Valentin Royer and Emilio Nava will play each other in the qualifications of the Bratislava 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. 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 Valentin Royer who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Valentin Royer is the pick to win this match.
Valentin Royer -> 1.65
Emilio Nava -> 2.13
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Prediction and head to head Valentin Royer vs. Emilio Nava
There is no head to head record between Valentin Royer and Emilio Nava since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Valentin Royer
46 - 27win/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. 183, the French player reached the qualifications after defeating Illya Marchenko 5-7 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications against Marchenko, Royer recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-1). During the match, Royer scored 93 points vs Marchenko’s 80. Valentin was pretty aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Regarding the service games, Royer fired 11 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Valentin Royer lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Royer put 69% of his first serves in, winning 76% (47/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (11/28) on the 2nd serve. Valentin broke Marchenko 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Royer has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (206-113). 8-8 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Royer has a compiled49-36 match record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Sibiu Challenger where he beat Luka Pavlovic in the final 6-4 6-0.
Royer has an overall 46-27 win-loss record in 2024, 8-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava 2 Challenger
Royer has never competed in this tournament before.
Emilio Nava
31 - 32win/loss
214
124
LWLWWWLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-34 | 16-15 | 8-9 | 8-5 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-31 | 24-14 | 12-8 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-27 | 15-15 | 14-6 | 12-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-16 | 9-6 | 27-7 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-12 | 10-7 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 205, Nava reached the qualifications after defeating Petr Brunclik 6-4 2-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, The American defeated Brunclik (6-4 2-6 6-3).During the match Nava scored less points (1) than Brunclik. In fact, the world no. 183 won 83 points vs Brunclik’s. That means that Nava was more focused during the important points. Emilio was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Nava fired 13 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Emilio Nava was very effective on serve to win 71% (32/45) of his 1st serve and 62% (23/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Nava broke Brunclik twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
Emilio’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Lisbon Challenger.
The American has a compiled 31-32 win-loss record in 2024, 5-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Royer | Nava |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 27 |
| Pts | 93-80 | 83-84 |
| Total Points | 173 | 167 |
| Winners | 47 | 32 |
| %Winners | 51% | 39% |
Both Royer and Nava played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Valentin Royer conceded 1 set, while Emilio Nava conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Royer and Nava have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Royer played 2 games more than Nava. The French player scored 47 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Emilio made 32 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Royer | Nava |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 13 |
| 1st in | 62/90 | 45/82 |
| %1st in | 69% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 47/62 | 32/45 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 11/28 | 23/37 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 62% |
Royer bagged 11 aces . Nava struck 13 aces . Royer won 76% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Nava won 71% of the points on 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 | Royer | Nava |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 2 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 2/10 |
| % Converted | 56% | 20% |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 40% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Valentin broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Valentin lost his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Emilio broke his opponent twice with a 20% conversion rate. Nava conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Royer | |||
| Q1 Marchenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 93-80 | 93-80 | |
| Total points | 173 | 173 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 62/90 | 62/90 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 47/62 | 47/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/28 | 11/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Nava | |||
| Q1 Brunclik |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 83-84 | 83-84 | |
| Total points | 167 | 167 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 45/82 | 45/82 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 32/45 | 32/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/37 | 23/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/10 | 2/10 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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