Valentin Royer and Timo Legout will play each other in the 1st round of the Sioux Falls Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 8:00 pm on Stadium. 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
Timo Legout -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Valentin Royer vs. Timo Legout
There is no head to head record between Valentin Royer and Timo Legout since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Valentin Royer
24 - 31win/loss
117
54
LLWLLLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24-31 | 10-15 | 13-11 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 61-31 | 16-8 | 31-11 | 10-10 | 4-2 | 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 |
Ranked no. 117, the French player will start his run in the Sioux Falls Challenger after he played his last match in Lyon where he lost 7-6(2) 6-7(3) 6-2 to Tabur in the qualifications on the 18th of October.
Valentin has a compiled 24-31 win-loss record in 2026, 0-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Kingston 1 Challenger where he overcame Pedro Martinez Portero in the final 6-4 6-2.
Talking about his overall career, The French player has an overall 293-178 record. He has a positive 61-52 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Sioux Falls Challenger
Royer has never competed in this tournament before.
Timo Legout
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36-13 | 32-12 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 4-3 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 19-7 | 11-3 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-16 | 4-2 | 15-11 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 32-20 | 12-8 | 19-7 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 343 (career-high), the French player reached the 1st round after defeating Daniel De Jonge 7-6(6) 6-2 and Andrew Fenty 6-3 2-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Legout defeated Fenty (6-3 2-6 6-3). During the match Legout and Fenty scored the same amount of points (83). However, the world no. 117 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Legout was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Legout fired 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Timo Legout lost the serve 5 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Legout put 63% of his first serves in, winning 57% (31/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. Legout broke Fenty 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
ATP Sioux Falls Challenger - Timo Legout's projected path
Timo’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Southaven.
The French player has a composed 36-13 win-loss record in 2026, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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