H2H, prediction of Thiago Moura Monteiro vs Valentin Royer at the Australian Open with odds, preview, pick | 8th January 2025

PREVIEW. Melbourne. Moura Monteiro and Royer will square off in the qualifications of the Australian Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Wednesday the 8th of January

Prediction and head to head Thiago Moura Monteiro vs. Valentin Royer

Thiago Moura Monteiro and Valentin Royer will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on Kia Arena. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Valentin Royer who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Valentin Royer is the pick to win this match.
Valentin Royer -> 1.86
Thiago Moura Monteiro -> 1.9

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Prediction and head to head Thiago Moura Monteiro vs. Valentin Royer

This will be the 2nd time that Thiago Moura Monteiro and Valentin Royer face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Moura Monteiro (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Moura Monteiro won 3-6 6-3 6-4 in the qualifications in at the French Open back in 2024.

Thiago Moura Monteiro

Thiago Moura Monteiro
Thiago Moura Monteiro

1 - 2win/loss

Hard
1-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
106
High
61
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 39-28 1-3 33-17 4-6 1-2 0-0
2023 34-30 3-7 30-22 1-0 0-1 0-0
2022 43-33 8-8 28-16 4-7 3-2 0-0
2021 33-27 8-8 25-18 0-0 0-1 0-0

Ranked no. 106, Moura Monteiro reached the qualifications after beating Jason Murray Kubler 7-6(4) 7-6(4).

In the qualifications, Thiago had a good straight sets win against Murray Kubler (7-64 7-64). During the match, Moura Monteiro scored 83 points vs Murray Kubler’s 75. Thiago was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about the service games, Moura Monteiro struck 12 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Thiago Moura Monteiro was extremely effective on serve to win 81% (39/48) of his 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Thiago broke Murray Kubler once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).

Moura Monteiro has good record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (342-267). 1-2 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Moura Monteiro has a composed 51-71 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

The Brazilian has an overall 1-2 win-loss record in 2025, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Moura Monteiro
Australian Open
Moura Monteiro's Record

Valentin Royer

Valentin Royer
Valentin Royer

1 - 1win/loss

Hard
1-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
203
High
179
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
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

Ranked no. 203, Valentin got to the qualifications after defeating Marc Polmans 6-3 6-0.

In the qualifications, The French player had a good straight sets win against Polmans (6-3 6-0). During the match Royer scored 55 points vs Polmans’s 31. The French player was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about serving, Royer recorded 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Valentin Royer conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Royer put 65% of his first serves in, winning 85% (28/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Valentin broke Polmans 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

The French player has a compiled 1-1 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Royer
Australian Open
Royer's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

T.Moura Monteiro
V.Royer
!
1h:56
1h:56
Time on court​
0h:56
0h:56
1h:56
1h:56
Last match​
!
0h:56
0h:56
1
1
Match played
1
1
26
26
Games Played​
15
15
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
83
83
Total points​
55
55
83
83
Avg point​
55
55
39
39
Winners
28
28
39
39
Avg Winners​
28
28
47%
47%
Ratio winners
51%
51%
-- Serve --
12
12
Aces
11
11
!
12
12
Avg Aces
!
11
11
4
4
Double Faults
2
2
4
4
Avg Double Faults
2
2
39/48
39/48
1st won total​
28/33
28/33
!
81%
81%
1st won %
!
85%
85%
18/29
18/29
2nd won total​
9/18
9/18
!
62%
62%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
1/3
1/3
BP won
4/5
4/5
1/3
1/3
Avg BP won
4/5
4/5
33%
33%
Won
!
80%
80%
5
5
Conceded
2
2
5
5
Avg Conceded
2
2
1
1
Broken
0
0
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0
0
4
4
Saved
2
2

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Moura Monteiro Royer
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 26 15
Pts 83-75 55-31
Total Points 158 86
Winners 39 28
%Winners 47% 51%

Both Moura Monteiro and Royer played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Moura Monteiro and Royer have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Moura Monteiro played 11 games more than Royer. The Brazilian scored 39 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Royer bagged 28 winners (51%).

Serve Performance

Serve Moura Monteiro Royer
Aces 12 11
Avg per match 12 11
1st in 48/77 33/51
%1st in 62% 65%
1st pts 39/48 28/33
%1st pts 81% 85%
2nd pts 18/29 9/18
%2nd pts 62% 50%

Moura Monteiro managed to score 12 aces . Royer recorded 11 aces . Moura Monteiro won 81% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Royer won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Moura Monteiro Royer
Won 1 4
Converted 1/3 4/5
% Converted 33% 80%
Conceded 5 2
Saved 4 2
% Saved 80% 100%
Times Broken 1 0

Moura Monteiro broke his opponent once with a 33% conversion rate. The Brazilian surrendered his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Royer broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The French player was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.

Moura Monteiro
Q1
Murray Kubler
Total
Score 7-64 7-64
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 26 26
pts 83-75 83-75
Total points 158 158
Winners 39 39
%Winners 47% 47%
SERVE
Aces 12 12
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 48/77 48/77
% 1st in 62% 62%
1st pts 39/48 39/48
% 1st pts 81% 81%
2nd pts 18/29 18/29
% 2nd pts 62% 62%
Breaks
Won 1 1
Converted 1/3 1/3
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 4/5 4
Saved % 80% 80%
Times Broken 1 1
Royer
Q1
Polmans
Total
Score 6-3 6-0
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 15
pts 55-31 55-31
Total points 86 86
Winners 28 28
%Winners 51% 51%
SERVE
Aces 11 11
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 33/51 33/51
% 1st in 65% 65%
1st pts 28/33 28/33
% 1st pts 85% 85%
2nd pts 9/18 9/18
% 2nd pts 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/5 4/5
Converted % 80% 80%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 2/2 2
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Moura Monteiro
WLL
Royer
WL
2025 2024 2023
1 - 2
1 - 1
1-2
Hard
1-1

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