Jerome Kym and Valentin Royer will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Villena Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:30 am on PISTA CARLOS ALCARAZ. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jerome Kym who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jerome Kym is the pick to win this match.
Jerome Kym -> 1.44
Valentin Royer -> 2.625
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Prediction and head to head Jerome Kym vs. Valentin Royer
This will be the 2nd time that Jerome Kym and Valentin Royer fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kym (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Kym won 6-7(5) 7-6(2) 6-4 in the 1st round in the Bratislava 1 Challenger back in June 2024.
Jerome Kym
52 - 16win/loss
135
134
LWLWWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 59-20 | 14-4 | 37-11 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-9 | 0-0 | 18-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-0 |
| 2022 | 41-22 | 17-5 | 12-9 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| 2021 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2020 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 152, Jerome got to the 2nd round after defeating Matteo Gigante 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, Jerome had a good straight sets win against Gigante (6-3 6-1). During the match, Kym scored 64 points vs Gigante’s 44. Kym was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kym bagged 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jerome Kym lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kym put 58% of his first serves in, winning 80% (24/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Jerome broke Gigante 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Kym has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 69% of his matches (124-57). 12-3 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kym has an aggregate29-8 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Prostejov Challenger where he defeated Chun Hsin Tseng in the final 6-2 3-6 6-2 and the Zug Challenger where he overcame Roman Andres Burruchaga in the final 6-4 6-4.
Kym has an overall 52-16 win-loss record in 2024, 12-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Villena Challenger
Kym has never competed in this tournament before.
Valentin Royer
44 - 24win/loss
188
179
LWWLLWLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-30 | 6-5 | 32-13 | 10-11 | 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. 182 (career-high), the French player reached the 2nd round after beating Nerman Fatic 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Royer had a good straight sets win against Fatic (6-3 6-4). During the match Royer scored 63 points vs Fatic’s 48. Valentin was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Royer scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Valentin Royer was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 84% (27/32) of his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Royer broke Fatic twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Sibiu Challenger where he defeated Luka Pavlovic in the final 6-4 6-0.
Royer has an overall 44-24 win-loss record in 2024, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kym | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 |
| Pts | 64-44 | 63-48 |
| Total Points | 108 | 111 |
| Winners | 24 | 27 |
| %Winners | 38% | 43% |
Both Kym and Royer played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kym and Royer have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kym played 3 games less than Royer. The Swiss scored 24 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Royer blasted 27 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kym | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1 |
| 1st in | 30/52 | 32/58 |
| %1st in | 58% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 27/32 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 16/26 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 62% |
Kym managed to score 6 aces . Royer managed to score 1 ace . Kym won 80% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Royer won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kym | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 2 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 2/4 |
| % Converted | 45% | 50% |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 86% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Kym broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Kym dropped his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Royer broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Royer was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Kym | |||
| R1 Gigante |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 64-44 | 64-44 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 30/52 | 30/52 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 24/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 11/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Royer | |||
| R1 Fatic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 63-48 | 63-48 | |
| Total points | 111 | 111 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 32/58 | 32/58 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 27/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 16/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLLWLLWL Tennis Scores in Villena Challenger
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Jakub PaulPaul (3-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (6-1 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Robin BertrandBertrand – Laurent LokoliLokoli (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Jules MarieMarie – Benoit PairePaire (1-6 7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Nerman FaticFatic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jerome KymKym – Matteo GiganteGigante (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Cezar CretuCretu (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Robin BertrandBertrand – Laurent LokoliLokoli (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Mili PoljicakPoljicak (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (6-1 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Jakub PaulPaul (3-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Justin EngelEngel – Rafael JodarJodar (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Constant LestienneLestienne (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Michael GeertsGeerts (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Jules MarieMarie (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lukas KleinKlein – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (1-0) – H2H and prediction
