Valentin Royer and Louis Wessels will play each other in the qualifications of the Pau Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 4:00 pm on TC PAU 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.41
Louis Wessels -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Valentin Royer vs. Louis Wessels
There is no head to head record between Valentin Royer and Louis Wessels since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Valentin Royer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-17 | 2-1 | 22-9 | 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. 281 (career-high), the French player got to the qualifications after defeating Oleg Prihodko 7-61 6-4.
In the qualifications, The French player had a good straight sets win against Prihodko (7-61 6-4). During the match, Royer scored 73 points vs Prihodko’s 60. Royer was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Royer blasted 5 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Valentin Royer was exceptionally effective on serve to win 76% (32/42) of his 1st serve and 82% (18/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Royer was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Prihodko once.
Royer has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (119-70). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Royer has an overall37-25 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Valentin’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio.
Valentin has an overall 10-4 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pau Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Louis Wessels
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-17 | 3-1 | 9-12 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| 2023 | 37-36 | 4-4 | 26-18 | 3-10 | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| 2022 | 46-34 | 7-4 | 39-27 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-23 | 0-1 | 32-19 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2020 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 290, the German got to the qualifications after defeating Maxime Janvier 7-66 6-3.
In the qualifications, Wessels had a good straight sets win against Janvier (7-66 6-3). During the match Wessels scored 89 points vs Janvier’s 84. Wessels was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.
About the serving games, Wessels blasted 11 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Louis Wessels conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 10 break points. Furthermore, Wessels put 58% of his first serves in, winning 82% (47/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (17/42) on the 2nd serve. Louis was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Janvier once.
Wessels has a compiled 3-6 win-loss record in 2023, 3-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Royer | Wessels |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 22 |
| Pts | 73-60 | 89-84 |
| Total Points | 133 | 173 |
| Winners | 32 | 47 |
| %Winners | 44% | 53% |
Both Royer and Wessels played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Royer and Wessels have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Royer played 1 game more than Wessels. The French player scored 32 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Wessels recorded 47 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Royer | Wessels |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 11 |
| 1st in | 42/64 | 57/99 |
| %1st in | 66% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 32/42 | 47/57 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 18/22 | 17/42 |
| %2nd pts | 82% | 40% |
Royer fired 5 aces . Wessels fired 11 aces . Royer won 76% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 82% of the points. On the other side, Wessels won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Royer | Wessels |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 1 |
| Converted | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| % Converted | 100% | 100% |
| Conceded | 2 | 10 |
| Saved | 2 | 10 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Royer broke his opponent once with a 100% conversion rate. Valentin pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. Louis broke his opponent once with a 100% conversion rate. The German was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 10 break points.
| Royer | |||
| Q1 Prihodko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 73-60 | 73-60 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 42/64 | 42/64 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 32/42 | 32/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/22 | 18/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 82% | 82% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/1 | 1/1 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Wessels | |||
| Q1 Janvier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 89-84 | 89-84 | |
| Total points | 173 | 173 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 57/99 | 57/99 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 47/57 | 47/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/42 | 17/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/1 | 1/1 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 10/10 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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