Arthur Rinderknech and Valentin Royer will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Pau Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. 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 Arthur Rinderknech who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Arthur Rinderknech is the pick to win this match.
Arthur Rinderknech -> 1.29
Valentin Royer -> 3.35
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Prediction and head to head Arthur Rinderknech vs. Valentin Royer
There is no head to head record between Arthur Rinderknech and Valentin Royer since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Arthur Rinderknech
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-19 | 4-5 | 6-7 | 9-4 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-30 | 5-9 | 10-6 | 8-9 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-23 | 18-11 | 6-4 | 12-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-30 | 3-3 | 18-10 | 26-15 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-14 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 72, Rinderknech reached the 2nd round after beating Ugo Blanchet 7-5 7-67.
In the 1st round, Rinderknech had a good straight sets win against Blanchet (7-5 7-67). During the match, Rinderknech scored 87 points vs Blanchet’s 75. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rinderknech struck 13 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Arthur Rinderknech was extremely efficient on serve to win 72% (39/54) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Blanchet twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Rinderknech has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (229-127). 2-3 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Rinderknech has a compiled73-41 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
The French player has a composed 3-6 win-loss record in 2023, 2-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pau Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 286, Valentin reached the 2nd round after beating Oleg Prihodko 7-61 6-4, Louis Wessels 1-6 6-3 7-65 and Fabian Marozsan 7-67 6-4.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Marozsan (7-67 6-4). During the match Royer scored 76 points vs Marozsan’s 61. Valentin was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Royer managed to score 4 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Valentin Royer was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 92% (35/38) of his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Royer broke Marozsan once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
Valentin’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio.
Valentin has a composed 12-4 win-loss record in 2023, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rinderknech | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 75 |
| Pts | 87-75 | 235-211 |
| Total Points | 162 | 446 |
| Winners | 39 | 110 |
| %Winners | 45% | 47% |
Rinderknech played 1 match while Royer competed in 3 matches. Royer started his run from the qualifications while Rinderknech had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Valentin Royer lost 1 set while Arthur Rinderknech hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Rinderknech has played 5 set(s) less than Royer (2 vs 7). Therefore, Rinderknech played 50 games less than Royer. Arthur scored 39 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Royer struck 110 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rinderknech | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 13 | 5.3 |
| 1st in | 54/78 | 141/217 |
| %1st in | 69% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 39/54 | 110/141 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 49/76 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 64% |
Rinderknech fired 13 aces . Royer fired 16 aces (5.3 per match). Rinderknech won 72% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Royer won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rinderknech | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 33% | 44% |
| Conceded | 3 | 10 |
| Saved | 2 | 7 |
| % Saved | 67% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The French player broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The French player lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rinderknech | |||
| R1 Blanchet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 87-75 | 87-75 | |
| Total points | 162 | 162 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 54/78 | 54/78 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 39/54 | 39/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 15/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Royer | |||||
| Q1 Prihodko |
Q3 Wessels |
R1 Marozsan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-4 | 1-6 6-3 7-65 | 7-67 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 29 | 23 | 75 | |
| pts | 73-60 | 86-90 | 76-61 | 235-211 | |
| Total points | 133 | 176 | 137 | 446 | |
| Winners | 32 | 43 | 35 | 110 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 50% | 46% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 42/64 | 61/89 | 38/64 | 141/217 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 69% | 59% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 32/42 | 43/61 | 35/38 | 110/141 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 70% | 92% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/22 | 15/28 | 16/26 | 49/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 82% | 54% | 62% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Converted | 1/1 | 2/6 | 1/2 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 33% | 50% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 3/6 | 2/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 100% | 250% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
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