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Nicolai Budkov Kjaer #140 def. Denis Shapovalov #35

6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Apr 25, 2026
Tournament	Mutua Madrid Open
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R64
Winner	Nicolai Budkov Kjaer
Score	6-2 6-1
Loser	Denis Shapovalov
Duration	53m

Stat	Nicolai Budkov Kjaer	Denis Shapovalov
Aces	1	1
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	65	39
First serve points won %	88	60
Second serve points won %	57	30
Break points saved %	0	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	78	42
Return points won %	58	23
Total points won %	68	32
Serve rating	310	168
Return rating	234	55

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolai Budkov Kjaer	Denis Shapovalov
Country	NOR	CAN
Birth date	—	Apr 15, 1999
Age	—	27
Height	191	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	140	35
Ranking points (entering)	451	1,210
Elo (entering)	1,597	1,781
Career W-L	3–7	224–190
Career earnings	$746,543	$15,218,042

Pre-match H2H

Nicolai Budkov Kjaer 0 – 0 Denis Shapovalov

Path

Nicolai Budkov Kjaer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2026	R128	Reilly Opelka	5-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 2026	Q2	Moez Echargui	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 2026	Q1	Francesco Maestrelli	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolai Budkov Kjaer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 2026	R32	Daniil Medvedev	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Denis Shapovalov's path

No prior matches in this tournament.