Valentin Royer and Alexander Weis will face off in the 1st round of the Sassuolo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:00 pm on COURT 5. 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 -> 1.6
Alexander Weis -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Valentin Royer vs. Alexander Weis
There is no head to head record between Valentin Royer and Alexander Weis since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Valentin Royer
29 - 15win/loss
205
194
LLWWLLLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-17 | 2-1 | 21-9 | 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. 199, Valentin reached the 1st round after defeating Gianluca Cadenasso 6-4 6-4 and Ryan Seggerman 6-4 4-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, Valentin defeated Seggerman (6-4 4-6 6-4). During the match, Royer scored 102 points vs Seggerman’s 100. The French player was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Royer scored just 1 ace and he committed only 3 double faults. Valentin Royer lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Royer put 60% of his first serves in, winning 67% (39/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (26/39) on the 2nd serve. Royer broke Seggerman twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Valentin started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Royer has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (189-101). 21-8 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Royer has a compiled93-45 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
The French player best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula and the Tunis Challenger.
Royer has an overall 29-15 win-loss record in 2024, 21-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sassuolo Challenger
Valentin has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexander Weis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-20 | 0-0 | 18-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-37 | 0-2 | 51-33 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 58-30 | 2-3 | 55-24 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-31 | 0-0 | 49-30 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 316, Alexander reached the 1st round after defeating Gabriele Piraino 6-2 6-2 and Blake Mott 6-2 2-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Alexander defeated Mott (6-2 2-6 6-3). During the match Weis scored 76 points vs Mott’s 70. Alexander was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Weis struck 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexander Weis lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Weis put 47% of his first serves in, winning 70% (21/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Mott 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Weis started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Alexander’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
Weis has an overall 16-18 win-loss record in 2024, 16-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Royer | Weis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 50 | 41 |
| Pts | 173-158 | 137-109 |
| Total Points | 331 | 246 |
| Winners | 62 | 38 |
| %Winners | 36% | 28% |
Both Royer and Weis played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Valentin Royer surrendered 1 set, while Alexander Weis lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Royer and Weis have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Royer played 9 games more than Weis. The French player scored 62 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Weis managed to score 38 winners (28%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Royer | Weis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 89/157 | 52/109 |
| %1st in | 57% | 48% |
| 1st pts | 62/89 | 38/52 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 42/68 | 34/57 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 60% |
Royer managed to score 3 aces (1.5 per match). Weis fired 7 aces (3.5 per match). Royer won 70% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Weis won 73% of the points behind 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 | Royer | Weis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 10 |
| Converted | 6/13 | 10/22 |
| % Converted | 46% | 45% |
| Conceded | 9 | 6 |
| Saved | 6 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Valentin broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Valentin conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. Weis conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Royer | ||||
| Q1 Cadenasso |
Q3 Seggerman |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 30 | 50 | |
| pts | 71-58 | 102-100 | 173-158 | |
| Total points | 129 | 202 | 331 | |
| Winners | 23 | 39 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 38% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 31/60 | 58/97 | 89/157 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 60% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 23/31 | 39/58 | 62/89 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 67% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 26/39 | 42/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 67% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 2/6 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 33% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 5/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 83% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Weis | ||||
| Q1 Piraino |
Q3 Mott |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 2-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 25 | 41 | |
| pts | 61-39 | 76-70 | 137-109 | |
| Total points | 100 | 146 | 246 | |
| Winners | 17 | 21 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 22/45 | 30/64 | 52/109 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 47% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 17/22 | 21/30 | 38/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 70% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/23 | 17/34 | 34/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 50% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 6/10 | 10/22 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 60% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | – | 33% | 17% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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