Valentin Royer and Alastair Gray will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Oeiras 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. 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 Alastair Gray who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alastair Gray is the pick to win this match.
Alastair Gray -> 1.74
Valentin Royer -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Valentin Royer vs. Alastair Gray
There is no head to head record between Valentin Royer and Alastair Gray since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Valentin Royer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-30 | 6-5 | 32-13 | 10-11 | 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. 276, Royer reached the 2nd round after defeating Charles Broom 6-3 6-71 6-3.
In the 1st round, Royer defeated Broom (6-3 6-71 6-3). During the match, Royer scored 99 points vs Broom’s 91. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about the service games, Royer submerged his opponent with 20 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Valentin Royer was extremely effective on serve to win 84% (49/58) of his 1st serve and 54% (20/37) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Royer broke Broom twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Royer has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (161-86). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Royer has a composed42-28 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
The French player has a compiled 1-0 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 1 Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Alastair Gray
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-14 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2023 | 26-12 | 15-6 | 0-0 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
| 2022 | 53-26 | 18-11 | 0-0 | 20-6 | 9-7 | 6-2 |
| 2021 | 25-10 | 24-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-5 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 523, the Brit reached the 2nd round after defeating Anton Matusevich 7-5 4-6 6-4, Pedro Rodenas 7-5 6-1 and Gabriel Debru 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round, Gray had a good straight sets win against Debru (6-4 6-1). During the match Gray scored 59 points vs Debru’s 42. Gray was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Gray made 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alastair Gray conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Gray put 63% of his first serves in, winning 91% (30/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (8/19) on the 2nd serve. Alastair broke Debru 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Gray has an overall 3-0 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Royer | Gray |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 68 |
| Pts | 99-91 | 228-183 |
| Total Points | 190 | 411 |
| Winners | 49 | 115 |
| %Winners | 49% | 50% |
Royer played 1 match while Gray competed in 3 matches. Gray started his run from the qualifications while Royer had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Valentin Royer dropped 1 set, while Alastair Gray lost 1 set. Royer has played 4 set(s) less than Gray (3 vs 7). Therefore, Royer played 37 games less than Gray. The French player scored 49 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit bagged 115 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Royer | Gray |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 38 |
| Avg per match | 20 | 12.7 |
| 1st in | 58/95 | 138/208 |
| %1st in | 61% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 49/58 | 115/138 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 20/37 | 32/70 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 46% |
Royer made 20 aces . Gray managed to score 38 aces (12.7 per match). Royer won 84% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Gray won 83% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Royer | Gray |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 9 |
| Converted | 2/9 | 9/20 |
| % Converted | 22% | 45% |
| Conceded | 5 | 12 |
| Saved | 5 | 10 |
| % Saved | 100% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The French player broke his opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. Royer pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 5 break points. Gray broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Brit conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Royer | |||
| R1 Broom |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-71 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 99-91 | 99-91 | |
| Total points | 190 | 190 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 20 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 58/95 | 58/95 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 49/58 | 49/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/37 | 20/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/9 | 2/9 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 22% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Gray | |||||
| Q1 Matusevich |
Q3 Rodenas |
R1 Debru |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 4-6 6-4 | 7-5 6-1 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 19 | 17 | 68 | |
| pts | 97-85 | 72-56 | 59-42 | 228-183 | |
| Total points | 182 | 128 | 101 | 411 | |
| Winners | 56 | 29 | 30 | 115 | |
| %Winners | 58% | 40% | 51% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 26 | 5 | 7 | 38 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 68/92 | 37/64 | 33/52 | 138/208 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 58% | 63% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 56/68 | 29/37 | 30/33 | 115/138 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 78% | 91% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 12/27 | 8/19 | 32/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 44% | 42% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 4/8 | 3/7 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 50% | 43% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 4/5 | 1/1 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 80% | 100% | 263% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLLLLWW Tennis Scores in Oeiras 1 Challenger
- Jaime FariaFaria – Michael GeertsGeerts (7-66 6-2) – See score progression
- Gastao EliasElias – Kenny de Schepperde Schepper (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alastair GrayGray – Gabriel DebruDebru (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Aidan MayoMayo (6-3 7-62) – See score progression
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Henrique RochaRocha (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Joao DominguesDomingues – Noah RubinRubin (6-4 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Tiago PereiraPereira (7-65 6-1) – See score progression
- Tristan LamasineLamasine – Maxime JanvierJanvier (7-63 ret.) – See score progression
- Mathias BourgueBourgue – Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (7-5 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski – Adrian AndreevAndreev (3-6 7-610 6-3) – See score progression
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Charles BroomBroom (6-3 6-71 6-3) – See score progression
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Henrique RochaRocha (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Tiago PereiraPereira (7-6(5) 6-1) – See score progression
- Gastao EliasElias – Kenny de Schepperde Schepper (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Vadym UrsuUrsu – Ethan QuinnQuinn (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Jaime FariaFaria – Michael GeertsGeerts (7-6(6) 6-2) – See score progression
- Alastair GrayGray – Gabriel DebruDebru (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Aidan MayoMayo (6-3 7-6(2)) – See score progression
- Joao DominguesDomingues – Noah RubinRubin (6-4 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Paul JubbJubb – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Mathias BourgueBourgue (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Gastao EliasElias (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Tristan LamasineLamasine (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vadym UrsuUrsu – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Alastair GrayGray (0-0) – H2H and prediction
