Valentin Royer and Michael Vrbensky will square off in the 1st round of the Liberec Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on PERNERKA COURT. 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 Valentin Royer who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Valentin Royer is the pick to win this match.
Valentin Royer -> 1.59
Michael Vrbensky -> 2.25
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Prediction and head to head Valentin Royer vs. Michael Vrbensky
This will be the 2nd time that Valentin Royer and Michael Vrbensky face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Royer (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Royer won 4-6 6-4 6-3 in the quarter in M15 Antalya back in 2022.
Valentin Royer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-12 | 2-1 | 18-5 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 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. 321, the French player will start his run in the Liberec Challenger after he played his last match in the Verona Challenger where he lost 7-6(6) 6-3 to Kopriva in the 1st round on the 26th of July.
Valentin has an aggregate 28-11 win-loss record in 2023, 16-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The French player best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio and M15 Rabat.
Talking about his overall career, Royer has an overall 137-77 record. He has a positive 66-33 record on clay.
Previously in the Liberec Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Michael Vrbensky
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-12 | 4-3 | 9-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 58-28 | 11-6 | 44-21 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-27 | 7-3 | 37-16 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 17-24 | 2-1 | 14-21 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-15 | 2-2 | 14-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 386, the Czech got to the 1st round after beating Dominik Kellovsky 6-1 6-2 and Yanaki Milev 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, Michael had a good straight sets win against Milev (6-4 6-2). During the match Vrbensky scored 67 points vs Milev’s 49. The Czech was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Vrbensky blasted 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Michael Vrbensky lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Vrbensky put 56% of his first serves in, winning 96% (26/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. Vrbensky broke Milev 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Michael started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 61% of the points he played.
Vrbensky’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio,M25 Faro and M25 Most.
The Czech has a composed 33-20 win-loss record in 2023, 22-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Liberec Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2018. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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