Aziz Dougaz and Valentin Royer will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Tunis Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.65
Aziz Dougaz -> 2.15

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Prediction and head to head Aziz Dougaz vs. Valentin Royer

There is no head to head record between Aziz Dougaz and Valentin Royer since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Aziz Dougaz

Ranked no. 227, Dougaz got to the 2^nd round after defeating Maxime Janvier 7-6³ 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Dougaz had a good straight sets win against Janvier (7-6³ 6-4). During the match, Dougaz scored 83 points vs Janvier’s 75. Aziz was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Dougaz recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Aziz Dougaz lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Dougaz put 53% of his first serves in, winning 63% (24/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (20/34) on the 2nd serve. The Tunisian broke Janvier 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Dougaz has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (325-206). 19-4 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Dougaz has an aggregate107-71 record in the last 9 years on clay.

Dougaz’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Hammamet,M25 Angers and M25 Kursumlijska Banja.

Aziz has a compiled 24-11 win-loss record in 2024, 19-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tunis Challenger

Valentin Royer

Ranked no. 230, Valentin got to the 2^nd round after beating Jesper De Jong 6-3 5-7 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The French player defeated De Jong (6-3 5-7 6-4). During the match Royer scored 100 points vs De Jong’s 94. Valentin was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.

About the serving games, Royer made 8 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Valentin Royer was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 79% (44/56) of his 1st serve and 59% (27/46) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Valentin broke De Jong twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Valentin’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.

Royer has an aggregate 23-11 win-loss record in 2024, 15-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tunis Challenger

Valentin has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Dougaz	Royer
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	23	31
Pts	83-75	100-94
Total Points	158	194
Winners	24	44
%Winners	29%	44%

Both Dougaz and Royer played 1 match. At the moment, Valentin Royer conceded 1 set while Aziz Dougaz hasn’t conceded a set so far. Dougaz has played 1 set(s) less than Royer (2 vs 3). Therefore, Dougaz played 8 games less than Royer. Aziz scored 24 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, The French player struck 44 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Dougaz	Royer
Aces	2	8
Avg per match	2	8
1st in	38/72	56/102
%1st in	53%	55%
1st pts	24/38	44/56
%1st pts	63%	79%
2nd pts	20/34	27/46
%2nd pts	59%	59%

Dougaz struck 2 aces . Royer fired 8 aces . Dougaz won 63% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Royer won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Dougaz	Royer
Won	4	2
Converted	4/12	2/5
% Converted	33%	40%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	1	3
% Saved	25%	75%
Times Broken	3	1

The Tunisian broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Tunisian surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. Valentin broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Dougaz
	R1 Janvier	Total
Score	7-63 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	83-75	83-75
Total points	158	158
Winners	24	24
%Winners	29%	29%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	38/72	38/72
% 1st in	53%	53%
1st pts	24/38	24/38
% 1st pts	63%	63%
2nd pts	20/34	20/34
% 2nd pts	59%	59%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/12	4/12
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	1/4	1
Saved %	25%	25%
Times Broken	3	3

Royer
	R1 De	Total
Score	6-3 5-7 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
pts	100-94	100-94
Total points	194	194
Winners	44	44
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	56/102	56/102
% 1st in	55%	55%
1st pts	44/56	44/56
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	27/46	27/46
% 2nd pts	59%	59%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/5	2/5
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Tunis Challenger

• Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Aziz OuakaaOuakaa (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Aziz DougazDougaz – Maxime JanvierJanvier (7-6³ 6-4) – See score progression
• Nick HardtHardt – Alexander WeisWeis (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Gerard Campana LeeCampana Lee (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Clement TaburTabur – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (7-6⁷ 6-4) – See score progression
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Felix GillGill (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Sergio Martos Gornes/Petros TsitsipasMartos Gornes/Petros Tsitsipas – Mehdi Ben Arab/Anas Bennour Dit SahliBen Arab/Anas Bennour Dit Sahli (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Tristan LamasineLamasine – Billy HarrisHarris (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Martin LandaluceLandaluce – Calvin HemeryHemery (6-3 3-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Timofey SkatovSkatov – Benjamin BonziBonzi (5-7 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Filip MisolicMisolic (7-6³ 6-4) – See score progression
• Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Mark LajalLajal (6-3 3-6 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Menelaos EfstathiouEfstathiou (6-0 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (5-7 6-3 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Tristan LamasineLamasine (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Timofey SkatovSkatov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Nick HardtHardt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Clement TaburTabur (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Aziz DougazDougaz (0-0) – H2H and prediction