Valentin Royer and Gastao Elias will face off in the quarter of the Oeiras 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gastao Elias who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gastao Elias is the pick to win this match.
Gastao Elias -> 1.86
Valentin Royer -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Valentin Royer vs. Gastao Elias
There is no head to head record between Valentin Royer and Gastao Elias since this will be the first time that they will face off 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. 258 (career-high), Valentin got to the quarter after beating Henrique Rocha 6-3 6-0 and Maks Kasnikowski 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Kasnikowski (6-3 6-2). During the match, Royer scored 55 points vs Kasnikowski’s 37. Valentin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Royer blasted 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Valentin Royer was exceptionally effective on serve to win 86% (25/29) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Royer broke Kasnikowski 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 61% of the points he played.
Royer has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (165-87). 5-1 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Royer has an aggregate46-29 match record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
The French player best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Oeiras 1 Challenger.
Royer has an overall 5-1 win-loss record in 2024, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 2 Challenger
Gastao Elias
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-32 | 8-5 | 27-25 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-18 | 10-8 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-24 | 4-3 | 18-17 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-18 | 13-5 | 24-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-7 | 14-3 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 304, Gastao got to the quarter after beating Cem Ilkel 6-2 6-3 and Ethan Quinn 3-6 7-5 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Quinn, Elias recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 6-4). During the match Elias scored 104 points vs Quinn’s 99. Elias was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Elias struck 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Gastao Elias lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Elias put 49% of his first serves in, winning 74% (34/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (24/48) on the 2nd serve. Gastao broke Quinn 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Portuguese has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Gastao’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Oeiras 1 Challenger.
The Portuguese has a composed 6-1 win-loss record in 2024, 6-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Royer | Elias |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 48 |
| Pts | 114-72 | 176-154 |
| Total Points | 186 | 330 |
| Winners | 48 | 62 |
| %Winners | 42% | 35% |
Both Royer and Elias played 2 matches. At the moment, Gastao Elias dropped 1 set while Valentin Royer hasn’t lost a set so far. Royer has played 1 set(s) less than Elias (4 vs 5). Therefore, Royer played 16 games less than Elias. Valentin scored 48 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Gastao managed to score 62 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Royer | Elias |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 58/95 | 79/153 |
| %1st in | 61% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 48/58 | 62/79 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 23/37 | 35/74 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 47% |
Royer blasted 16 aces (8 per match). Elias managed to score 9 aces (4.5 per match). Royer won 83% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Elias won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Royer | Elias |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 9 |
| Converted | 7/16 | 9/22 |
| % Converted | 44% | 41% |
| Conceded | 1 | 13 |
| Saved | 1 | 9 |
| % Saved | 100% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Royer broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. The French player quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. Elias broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Portuguese conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Royer | ||||
| R1 Rocha |
R2 Kasnikowski |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 17 | 32 | |
| pts | 59-35 | 55-37 | 114-72 | |
| Total points | 94 | 92 | 186 | |
| Winners | 23 | 25 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 45% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 7 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 29/46 | 29/49 | 58/95 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 59% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 23/29 | 25/29 | 48/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 86% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 12/20 | 23/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 60% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/7 | 7/16 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 43% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Elias | ||||
| R1 Ilkel |
R2 Quinn |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 3-6 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 31 | 48 | |
| pts | 72-55 | 104-99 | 176-154 | |
| Total points | 127 | 203 | 330 | |
| Winners | 28 | 34 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 33% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 33/59 | 46/94 | 79/153 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 49% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 28/33 | 34/46 | 62/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 74% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/26 | 24/48 | 35/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 50% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 5/8 | 9/22 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 63% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 3/7 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 43% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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