Facundo Diaz Acosta and Valentin Royer will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Seville Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on PISTA 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Facundo Diaz Acosta who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Facundo Diaz Acosta is the pick to win this match.
Facundo Diaz Acosta -> 1.38
Valentin Royer -> 2.875

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Prediction and head to head Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Valentin Royer

There is no head to head record between Facundo Diaz Acosta and Valentin Royer since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Facundo Diaz Acosta

Ranked no. 94, Diaz Acosta got to the 2^nd round after defeating Javier Barranco Cosano 6-1 7-6⁵.

In the 1^st round, Diaz Acosta had a good straight sets win against Barranco Cosano (6-1 7-6⁵). During the match, Diaz Acosta scored 70 points vs Barranco Cosano’s 56. Diaz Acosta was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Regarding the service games, Diaz Acosta struck 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Facundo Diaz Acosta lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Diaz Acosta put 57% of his first serves in, winning 59% (22/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Facundo broke Barranco Cosano 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Diaz Acosta has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (178-106). 35-14 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Diaz Acosta has an overall157-88 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Savannah Challenger where he overcame Tristan Boyer in the final 6-3 6-1 and the Oeiras 4 Challenger where he defeated Aleksandar Vukic in the final 6-4 6-3 and the Milan Challenger where he defeated Matteo Gigante in the final 6-3 6-3.

Diaz Acosta has an aggregate 39-19 win-loss record in 2023, 35-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Seville Challenger

Valentin Royer

Ranked no. 335, Royer got to the 2^nd round after beating Mario Gonzalez Fernandez 6-3 7-6⁴ and Hernan Casanova 3-3 ret..

In the 1^st round against Casanova, Royer had a free pass after Casanova retired on a 3-3 . scoreline.

Valentin’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio and M15 Rabat.

Valentin has an overall 32-14 win-loss record in 2023, 20-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Seville Challenger

Valentin has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Diaz Acosta	Royer
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	4
Tot Games	20	28
Pts	70-56	114-97
Total Points	126	211
Winners	22	47
%Winners	31%	41%

Diaz Acosta played 1 match while Royer competed in 2 matches. Royer started his run from the qualifications while Diaz Acosta had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Diaz Acosta has played 2 set(s) less than Royer (2 vs 4). Therefore, Diaz Acosta played 8 games less than Royer. Facundo scored 22 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Royer fired 47 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Diaz Acosta	Royer
Aces	3	8
Avg per match	3	4
1st in	37/65	64/104
%1st in	57%	62%
1st pts	22/37	47/64
%1st pts	59%	73%
2nd pts	14/28	17/40
%2nd pts	50%	43%

Diaz Acosta blasted 3 aces . Royer blasted 8 aces (4 per match). Diaz Acosta won 59% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Royer won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Diaz Acosta	Royer
Won	5	4
Converted	5/7	4/15
% Converted	71%	27%
Conceded	7	6
Saved	4	3
% Saved	57%	50%
Times Broken	3	3

The Argentine broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Argentine lost his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 4 times with a 27% conversion rate. Valentin conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Diaz Acosta
	R1 Barranco Cosano	Total
Score	6-1 7-65
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	70-56	70-56
Total points	126	126
Winners	22	22
%Winners	31%	31%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	37/65	37/65
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	22/37	22/37
% 1st pts	59%	59%
2nd pts	14/28	14/28
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/7	5/7
Converted %	71%	71%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	4/7	4
Saved %	57%	57%
Times Broken	3	3

Royer
	Q3 Gonzalez	R1 Casanova	Total
Score	6-3 7-64	3-3 ret.
Tot Set	2	1	3
Tot Games	22	6	28
pts	92-76	22-21	114-97
Total points	168	43	211
Winners	39	8	47
%Winners	42%	36%	41%
SERVE
Aces	8	0	8
Double Faults	2	1	3
1st in	52/87	12/17	64/104
% 1st in	60%	71%	62%
1st pts	39/52	8/12	47/64
% 1st pts	75%	67%	73%
2nd pts	15/35	2/5	17/40
% 2nd pts	43%	40%	43%
Breaks
Won	3	1	4
Converted	3/10	1/5	4/15
Converted %	30%	20%	27%
Conceded	5	1	6
Saved	3/5	0/1	3
Saved %	60%	0%	60%
Times Broken	2	1	3

Tennis Scores in Seville Challenger

• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (3-3 ret.) – See score progression
• Pedro CachinCachin – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (6-2 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
• Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (6-1 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Diego Barreto SanchezBarreto Sanchez (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (7-6³ 1-6 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Carlos TabernerTaberner – Imanol Lopez MorilloLopez Morillo (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Daniel RinconRincon – Mathias BourgueBourgue (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Elias YmerYmer – Manuel GuinardGuinard (6-7³ 7-5 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Inigo CervantesCervantes (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Hugo GastonGaston – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Calvin HemeryHemery – Adrian AndreevAndreev (6-3 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-7³ 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Timofey SkatovSkatov – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (6-1 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Inigo CervantesCervantes (6-2 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Calvin HemeryHemery – Pedro CachinCachin (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elias YmerYmer – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Carlos TabernerTaberner – Hugo GastonGaston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Timofey SkatovSkatov – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (0-2) – H2H and prediction