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.
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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 -> 1.48
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
30 - 17win/loss
182
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Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 44-25 | 6-5 | 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. 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.
Cezar Cretu
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 45-21 | 0-2 | 43-19 | 2-0 | 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 |
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).
H2H Performance in the tournament
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 |
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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 | ||
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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
Tennis Scores in Brasov Challenger
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga (6-4 0-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Murkel Alejandro Dellien VelascoAlejandro Dellien Velasco – Gabi Adrian BoitanAdrian Boitan (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Vlad Andrei DancuAndrei Dancu (7-64 6-1) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Hynek BartonBarton (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Martin KrumichKrumich (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Gustavo HeideHeide – Orlando LuzLuz (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Cezar CretuCretu – Luka MikrutMikrut (7-5 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Matej DodigDodig – Jelle SelsSels (3-6 7-63 6-2) – See score progression
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (2-6 7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Gastao EliasElias (7-66 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Ioan Alexandru ChiritaAlexandru Chirita (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Nerman FaticFatic – Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga (6-4 0-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Radu Mihai PapoeMihai Papoe – Vladyslav OrlovOrlov (6-3 6-7(5) 7-5) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Hynek BartonBarton (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Moez EcharguiEchargui (4-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Gustavo HeideHeide – Orlando LuzLuz (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
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