved on 27 May 2024.

In March 2024, Budkov Kjær won his first ITF title, which would subsequently lead him to make his debut in the top 1000 of the ATP rankings with a ranking of 897.[1] Being the first Norwegian to do so since Casper Ruud in 2016.

Budkov Kjær represents Norway at the Davis Cup where he has a W/L record of 1–2. He mad his debut in September 2023 against Peru.[2]

At Junior level, Budkov Kjær reached number 3 in the rankings on the ITF Junior Circuit. [3] He also performed Norway's best ever result at a junior grand slam in singles with a semifinal at the 2024 Australian Open.[4] In doubles he won the 2024 French Open alongside Joel Schwärzler. [5]

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)
Legend
ITF WTT (2–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2024 M15 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay Niels Visker 6–4, 6–3
Win 2–0 May 2024 M15 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay Yanaki Milev 6–1, 6–0

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2024 French Open Clay Joel Schwärzler Federico Cinà
Rei Sakamoto		 6–4, 7–6(7–3)

National representation

Davis Cup (2 defeats)
Group membership
World Group (0–0)
WG play-off (0–0)
Group I (0–2)
Group II (0–0)
Group III (0–0)
Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (0–2)
Doubles (0–0)
Rubber outcome No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
1–4; 16–17 September 2023; Lawn Tennis de la Exposición, Lima, Peru; World Group I play-offs; clay surface
Loss 1 II Singles Peru Juan Pablo Varillas 5–7, 4–6
Loss 2 V Singles Ignacio Buse 2–6, 6–4, [9–11]

References
  1. "Nicolai forbauser". 31 March 2024.
  2. "Norsk stortalent fikk seniordebuten".
  3. "Nicolai Budkov Kjær".
  4. "Semifinaletap for Budkov Kjær i Australian Open". 26 January 2024.
  5. "BUDKOV KJÆR SIKRET ROLAND-GARROS-TITTEL". 8 June 2024.
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