Nicolai Budkov Kjær

Nicolai Budkov Kjær
Country (sports)	Norway
Born	1 September 2006 (age 17)
Prize money	$659
Singles
Career record	1–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 748 (27 May 2024)
Current ranking	No. 748 (27 May 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Junior	SF (2024)
French Open Junior	1R (2024)
Wimbledon Junior	3R (2023)
Doubles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior	QF (2024)
French Open Junior	W (2024)
Wimbledon Junior	2R (2023)
US Open Junior	1R (2023)
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 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)

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]