Hugo Gaston and Valentin Royer will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Roanne Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 7:00 pm on COURT PIERRE TROISGROS. 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 Hugo Gaston who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hugo Gaston is the pick to win this match.
Hugo Gaston -> 1.22
Valentin Royer -> 4.1
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Prediction and head to head Hugo Gaston vs. Valentin Royer
This will be the 2nd time that Hugo Gaston and Valentin Royer clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gaston (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Gaston won 7-6(5) 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Captif Challenger back in October 2022.
Hugo Gaston
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-20 | 5-6 | 10-9 | 4-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-32 | 6-5 | 30-18 | 8-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-31 | 4-9 | 4-8 | 16-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-30 | 2-3 | 32-16 | 10-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-15 | 1-3 | 5-5 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 132, the French player got to the 2nd round after beating Alexandar Lazarov 6-4 4-2 ret..
In the 1st round against Lazarov, the French player had a free pass after Lazarov retired on a 6-4 4-2 . scoreline.
Gaston has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (161-118). 12-9 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gaston has a compiled43-42 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
Gaston’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Rennes Challenger,the Orleans Challenger and the Captif Challenger.
The French player has a compiled 23-29 win-loss record in 2022, 12-9 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Roanne Challenger
Hugo 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. 336 (career-high), Royer reached the 2nd round after defeating Alexis Gautier 6-3 2-6 6-4, Arthur Cazaux 6-73 7-619 6-3 and Manuel Guinard 7-65 2-6 7-69.
In the 1st round, Valentin defeated Guinard (7-65 2-6 7-69).During the match Royer scored less points (11) than Guinard. In fact, the world no. 132 won 110 points vs Guinard’s. That means that Royer was more focused during the important points. The French player was very aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about serving, Royer scored 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Valentin Royer lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Royer put 58% of his first serves in, winning 76% (50/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (20/47) on the 2nd serve. Valentin broke Guinard once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).
Valentin’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Ulcinj,M25 Ulcinj and M25 Casinalbo.
Royer has a composed 51-24 win-loss record in 2022, 13-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gaston | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 96 |
| Pts | 54-38 | 331-332 |
| Total Points | 92 | 663 |
| Winners | 22 | 154 |
| %Winners | 41% | 47% |
Gaston played 1 match while Royer competed in 3 matches. Royer started his run from the qualifications while Gaston had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Valentin Royer conceded 3 sets while Hugo Gaston hasn’t dropped a set so far. Gaston has played 6 set(s) less than Royer (3 vs 9). Therefore, Gaston played 80 games less than Royer. The French player scored 22 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Valentin recorded 154 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gaston | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 6 |
| 1st in | 30/46 | 214/343 |
| %1st in | 65% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 154/214 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 67/129 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 52% |
Gaston scored 4 aces . Royer managed to score 18 aces (6 per match). Gaston won 73% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Royer won 72% of the points behind 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 | Gaston | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 7 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 7/22 |
| % Converted | 60% | 32% |
| Conceded | 4 | 22 |
| Saved | 3 | 14 |
| % Saved | 75% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 8 |
Gaston broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Gaston lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Valentin broke his opponents 7 times with a 32% conversion rate. Royer conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gaston | |||
| R1 Lazarov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 54-38 | 54-38 | |
| Total points | 92 | 92 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 30/46 | 30/46 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 22/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 9/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Royer | |||||
| Q1 Gautier |
Q3 Cazaux |
R1 Guinard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 2-6 6-4 | 6-73 7-619 6-3 | 7-65 2-6 7-69 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 35 | 34 | 96 | |
| pts | 89-87 | 132-124 | 110-121 | 331-332 | |
| Total points | 176 | 256 | 231 | 663 | |
| Winners | 41 | 63 | 50 | 154 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 48% | 45% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 9 | 4 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 62/96 | 86/134 | 66/113 | 214/343 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 64% | 58% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 41/62 | 63/86 | 50/66 | 154/214 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 73% | 76% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 30/48 | 20/47 | 67/129 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 63% | 43% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 2/9 | 1/6 | 7/22 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 22% | 17% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 4 | 7 | 22 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 3/4 | 4/7 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 75% | 57% | 196% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
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