Valentin Royer and Arthur Gea will play each other in the 2nd round of the Sibiu Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on COURT CENTRE. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Arthur Gea who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Arthur Gea is the pick to win this match.
Arthur Gea -> 1.86
Valentin Royer -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Valentin Royer vs. Arthur Gea
There is no head to head record between Valentin Royer and Arthur Gea since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Valentin Royer
39 - 24win/loss
213
194
WLWWLWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-24 | 5-4 | 28-13 | 6-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-20 | 24-7 | 22-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-25 | 8-4 | 30-15 | 13-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-17 | 1-2 | 13-8 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-15 | 4-4 | 4-3 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 213, Valentin reached the 2nd round after defeating Jorge Plans 6-0 6-1.
In the 1st round, Valentin had a good straight sets win against Plans (6-0 6-1). During the match, Royer scored 49 points vs Plans’s 13. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about the service games, Royer bagged 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Valentin Royer was pretty effective on serve to win 86% (18/21) of his 1st serve and 77% (10/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Royer was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Plans 5 times.
Royer has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 64% of his matches (199-110). 28-13 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Royer has a compiled100-50 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
Valentin’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula and the Tunis Challenger.
The French player has an overall 39-24 win-loss record in 2024, 28-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sibiu Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Arthur Gea
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-24 | 1-4 | 25-18 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-17 | 18-2 | 14-12 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 336, the French player reached the 2nd round after beating Bogdan Pavel 7-6(3) 6-3, Olaf Pieczkowski 6-0 6-1 and Jelle Sels 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Gea had a good straight sets win against Sels (6-4 6-2). During the match Gea scored 69 points vs Sels’s 52. Arthur was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Gea managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Arthur Gea lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Gea put 57% of his first serves in, winning 72% (23/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Gea broke Sels 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
The French player best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Dobrich Challenger.
Gea has an aggregate 29-24 win-loss record in 2024, 25-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Royer | Gea |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 13 | 53 |
| Pts | 49-13 | 209-149 |
| Total Points | 62 | 358 |
| Winners | 18 | 69 |
| %Winners | 37% | 33% |
Royer played 1 match while Gea competed in 3 matches. Gea started his run from the qualifications while Royer had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Royer has played 4 set(s) less than Gea (2 vs 6). Therefore, Royer played 40 games less than Gea. Valentin scored 18 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The French player recorded 69 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Royer | Gea |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 21/34 | 94/170 |
| %1st in | 62% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 18/21 | 69/94 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 10/13 | 46/76 |
| %2nd pts | 77% | 61% |
Royer blasted 3 aces . Gea made 5 aces (1.7 per match). Royer won 86% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 77% of the points. On the other side, Gea won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Royer | Gea |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 12 |
| Converted | 5/5 | 12/24 |
| % Converted | 100% | 50% |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 |
| Saved | 0 | 6 |
| % Saved | 0% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Royer broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Valentin very solid his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Arthur broke his opponents 12 times with a 50% conversion rate. Gea conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Royer | |||
| R1 Plans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 49-13 | 49-13 | |
| Total points | 62 | 62 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 21/34 | 21/34 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 18/21 | 18/21 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/13 | 10/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 77% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Gea | |||||
| Q1 Pavel |
Q3 Pieczkowski |
R1 Sels |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-3 | 6-0 6-1 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 13 | 18 | 53 | |
| pts | 84-71 | 56-26 | 69-52 | 209-149 | |
| Total points | 155 | 82 | 121 | 358 | |
| Winners | 33 | 13 | 23 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 23% | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 43/77 | 19/37 | 32/56 | 94/170 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 51% | 57% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 33/43 | 13/19 | 23/32 | 69/94 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 68% | 72% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/34 | 13/18 | 12/24 | 46/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 72% | 50% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 6 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 6/11 | 5/9 | 12/24 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 55% | 56% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/0 | 4/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 67% | 167% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWLWWWLWL Tennis Scores in Sibiu Challenger
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Arthur GeaGea – Jelle SelsSels (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Gastao EliasElias (1-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Filip Jeff PlaninsekJeff Planinsek (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Miguel DamasDamas – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (2-6 7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Liam DraxlDraxl – Corentin DenollyDenolly (3-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Artem DubrivnyyDubrivnyy – Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Stefan PalosiPalosi (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Hynek BartonBarton – Guy Den OudenDen Ouden (7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-2 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Cezar CretuCretu – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Jorge PlansPlans (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Sebastian GimaGima (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Filip Jeff PlaninsekJeff Planinsek (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Miguel DamasDamas – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (2-6 7-6(4) 7-5) – See score progression
- Artem DubrivnyyDubrivnyy – Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Cezar CretuCretu – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (6-4 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Stefan PalosiPalosi (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-2 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Hynek BartonBarton – Guy Den OudenDen Ouden (7-6(3) 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Miguel DamasDamas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Timofey SkatovSkatov (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Artem DubrivnyyDubrivnyy – Cezar Cretu (ROU)Cretu (ROU) (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Giovanni FonioFonio (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon – Christoph NegrituNegritu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Liam DraxlDraxl (0-0) – H2H and prediction
