Valentin Royer and Maks Kasnikowski will play each other in the 2nd round of the Oeiras 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:00 pm on COURT 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maks Kasnikowski who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Maks Kasnikowski is the pick to win this match.
Maks Kasnikowski -> 1.79
Valentin Royer -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head Valentin Royer vs. Maks Kasnikowski
This will be the 2nd time that Valentin Royer and Maks Kasnikowski square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kasnikowski (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Kasnikowski won 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in the Oeiras 1 Challenger back in January 2024.
Valentin Royer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-13 | 2-1 | 19-6 | 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. 258 (career-high), Royer reached the 2nd round after beating Henrique Rocha 6-3 6-0.
In the 1st round, Royer had a good straight sets win against Rocha (6-3 6-0). During the match, Royer scored 59 points vs Rocha’s 35. Royer was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Royer fired 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Valentin Royer was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Royer broke Rocha 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Royer has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (164-87). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Royer has a composed45-29 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
The French player best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Oeiras 1 Challenger.
Royer has a compiled 4-1 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 2 Challenger
Maks Kasnikowski
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-14 | 3-4 | 8-7 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-25 | 13-6 | 22-14 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-19 | 16-7 | 20-10 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-11 | 7-5 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 279 (career-high), Kasnikowski got to the 2nd round after beating Mathias Bourgue 6-1 1-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Pole defeated Bourgue (6-1 1-6 6-3). During the match Kasnikowski scored 73 points vs Bourgue’s 64. Kasnikowski was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Kasnikowski recorded 3 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Maks Kasnikowski was pretty effective on serve to win 74% (28/38) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Maks broke Bourgue 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Oeiras 1 Challenger where he beat Gastao Elias in the final 7-6(1) 4-6 6-3.
Kasnikowski has an aggregate 6-0 win-loss record in 2024, 6-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Royer | Kasnikowski |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 23 |
| Pts | 59-35 | 73-64 |
| Total Points | 94 | 137 |
| Winners | 23 | 28 |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% |
Both Royer and Kasnikowski played 1 match. At the moment, Maks Kasnikowski conceded 1 set while Valentin Royer hasn’t lost a set so far. Royer has played 1 set(s) less than Kasnikowski (2 vs 3). Therefore, Royer played 8 games less than Kasnikowski. The French player scored 23 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Kasnikowski made 28 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Royer | Kasnikowski |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 3 |
| 1st in | 29/46 | 38/63 |
| %1st in | 63% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 28/38 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 15/25 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 60% |
Royer fired 9 aces . Kasnikowski managed to score 3 aces . Royer won 79% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Kasnikowski won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Royer | Kasnikowski |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 44% | 60% |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Valentin broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Valentin pretty solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. Kasnikowski broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Kasnikowski conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Royer | |||
| R1 Rocha |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 59-35 | 59-35 | |
| Total points | 94 | 94 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 29/46 | 29/46 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 23/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 11/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kasnikowski | |||
| R1 Bourgue |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 1-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 73-64 | 73-64 | |
| Total points | 137 | 137 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 38/63 | 38/63 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 28/38 | 28/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/25 | 15/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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