Valentin Royer and Nick Hardt will square off in the 2^nd round of the Barcelona Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:30 pm on CENTRAL 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 -> 1.55
Nick Hardt -> 2.35

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Prediction and head to head Valentin Royer vs. Nick Hardt

This will be the 2^nd time that Valentin Royer and Nick Hardt face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Royer (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Royer won 6-3 6-4 in the 2^nd round in the St. Tropez Challenger back in 2022.

Valentin Royer

Ranked no. 292,he will start his run in the Barcelona Challenger after he played his last match in the Barcelona Challenger where he defeated 6-3 6-4 to Buse in the 1^st round on the 2^nd of April.

Valentin has a composed 13-7 win-loss record in 2024, 5-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Valentin’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.

The French player won his last 5 matches.

Talking about his overall career, Valentin has an overall 173-93 record. He has a positive 77-37 record on clay.

Previously in the Barcelona Challenger

The French player has never competed in this tournament before.

Nick Hardt

Ranked no. 301, Nick got to the 2^nd round after defeating Quentin Halys 7-5 1-6 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Dominican defeated Halys (7-5 1-6 6-4).During the match Hardt scored less points (6) than Halys. In fact, the world no. 292 won 97 points vs Halys’s. That means that Hardt was more focused during the important points. Hardt was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Talking about serving, Hardt scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 9 double faults. Nick Hardt lost the serve 6 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Hardt put 64% of his first serves in, winning 66% (42/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 31% (11/36) on the 2nd serve. Hardt broke Halys 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

Hardt’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Antalya and M25 Santo Domingo.

Nick has a compiled 21-9 win-loss record in 2024, 15-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Royer	Hardt
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	19	29
Pts	65-55	97-103
Total Points	120	200
Winners	22	42
%Winners	34%	43%

Both Royer and Hardt played 1 match. At the moment, Nick Hardt lost 1 set while Valentin Royer hasn’t lost a set so far. Royer has played 1 set(s) less than Hardt (2 vs 3). Therefore, Royer played 10 games less than Hardt. The French player scored 22 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Hardt blasted 42 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Royer	Hardt
Aces	0	1
Avg per match	0	1
1st in	33/57	64/100
%1st in	58%	64%
1st pts	22/33	42/64
%1st pts	67%	66%
2nd pts	17/24	11/36
%2nd pts	71%	31%

Royer didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Hardt struck 1 ace . Royer won 67% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Hardt won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 31% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Royer	Hardt
Won	3	6
Converted	3/12	6/10
% Converted	25%	60%
Conceded	1	14
Saved	0	8
% Saved	0%	57%
Times Broken	1	6

Royer broke his opponent 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. Valentin surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Dominican broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Dominican conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Royer
	Total
Score
Tot Set	0
Tot Games	0
pts	0-0
Total points	0
Winners	0
%Winners	0%
SERVE
Aces	0
Double Faults	0
1st in	0/0
% 1st in	0%
1st pts	0/0
% 1st pts	%
2nd pts	0/0
% 2nd pts	0%
Breaks
Won	0
Converted	0/0
Converted %	0%
Conceded	0
Saved	0
Saved %	0%
Times Broken	0

Hardt
	R1 Halys	Total
Score	7-5 1-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	97-103	97-103
Total points	200	200
Winners	42	42
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	9	9
1st in	64/100	64/100
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	42/64	42/64
% 1st pts	66%	66%
2nd pts	11/36	11/36
% 2nd pts	31%	31%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/10	6/10
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	14	14
Saved	8/14	8
Saved %	57%	0%
Times Broken	6	6

Tennis Scores in Barcelona Challenger

• Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – David NaharroNaharro (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Dennis NovakNovak (6-3 5-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Billy HarrisHarris – Tristan MccormickMccormick (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Miguel DamasDamas (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-7⁶ 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Michael GeertsGeerts – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (7-5 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Nick HardtHardt – Quentin HalysHalys (7-5 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Mathys ErhardErhard (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Ignacio BuseBuse (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Ivan GakhovGakhov – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Joris De LooreDe Loore (6-4 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Nick HardtHardt – Quentin HalysHalys (7-5 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Ignacio BuseBuse (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Daniel RinconRincon (0-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Carlos TabernerTaberner – Henri SquireSquire (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Mathys ErhardErhard (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-7(6) 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Dennis NovakNovak (6-3 5-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – David NaharroNaharro (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Billy HarrisHarris – Tristan MccormickMccormick (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Gabriel DebruDebru – Iliyan RadulovRadulov (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Miguel DamasDamas (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (6-3 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Radu AlbotAlbot – Carlos TabernerTaberner (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Billy HarrisHarris – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Michael GeertsGeerts – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Ivan GakhovGakhov (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Nick HardtHardt – Valentin RoyerRoyer (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Jesper De JongDe Jong (0-1) – H2H and prediction