ATP Challenger Tour · Semifinals · Astana
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kjaer
🪃 Counterpuncher
Imai
🎾 All-Court
Matchup analysis
🪃 Counterpuncher vs 🎾 All-Court is historically tight (50% vs 50%, 1,276 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and H2H matter most when Nicolai Budkov Kjaer plays Shintaro Imai.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kjaer | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 8–9 | - |
| Avg odds | 1.95 | - |
| ROI % | -18.8% | - |
| Units P/L | -3.19u | - |
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
1
Kjaer
0
Imai
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Kjaer | Imai |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 61.7% | 0% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 67.9% | 0% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 50.2% | 0% |
| Aces / Match | 2.8 | 0 |
| Double Faults / Match | 3 | 0 |
| Break Points Saved % | 58.5% | 0% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 31.5% | 0% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 50.3% | 0% |
| BP Converted % | 40.8% | 0% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 18.1 | 0 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 29.3 | 0 |
| Net Pts Won % | 71.6% | 0% |
| Total Pts Won % | 49.8% | 0% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 33% | 0% |
Last five matches per player
Mackenzie McDonald
Lexus Birmingham Open · Round of 32
Jun 3
Tom Gentzsch
Roland Garros · 2nd Round Qualifying
May 24
Gilles Arnaud Bailly
Roland Garros · 1st Round Qualifying
May 24
Miomir Kecmanovic
Copa Faulconbridge · Round of 32
May 7
Dalibor Svrcina
Internazionali BNL d'Italia · 2nd Round Qualifying
May 6
Matchup overview
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer and Shintaro Imai face off in the Semifinals at Astana on Hard.
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer leads 1-0 over 1 previous meeting.
Nicolai Budkov Kjaer is 1-4 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Mackenzie McDonald (Jun 3).
Shintaro Imai is 3-2 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Hiroki Moriya (Jan 5).
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