Oriol Roca Batalla and Valentin Royer will fight against each other in the final of the Tunis Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.58
Oriol Roca Batalla -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Oriol Roca Batalla vs. Valentin Royer
This will be the 2nd time that Oriol Roca Batalla and Valentin Royer square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Roca Batalla (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Roca Batalla won 6-2 6-1 in the 1st round in M25 Opatija back in 2022.
Oriol Roca Batalla
14 - 15win/loss
160
150
LWLWWLLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-29 | 5-7 | 24-20 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-38 | 8-4 | 42-34 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-26 | 0-0 | 50-25 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-21 | 0-1 | 25-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-10 | 0-1 | 11-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 212, Oriol got to the final after defeating Mark Lajal 6-3 3-6 7-67, Tristan Lamasine 6-2 6-3, Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco 4-6 6-0 6-4 and Damir Dzumhur 6-3 7-65.
In the semifinal, Roca Batalla had a good straight sets win against Dzumhur (6-3 7-65). During the match, Roca Batalla scored 72 points vs Dzumhur’s 63. Roca Batalla was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Roca Batalla managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Oriol Roca Batalla was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (25/35) of his 1st serve and 67% (22/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Oriol was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Dzumhur twice.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Roca Batalla has surrendered 2 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Roca Batalla has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (423-240). 9-8 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Roca Batalla has a composed 377-204 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Spaniard’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Bengaluru Challenger and the Tunis Challenger.
Roca Batalla has a compiled 14-15 win-loss record in 2024, 9-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tunis Challenger
Valentin Royer
26 - 11win/loss
182
182
WWWWWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43-24 | 5-4 | 32-13 | 6-6 | 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. 230, Valentin got to the final after defeating Jesper De Jong 6-3 5-7 6-4, Aziz Dougaz 6-4 5-7 7-5, Genaro Alberto Olivieri 6-1 6-2 and Valentin Vacherot 7-65 6-4.
In the semifinal, The French player had a good straight sets win against Vacherot (7-65 6-4). During the match Royer scored 73 points vs Vacherot’s 65. Royer was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Royer made 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Valentin Royer was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 86% (30/35) of his 1st serve and 64% (23/36) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Royer broke Vacherot once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Valentin has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Royer’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
Valentin has an aggregate 26-11 win-loss record in 2024, 18-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Roca Batalla | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 96 | 103 |
| Pts | 338-289 | 337-289 |
| Total Points | 627 | 626 |
| Winners | 127 | 129 |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% |
Both Roca Batalla and Royer played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Oriol Roca Batalla lost 2 sets, while Valentin Royer dropped 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Roca Batalla and Royer have played the same amount of sets 10. However, Roca Batalla played 7 games less than Royer. Oriol scored 127 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Valentin bagged 129 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Roca Batalla | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 174/308 | 162/310 |
| %1st in | 56% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 127/174 | 129/162 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 78/134 | 90/148 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 61% |
Roca Batalla fired 12 aces (3 per match). Royer struck 22 aces (5.5 per match). Roca Batalla won 73% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Royer won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Roca Batalla | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 11 |
| Converted | 13/34 | 11/24 |
| % Converted | 38% | 46% |
| Conceded | 19 | 15 |
| Saved | 13 | 11 |
| % Saved | 68% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 4 |
Oriol broke his opponents 13 times with a 38% conversion rate. Roca Batalla lost his serve 6 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded. Valentin broke his opponents 11 times with a 46% conversion rate. Royer conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Roca Batalla | ||||||
| R1 Lajal |
R2 Lamasine |
1/4 Alejandro Dellien Velasco |
1/2 Dzumhur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 7-67 | 6-2 6-3 | 4-6 6-0 6-4 | 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 17 | 26 | 22 | 96 | |
| pts | 112-110 | 59-41 | 95-75 | 72-63 | 338-289 | |
| Total points | 222 | 100 | 170 | 135 | 627 | |
| Winners | 43 | 27 | 32 | 25 | 127 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 46% | 34% | 35% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 56/106 | 33/53 | 50/81 | 35/68 | 174/308 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 62% | 62% | 51% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 43/56 | 27/33 | 32/50 | 25/35 | 127/174 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 82% | 64% | 71% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/50 | 12/20 | 16/31 | 22/33 | 78/134 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 60% | 52% | 67% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 13 | |
| Converted | 1/8 | 3/8 | 7/16 | 2/2 | 13/34 | |
| Converted % | 13% | 38% | 44% | 100% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 19 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 1/1 | 5/9 | 0/1 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 100% | 56% | 0% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
| Royer | ||||||
| R1 De |
R2 Dougaz |
1/4 Alberto |
1/2 Vacherot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 5-7 6-4 | 6-4 5-7 7-5 | 6-1 6-2 | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 34 | 15 | 23 | 103 | |
| pts | 100-94 | 108-96 | 56-34 | 73-65 | 337-289 | |
| Total points | 194 | 204 | 90 | 138 | 626 | |
| Winners | 44 | 37 | 18 | 30 | 129 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 34% | 32% | 41% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 56/102 | 47/95 | 24/42 | 35/71 | 162/310 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 49% | 57% | 49% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 44/56 | 37/47 | 18/24 | 30/35 | 129/162 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | 75% | 86% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/46 | 29/48 | 11/18 | 23/36 | 90/148 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 60% | 61% | 64% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 3/8 | 5/8 | 1/3 | 11/24 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 38% | 63% | 33% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 15 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 5/7 | 0/1 | 3/3 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 71% | 0% | 100% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
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