Valentin Royer and Alex Marti Pujolras will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Dobrich 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:30 am on COURT 1. 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 Royer who should win in 2 sets.
Valentin Royer -> 1.27
Alex Marti Pujolras -> 3.52
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Prediction and head to head Valentin Royer vs. Alex Marti Pujolras
There is no head to head record between Valentin Royer and Alex Marti Pujolras since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Valentin Royer
38 - 23win/loss
197
179
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-30 | 6-5 | 32-13 | 10-11 | 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. 216, Royer got to the 2nd round after beating Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Valentin had a good straight sets win against Sanchez-Izquierdo (6-2 6-3). During the match, Royer scored 58 points vs Sanchez-Izquierdo’s 37. The French player was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Royer scored 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Valentin Royer was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 88% (28/32) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Valentin broke Sanchez-Izquierdo 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Royer has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 64% of his matches (197-109). 26-12 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Royer has an overall98-49 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
Valentin’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula and the Tunis Challenger.
Royer has an overall 37-23 win-loss record in 2024, 26-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Dobrich 2 Challenger
Valentin has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Marti Pujolras
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 52-27 | 0-0 | 51-26 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-32 | 0-0 | 43-32 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-25 | 0-1 | 44-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 51-28 | 0-1 | 51-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-11 | 0-0 | 23-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 388, Marti reached the 2nd round after defeating Filippo Romano 6-3 4-6 7-6(4).
In the 1st round, Alex defeated Romano (6-3 4-6 7-64). During the match Marti scored 114 points vs Romano’s 106. Marti was quite aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about serving, Marti managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Alex Marti Pujolras lost the serve 5 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Marti put 64% of his first serves in, winning 67% (47/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (18/40) on the 2nd serve. Alex broke Romano 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Alex’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Badalona,M25 The Hague,M25+H Bacau and M25 Pitesti.
Alex has a composed 43-20 win-loss record in 2024, 43-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Royer | Marti |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 32 |
| Pts | 58-37 | 114-106 |
| Total Points | 95 | 220 |
| Winners | 28 | 47 |
| %Winners | 48% | 41% |
Both Royer and Marti played 1 match. At the moment, Alex Marti Pujolras surrendered 1 set while Valentin Royer hasn’t conceded a set so far. Royer has played 1 set(s) less than Marti (2 vs 3). Therefore, Royer played 15 games less than Marti. Royer scored 28 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard struck 47 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Royer | Marti |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3 |
| 1st in | 32/51 | 70/110 |
| %1st in | 63% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 28/32 | 47/70 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 18/40 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 45% |
Royer struck 6 aces . Marti fired 3 aces . Royer won 88% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Marti won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Royer | Marti |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 6/14 |
| % Converted | 50% | 43% |
| Conceded | 0 | 13 |
| Saved | 0 | 8 |
| % Saved | 0% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Royer broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Royer very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Alex broke his opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Alex conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.
| Royer | |||
| R1 Sanchez-Izquierdo | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 58-37 | 58-37 | |
| Total points | 95 | 95 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 32/51 | 32/51 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 28/32 | 28/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 11/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Marti | |||
| R1 Romano | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 114-106 | 114-106 | |
| Total points | 220 | 220 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 70/110 | 70/110 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 47/70 | 47/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/40 | 18/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 8/13 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 62% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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