Ugo Blanchet and Valentin Royer will play each other in the semifinal of the Oeiras 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:00 pm on CENTRAL. 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 Ugo Blanchet who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ugo Blanchet is the pick to win this match.
Ugo Blanchet -> 1.84
Valentin Royer -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Ugo Blanchet vs. Valentin Royer
There is no head to head record between Ugo Blanchet and Valentin Royer since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Ugo Blanchet
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-28 | 4-10 | 14-12 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-28 | 15-7 | 23-16 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-24 | 15-4 | 27-13 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-21 | 35-12 | 6-6 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
Ranked no. 192, Blanchet got to the semifinal after defeating Henrique Rocha 6-3 7-61, Emilio Nava 6-4 7-63 and Stefano Napolitano 4-6 6-1 6-4.
In the quarter against Napolitano, Ugo recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-4). During the match, Blanchet scored 99 points vs Napolitano’s 80. Blanchet was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Blanchet recorded 6 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Ugo Blanchet was quite effective on serve to win 74% (34/46) of his 1st serve and 61% (20/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The French player broke Napolitano 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Blanchet has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Blanchet has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (204-133). 5-3 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Blanchet has a composed78-52 record in the last 7 years on clay.
Ugo has an aggregate 8-9 win-loss record in 2024, 5-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 3 Challenger
Blanchet has never competed in this tournament before.
Valentin Royer
19 - 9win/loss
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LWWLLWLLWL | 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. 262, the French player reached the semifinal after beating Orlando Luz 7-65 3-6 6-3, Javier Barranco Cosano 6-72 6-2 7-64, Adrian Andreev 6-0 5-7 6-4, Jesper De Jong 6-2 6-3 and Dennis Novak 7-67 1-6 6-3.
In the quarter, The French player defeated Novak (7-67 1-6 6-3). During the match Royer and Novak scored the same amount of points (87). However, the world no. 192 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Valentin was pretty aggressive to blast 46 winners.
About the serving games, Royer managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Valentin Royer was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (46/58) of his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Valentin broke Novak once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Royer started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 4 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Royer’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
Royer has a composed 19-8 win-loss record in 2024, 11-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blanchet | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 14 |
| Tot Games | 72 | 139 |
| Pts | 258-220 | 460-410 |
| Total Points | 478 | 870 |
| Winners | 97 | 197 |
| %Winners | 38% | 43% |
Blanchet played 3 matches while Royer competed in 5 matches. Royer started his run from the qualifications while Blanchet had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Ugo Blanchet surrendered 1 set, while Valentin Royer lost 4 sets. Blanchet has played 7 set(s) less than Royer (7 vs 14). Therefore, Blanchet played 67 games less than Royer. The French player scored 97 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The French player managed to score 197 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blanchet | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 29 |
| Avg per match | 2.7 | 5.8 |
| 1st in | 140/231 | 267/427 |
| %1st in | 61% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 97/140 | 197/267 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 58/91 | 86/160 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 54% |
Blanchet bagged 8 aces (2.7 per match). Royer managed to score 29 aces (5.8 per match). Blanchet won 69% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Royer won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Blanchet | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 18 |
| Converted | 9/25 | 18/43 |
| % Converted | 36% | 42% |
| Conceded | 12 | 28 |
| Saved | 7 | 18 |
| % Saved | 58% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 10 |
Blanchet broke his opponents 9 times with a 36% conversion rate. Blanchet lost his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded. Royer broke his opponents 18 times with a 42% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Blanchet | |||||
| R1 Rocha |
R2 Nava |
1/4 Napolitano |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-61 | 6-4 7-63 | 4-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 23 | 27 | 72 | |
| pts | 73-65 | 86-75 | 99-80 | 258-220 | |
| Total points | 138 | 161 | 179 | 478 | |
| Winners | 37 | 26 | 34 | 97 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 30% | 34% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 57/80 | 37/72 | 46/79 | 140/231 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 51% | 58% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 37/57 | 26/37 | 34/46 | 97/140 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 70% | 74% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 22/35 | 20/33 | 58/91 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 63% | 61% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 3/9 | 4/14 | 9/25 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 33% | 29% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 0/2 | 3/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 0% | 60% | 47% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Royer | |||||||
| Q1 Luz |
Q3 Barranco |
R1 Andreev |
R2 De |
1/4 Novak |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 3-6 6-3 | 6-72 6-2 7-64 | 6-0 5-7 6-4 | 6-2 6-3 | 7-67 1-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 34 | 28 | 17 | 29 | 139 | |
| pts | 100-102 | 112-96 | 95-77 | 66-48 | 87-87 | 460-410 | |
| Total points | 202 | 208 | 172 | 114 | 174 | 870 | |
| Winners | 45 | 42 | 41 | 23 | 46 | 197 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 38% | 43% | 35% | 53% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 29 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 64/104 | 55/95 | 56/83 | 34/54 | 58/91 | 267/427 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 58% | 67% | 63% | 64% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 45/64 | 42/55 | 41/56 | 23/34 | 46/58 | 197/267 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 76% | 73% | 68% | 79% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/40 | 24/40 | 13/27 | 12/20 | 17/33 | 86/160 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 60% | 48% | 60% | 52% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 18 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/15 | 5/8 | 5/10 | 1/2 | 18/43 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 27% | 63% | 50% | 50% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 28 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 2/4 | 6/8 | 2/3 | 1/3 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 50% | 75% | 67% | 33% | 98% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLLWLLWL Tennis Scores in Oeiras 3 Challenger
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Dennis NovakNovak (7-67 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (4-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Jaime FariaFaria – Vilius GaubasGaubas (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Valentin RoyerRoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
