Nicolai Budkov Kjær

Nicolai Budkov Kjær

Country (sports)	Norway
Born	(2006-09-01) 1 September 2006
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	W (2024)
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	QF (2024)
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.

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

In March 2024, 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. Being the first Norwegian to do so since Casper Ruud in 2016.

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

At Junior level, Kjær reached number 3 in the rankings on the ITF Junior Circuit. At junior grand slam events he won the 2024 Wimbledon, being the first norwegian to do so. In doubles he won the 2024 French Open alongside Joel Schwärzler, also a first for a norwegian.

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

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	2024	Wimbledon	Grass	Mees Röttgering	6–3, 6–3

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]

External links

• Nicolai Budkov Kjær at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Nicolai Budkov Kjær at the International Tennis Federation
• Nicolai Budkov Kjær at the Davis Cup