Nick Hardt and Valentin Royer will face off in the 2nd round of the St. Tropez Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nick Hardt who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nick Hardt is the pick to win this match.
Nick Hardt -> 1.43
Valentin Royer -> 2.74
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Prediction and head to head Nick Hardt vs. Valentin Royer
There is no head to head record between Nick Hardt and Valentin Royer since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Nick Hardt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-18 | 6-5 | 30-12 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-28 | 11-9 | 10-16 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-25 | 18-6 | 28-16 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-19 | 9-6 | 35-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-11 | 6-6 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 219 (career-high), Nick got to the 2nd round after beating Jurgen Briand 3-6 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round against Briand, The Dominican recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 6-3).During the match, Hardt scored less points (1) than Briand. In fact, the world no. 219 won 100 points vs Briand’s. That means that Hardt was more focused during the important points. Nick was quite aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hardt managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nick Hardt lost the serve once and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Hardt put 70% of his first serves in, winning 64% (51/80) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (22/34) on the 2nd serve. The Dominican broke Briand twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Hardt has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (151-90). 11-4 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Hardt has an overall46-29 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
Hardt’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Santo Domingo,M25 La Nucia,M25 Denia,M25 Wetzlar and the Alicante Challenger.
The Dominican has an aggregate 42-21 win-loss record in 2022, 11-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Tropez Challenger
The Dominican has never competed in this tournament before.
Valentin Royer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-17 | 2-1 | 21-9 | 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. 361 (career-high), Valentin got to the 2nd round after defeating Calvin Hemery 6-3 6-3, Maxime Chazal 6-3 6-4 and Geoffrey Blancaneaux 7-69 6-3.
In the 1st round, Royer had a good straight sets win against Blancaneaux (7-69 6-3). During the match Royer scored 82 points vs Blancaneaux’s 70. Royer was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Royer struck 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Valentin Royer was pretty efficient on serve to win 71% (30/42) of his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Blancaneaux 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Royer’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Ulcinj,M25 Ulcinj and M25 Casinalbo.
Valentin has an overall 46-22 win-loss record in 2022, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Tropez Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hardt | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 59 |
| Pts | 100-101 | 211-176 |
| Total Points | 201 | 387 |
| Winners | 51 | 80 |
| %Winners | 51% | 38% |
Hardt played 1 match while Royer competed in 3 matches. Royer started his run from the qualifications while Hardt had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Nick Hardt lost 1 set while Valentin Royer hasn’t lost a set so far. Hardt has played 3 set(s) less than Royer (3 vs 6). Therefore, Hardt played 29 games less than Royer. Nick scored 51 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, The French player made 80 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hardt | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 80/114 | 109/185 |
| %1st in | 70% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 51/80 | 80/109 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 22/34 | 42/76 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 55% |
Hardt recorded 3 aces . Royer bagged 8 aces (2.7 per match). Hardt won 64% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Royer won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hardt | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 10 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 10/28 |
| % Converted | 33% | 36% |
| Conceded | 10 | 13 |
| Saved | 9 | 10 |
| % Saved | 90% | 77% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Dominican broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Hardt dropped his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 10 times with a 36% conversion rate. Royer conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hardt | |||
| R1 Briand |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 100-101 | 100-101 | |
| Total points | 201 | 201 | |
| Winners | 51 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 80/114 | 80/114 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 51/80 | 51/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/34 | 22/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 9/10 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 90% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Royer | |||||
| Q1 Hemery |
Q3 Chazal |
R1 Blancaneaux |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | 7-69 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 | 22 | 59 | |
| pts | 66-49 | 63-57 | 82-70 | 211-176 | |
| Total points | 115 | 120 | 152 | 387 | |
| Winners | 24 | 26 | 30 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 41% | 37% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 31/53 | 36/63 | 42/69 | 109/185 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 57% | 61% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 24/31 | 26/36 | 30/42 | 80/109 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 72% | 71% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 15/27 | 16/27 | 42/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 56% | 59% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/8 | 3/11 | 10/28 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 38% | 27% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 2/3 | 4/5 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 67% | 80% | 227% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (6-2 6-75 7-63) – See score progression
- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Louis WesselsWessels (6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Harold MayotMayot – Federico GaioGaio (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (7-69 6-3) – See score progression
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Dan AddedAdded (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Jack SockSock (6-4 5-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Jesper De JongDe Jong (5-7 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Nick HardtHardt – Jurgen BriandBriand (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Clement TaburTabur (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Laurent LokoliLokoli (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (6-1 7-68) – See score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Miljan ZekicZekic (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Lukas RosolRosol – Alexander RitschardRitschard (6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Lukas RosolRosol – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nick HardtHardt – Valentin RoyerRoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (0-0) – H2H and prediction
