Valentin Vacherot and Valentin Royer will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Tunis Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. 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 Vacherot who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Valentin Vacherot is the pick to win this match.
Valentin Vacherot -> 1.41
Valentin Royer -> 2.72

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Prediction and head to head Valentin Vacherot vs. Valentin Royer

There is no head to head record between Valentin Vacherot and Valentin Royer since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Valentin Vacherot

Ranked no. 120 (career-high), Vacherot got to the semifinal after beating Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-1 6-4, Nick Hardt 6-1 6-1 and Timofey Skatov 6-1 6-2.

In the quarter, Vacherot had a good straight sets win against Skatov (6-1 6-2). During the match, Vacherot scored 58 points vs Skatov’s 36. Valentin was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Regarding the service games, Vacherot made 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Valentin Vacherot was exceptionally effective on serve to win 72% (23/32) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Valentin broke Skatov 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Valentin hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 62% of the points he played.

Vacherot has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 66% of his matches (226-114). 12-7 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Vacherot has a compiled115-64 match record in the last 9 years on clay.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger where he overcame Lucas Pouille in the final 3-2 ret. and the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger where he defeated Manuel Guinard in the final 7-5 7-6(5) and the Pune Challenger where he overcame Adam Walton in the final 3-6 7-6(5) 7-6(5).

Vacherot has a compiled 30-9 win-loss record in 2024, 12-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tunis Challenger

Valentin has never competed in this tournament before.

Valentin Royer

Ranked no. 230, Royer reached the semifinal after defeating Jesper De Jong 6-3 5-7 6-4

, Aziz Dougaz 6-4 5-7 7-5 and Genaro Alberto Olivieri 6-1 6-2.

In the quarter, Valentin had a good straight sets win against Alberto Olivieri (6-1 6-2). During the match Royer scored 56 points vs Alberto Olivieri’s 34. Valentin was pretty aggressive to blast 18 winners.

About the serving games, Royer bagged 3 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Valentin Royer was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 75% (18/24) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Royer broke Alberto Olivieri 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Royer has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

The French player best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.

Royer has a compiled 25-11 win-loss record in 2024, 17-4 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Vacherot	Royer
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	6	8
Tot Games	46	80
Pts	185-114	264-224
Total Points	299	488
Winners	64	99
%Winners	35%	38%

Both Vacherot and Royer played 3 matches. At the moment, Valentin Royer surrendered 2 sets while Valentin Vacherot hasn’t dropped a set so far. Vacherot has played 2 set(s) less than Royer (6 vs 8). Therefore, Vacherot played 34 games less than Royer. Valentin scored 64 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Valentin recorded 99 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Vacherot	Royer
Aces	15	16
Avg per match	5	5.3
1st in	84/142	127/239
%1st in	59%	53%
1st pts	64/84	99/127
%1st pts	76%	78%
2nd pts	39/58	67/112
%2nd pts	67%	60%

Vacherot made 15 aces (5 per match). Royer made 16 aces (5.3 per match). Vacherot won 76% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Royer won 78% 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	Vacherot	Royer
Won	13	10
Converted	13/27	10/21
% Converted	48%	48%
Conceded	10	12
Saved	9	8
% Saved	90%	67%
Times Broken	1	4

The Monegasque broke his opponents 13 times with a 48% conversion rate. Vacherot dropped his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded. Royer broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Royer conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Vacherot
	R1 Basilashvili	R2 Hardt	1/4 Skatov	Total
Score	6-1 6-4	6-1 6-1	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	17	14	15	46
pts	69-42	58-36	58-36	185-114
Total points	111	94	94	299
Winners	22	19	23	64
%Winners	32%	33%	40%	35%
SERVE
Aces	8	4	3	15
Double Faults	3	2	2	7
1st in	26/48	26/43	32/51	84/142
% 1st in	54%	60%	63%	59%
1st pts	22/26	19/26	23/32	64/84
% 1st pts	85%	73%	72%	76%
2nd pts	15/22	11/17	13/19	39/58
% 2nd pts	68%	65%	68%	67%
Breaks
Won	4	5	4	13
Converted	4/11	5/7	4/9	13/27
Converted %	36%	71%	44%	48%
Conceded	3	2	5	10
Saved	2/3	2/2	5/5	9
Saved %	67%	100%	100%	89%
Times Broken	1	0	0	1

Royer
	R1 De	R2 Dougaz	1/4 Alberto	Total
Score	6-3 5-7 6-4	6-4 5-7 7-5	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	3	3	2	8
Tot Games	31	34	15	80
pts	100-94	108-96	56-34	264-224
Total points	194	204	90	488
Winners	44	37	18	99
%Winners	44%	34%	32%	38%
SERVE
Aces	8	5	3	16
Double Faults	6	5	0	11
1st in	56/102	47/95	24/42	127/239
% 1st in	55%	49%	57%	53%
1st pts	44/56	37/47	18/24	99/127
% 1st pts	79%	79%	75%	78%
2nd pts	27/46	29/48	11/18	67/112
% 2nd pts	59%	60%	61%	60%
Breaks
Won	2	3	5	10
Converted	2/5	3/8	5/8	10/21
Converted %	40%	38%	63%	48%
Conceded	4	7	1	12
Saved	3/4	5/7	0/1	8
Saved %	75%	71%	0%	49%
Times Broken	1	2	1	4

Tennis Scores in Tunis Challenger

• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Clement TaburTabur (7-5 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco (4-6 6-0 6-4) – See score progression
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Timofey SkatovSkatov (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Aleksandr Lobanov/Aziz OuakaaLobanov/Aziz Ouakaa – Sergio Martos Gornes/Petros TsitsipasMartos Gornes/Petros Tsitsipas (7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Valentin RoyerRoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction