H2H, prediction of Valentin Royer vs Cezar Cretu in Brasov Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 3rd July 2024

PREVIEW. Brasov Challenger. Royer and Cretu will square off in the 2nd round of the Brasov Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Wednesday the 3rd of July

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Prediction and head to head Valentin Royer vs. Cezar Cretu

Valentin Royer and Cezar Cretu will play each other in the 2nd round of the Brasov Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on CENTER. 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 Valentin Royer who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Valentin Royer is the pick to win this match.
Valentin Royer -> 1.48
Cezar Cretu -> 2.53

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Prediction and head to head Valentin Royer vs. Cezar Cretu

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

Valentin Royer

Valentin Royer
Valentin Royer

30 - 17win/loss

Hard
2-1
I Hard
6-6
Clay
22-9
Grass
0-1
Rank
204
High
194
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 30-18 2-1 22-10 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
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Ranked no. 204, the French player got to the 2nd round after beating Martin Krumich 6-3 6-4.

In the 1st round, Valentin had a good straight sets win against Krumich (6-3 6-4). During the match, Royer scored 69 points vs Krumich’s 60. Royer was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Royer struck 2 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Valentin Royer lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Royer put 68% of his first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Valentin broke Krumich 3 times after converting 23% of his break points (3/13).

Royer has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (190-103). 22-9 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Royer has a composed94-46 record in the last 7 years on clay.

The French player best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula and the Tunis Challenger.

The French player has an overall 30-17 win-loss record in 2024, 22-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Brasov Challenger

Royer has never competed in this tournament before.

Royer
Brasov Challenger
Royer's Record

Cezar Cretu

Cezar Cretu
Cezar Cretu

30 - 12win/loss

Clay
30-12
Rank
376
High
324
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 31-13 0-0 31-13 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 55-22 13-9 42-13 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 60-26 0-0 60-26 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 41-19 0-3 41-16 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 21-9 14-5 7-4 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 376, the Romanian got to the 2nd round after beating Luka Mikrut 7-5 4-6 6-2.

In the 1st round, Cretu defeated Mikrut (7-5 4-6 6-2). During the match Cretu scored 111 points vs Mikrut’s 97. The Romanian was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.

About the serving games, Cretu made 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Cezar Cretu lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Cretu put 67% of his first serves in, winning 63% (38/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 73% (22/30) on the 2nd serve. Cretu broke Mikrut 4 times after converting 18% of his break points (4/22).

Cretu’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Oradea and M25 Satu Mare.

Cretu has a composed 30-12 win-loss record in 2024, 30-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Cretu
Brasov Challenger
Cretu's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

V.Royer
C.Cretu
1h:38
1h:38
Time on court​
2h:27
2h:27
1h:38
1h:38
Last match​
!
2h:27
2h:27
1
1
Match played
1
1
19
19
Games Played​
30
30
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
69
69
Total points​
111
111
69
69
Avg point​
111
111
31
31
Winners
38
38
31
31
Avg Winners​
38
38
45%
45%
Ratio winners
34%
34%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
4
4
2
2
Avg Aces
4
4
0
0
Double Faults
2
2
0
0
Avg Double Faults
2
2
31/44
31/44
1st won total​
38/60
38/60
70%
70%
1st won %
63%
63%
10/21
10/21
2nd won total​
22/30
22/30
48%
48%
2nd won %
!
73%
73%
-- Break Points --
3/13
3/13
BP won
4/22
4/22
3/13
3/13
Avg BP won
4/22
4/22
!
23%
23%
Won
!
18%
18%
6
6
Conceded
4
4
6
6
Avg Conceded
4
4
1
1
Broken
2
2
1
1
Avg Broken
2
2
5
5
Saved
2
2
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Royer Cretu
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 19 30
Pts 69-60 111-97
Total Points 129 208
Winners 31 38
%Winners 45% 34%

Both Royer and Cretu played 1 match. At the moment, Cezar Cretu conceded 1 set while Valentin Royer hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Royer has played 1 set(s) less than Cretu (2 vs 3). Therefore, Royer played 11 games less than Cretu. Valentin scored 31 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Cezar bagged 38 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve Royer Cretu
Aces 2 4
Avg per match 2 4
1st in 44/65 60/90
%1st in 68% 67%
1st pts 31/44 38/60
%1st pts 70% 63%
2nd pts 10/21 22/30
%2nd pts 48% 73%

Royer scored 2 aces . Cretu made 4 aces . Royer won 70% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Cretu won 63% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 73% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Royer Cretu
Won 3 4
Converted 3/13 4/22
% Converted 23% 18%
Conceded 6 4
Saved 5 2
% Saved 83% 50%
Times Broken 1 2

Royer broke his opponent 3 times with a 23% conversion rate. The French player surrendered his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Cretu broke his opponent 4 times with a 18% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Royer
R1
Krumich		 Total
Score 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 69-60 69-60
Total points 129 129
Winners 31 31
%Winners 45% 45%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 44/65 44/65
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 31/44 31/44
% 1st pts 70% 70%
2nd pts 10/21 10/21
% 2nd pts 48% 48%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/13 3/13
Converted % 23% 23%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 5/6 5
Saved % 83% 83%
Times Broken 1 1
Cretu
R1
Mikrut		 Total
Score 7-5 4-6 6-2
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 30 30
pts 111-97 111-97
Total points 208 208
Winners 38 38
%Winners 34% 34%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 60/90 60/90
% 1st in 67% 67%
1st pts 38/60 38/60
% 1st pts 63% 63%
2nd pts 22/30 22/30
% 2nd pts 73% 73%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/22 4/22
Converted % 18% 18%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 2/4 2
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 2 2

Head 2 Head

Valentin Royer
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 0Chall
  • 7Minor
Cezar Cretu
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 0Chall
  • 7Minor

Valentin
Royer

0:1

Cezar
Cretu

Rank

204

High

194

0Clay1

Rank

376

High

324

Win Loss
Royer
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Cretu
LWWWWWWWLW
2024 2023 2022
30 - 18
31 - 13
2-1
Hard
0-0
6-6
I Hard
0-0
22-10
Clay
31-13

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