Ugo Humbert and Valentin Royer will square off in the quarter of the St. Tropez Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 pm on CENTRAL TAG HEUER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ugo Humbert who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ugo Humbert is the pick to win this match.
Ugo Humbert -> 1.142
Valentin Royer -> 5.3
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Prediction and head to head Ugo Humbert vs. Valentin Royer
There is no head to head record between Ugo Humbert and Valentin Royer since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Ugo Humbert
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-13 | 11-4 | 4-5 | 4-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-26 | 17-11 | 13-5 | 16-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-29 | 16-11 | 3-7 | 11-6 | 3-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-20 | 6-7 | 1-6 | 4-5 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 25-14 | 11-7 | 4-3 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 106, Ugo got to the quarter after beating Laurent Lokoli 6-1 6-3 and Stefano Travaglia 6-4 5-7 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Ugo defeated Travaglia (6-4 5-7 6-3). During the match, Humbert scored 96 points vs Travaglia’s 87. Ugo was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Humbert managed to score 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ugo Humbert lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Humbert put 63% of his first serves in, winning 70% (43/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (17/36) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Travaglia 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Humbert has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Humbert has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (249-164). 15-10 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Humbert has a compiled105-54 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
Ugo’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Rennes Challenger.
Ugo has an aggregate 29-26 win-loss record in 2022, 15-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Tropez Challenger
Ugo 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 quarter after beating Calvin Hemery 6-3 6-3, Maxime Chazal 6-3 6-4, Geoffrey Blancaneaux 7-69 6-3 and Nick Hardt 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Hardt (6-3 6-4). During the match Royer scored 73 points vs Hardt’s 55. Valentin was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Royer blasted 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Valentin Royer lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Royer put 66% of his first serves in, winning 79% (30/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. Royer broke Hardt 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Royer started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The French player best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Ulcinj,M25 Ulcinj and M25 Casinalbo.
Valentin has a compiled 47-22 win-loss record in 2022, 8-3 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 (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Humbert | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 78 |
| Pts | 157-125 | 284-231 |
| Total Points | 282 | 515 |
| Winners | 68 | 110 |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% |
Humbert played 2 matches while Royer competed in 4 matches. Royer started his run from the qualifications while Humbert had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Ugo Humbert lost 1 set while Valentin Royer hasn’t dropped a set so far. Humbert has played 3 set(s) less than Royer (5 vs 8). Therefore, Humbert played 31 games less than Royer. Humbert scored 68 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Royer recorded 110 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Humbert | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 93/139 | 147/243 |
| %1st in | 67% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 68/93 | 110/147 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 25/46 | 50/96 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 52% |
Humbert recorded 18 aces (9 per match). Royer recorded 13 aces (3.3 per match). Humbert won 73% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Royer won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Humbert | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 14 |
| Converted | 9/19 | 14/40 |
| % Converted | 47% | 35% |
| Conceded | 8 | 20 |
| Saved | 4 | 15 |
| % Saved | 50% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 |
Ugo broke his opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. The French player lost his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Royer broke his opponents 14 times with a 35% conversion rate. Valentin conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Humbert | ||||
| R1 Lokoli |
R2 Travaglia |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-4 5-7 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 31 | 47 | |
| pts | 61-38 | 96-87 | 157-125 | |
| Total points | 99 | 183 | 282 | |
| Winners | 25 | 43 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 45% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 10 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 32/42 | 61/97 | 93/139 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 63% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 25/32 | 43/61 | 68/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 70% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/10 | 17/36 | 25/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 80% | 47% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 5/7 | 9/19 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 71% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Royer | ||||||
| Q1 Hemery |
Q3 Chazal |
R1 Blancaneaux |
R2 Hardt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | 7-69 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 78 | |
| pts | 66-49 | 63-57 | 82-70 | 73-55 | 284-231 | |
| Total points | 115 | 120 | 152 | 128 | 515 | |
| Winners | 24 | 26 | 30 | 30 | 110 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 41% | 37% | 41% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 31/53 | 36/63 | 42/69 | 38/58 | 147/243 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 57% | 61% | 66% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 24/31 | 26/36 | 30/42 | 30/38 | 110/147 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 72% | 71% | 79% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 15/27 | 16/27 | 8/20 | 50/96 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 56% | 59% | 40% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/8 | 3/11 | 4/12 | 14/40 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 38% | 27% | 33% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 2/3 | 4/5 | 5/7 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 67% | 80% | 71% | 149% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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