Nicolai Budkov Kjær

Nicolai Budkov Kjær
Country (sports)	Norway
Born	1 September 2006 (age 17)
Prize money	$659
Singles
Career record	0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 897 (8 April 2024)
Current ranking	No. 897 (8 April 2024)
Doubles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Team competitions
Davis Cup	0–2
	Last updated on: 31 March 2024.

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

Budkov Kjær has a career high ATP singles ranking of 897 achieved on 8 April 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 0–2. He mad his debut in September 2023 against Peru.^[2]

At Junior level, Budkov Kjær reached number 4 in the rankings on the ITF Junior Circuit. ^[3] He also performed Norway's best ever result at a junior grand slam with a semifinal at the 2024 Australian Open^[4]

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals[edit]

Singles: 1 (1–0)[edit]

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (1–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	March 2024	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tour	Clay	Niels Visker	6–4, 6–3

National representation[edit]

Davis Cup (0–2)[edit]

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)

indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

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]