Valentin Royer and Arthur Gea will play each other in the 2nd round of the Sibiu Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on COURT CENTRE. 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 Arthur Gea who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Arthur Gea is the pick to win this match.
Arthur Gea -> 1.86
Valentin Royer -> 1.88

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Prediction and head to head Valentin Royer vs. Arthur Gea

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

Valentin Royer

Valentin Royer

39 - 24win/loss

Hard
5-4
I Hard
6-6
Clay
28-13
Grass
0-1
Rank
197
High
179
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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
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Ranked no. 213, Valentin reached the 2nd round after defeating Jorge Plans 6-0 6-1.

In the 1st round, Valentin had a good straight sets win against Plans (6-0 6-1). During the match, Royer scored 49 points vs Plans’s 13. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Talking about the service games, Royer bagged 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Valentin Royer was pretty effective on serve to win 86% (18/21) of his 1st serve and 77% (10/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Royer was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Plans 5 times.

Royer has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 64% of his matches (199-110). 28-13 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Royer has a compiled100-50 match record in the last 7 years on clay.

Valentin’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula and the Tunis Challenger.

The French player has an overall 39-24 win-loss record in 2024, 28-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sibiu Challenger

The French player has never competed in this tournament before.

Sibiu Challenger
Royer's Record

Arthur Gea

Arthur Gea

29 - 24win/loss

Hard
1-4
I Hard
3-2
Clay
25-18
Rank
444
High
309
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 36-30 7-4 26-23 3-3 0-0 0-0
2023 33-17 18-2 14-12 1-3 0-0 0-0
2022 3-7 2-2 1-4 0-1 0-0 0-0
2021 2-2 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 336, the French player reached the 2nd round after beating Bogdan Pavel 7-6(3) 6-3, Olaf Pieczkowski 6-0 6-1 and Jelle Sels 6-4 6-2.

In the 1st round, Gea had a good straight sets win against Sels (6-4 6-2). During the match Gea scored 69 points vs Sels’s 52. Arthur was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Gea managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Arthur Gea lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Gea put 57% of his first serves in, winning 72% (23/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Gea broke Sels 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

The French player best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Dobrich Challenger.

Gea has an aggregate 29-24 win-loss record in 2024, 25-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Sibiu Challenger
Gea's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

V.Royer
A.Gea
0h:48
0h:48
Time on court​
!
4h:27
4h:27
!
0h:48
0h:48
Last match​
1h:31
1h:31
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
13
13
Games Played​
53
53
2
2
Set played​​
6
6
49
49
Total points​
209
209
49
49
Avg point​
69.7
69.7
18
18
Winners
69
69
18
18
Avg Winners​
23
23
37%
37%
Ratio winners
33%
33%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
5
5
3
3
Avg Aces
1.7
1.7
1
1
Double Faults
6
6
1
1
Avg Double Faults
2
2
18/21
18/21
1st won total​
69/94
69/94
!
86%
86%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
10/13
10/13
2nd won total​
46/76
46/76
!
77%
77%
2nd won %
!
61%
61%
-- Break Points --
5/5
5/5
BP won
12/24
12/24
5/5
5/5
Avg BP won
4/8
4/8
!
100%
100%
Won
50%
50%
0
0
Conceded
8
8
0
0
Avg Conceded
2.7
2.7
0
0
Broken
2
2
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
0.7
0.7
0
0
Saved
6
6
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Royer Gea
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 2 6
Tot Games 13 53
Pts 49-13 209-149
Total Points 62 358
Winners 18 69
%Winners 37% 33%

Royer played 1 match while Gea competed in 3 matches. Gea started his run from the qualifications while Royer had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Royer has played 4 set(s) less than Gea (2 vs 6). Therefore, Royer played 40 games less than Gea. Valentin scored 18 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The French player recorded 69 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve Royer Gea
Aces 3 5
Avg per match 3 1.7
1st in 21/34 94/170
%1st in 62% 55%
1st pts 18/21 69/94
%1st pts 86% 73%
2nd pts 10/13 46/76
%2nd pts 77% 61%

Royer blasted 3 aces . Gea made 5 aces (1.7 per match). Royer won 86% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 77% of the points. On the other side, Gea won 73% 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 Royer Gea
Won 5 12
Converted 5/5 12/24
% Converted 100% 50%
Conceded 0 8
Saved 0 6
% Saved 0% 75%
Times Broken 0 2

Royer broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Valentin very solid his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Arthur broke his opponents 12 times with a 50% conversion rate. Gea conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Royer
R1
Plans		 Total
Score 6-0 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 13 13
pts 49-13 49-13
Total points 62 62
Winners 18 18
%Winners 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 21/34 21/34
% 1st in 62% 62%
1st pts 18/21 18/21
% 1st pts 86% 86%
2nd pts 10/13 10/13
% 2nd pts 77% 77%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/5 5/5
Converted % 100% 100%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % – 0%
Times Broken 0 0
Gea
Q1
Pavel		 Q3
Pieczkowski		 R1
Sels		 Total
Score 7-63 6-3 6-0 6-1 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 22 13 18 53
pts 84-71 56-26 69-52 209-149
Total points 155 82 121 358
Winners 33 13 23 69
%Winners 39% 23% 33% 33%
SERVE
Aces 2 0 3 5
Double Faults 3 1 2 6
1st in 43/77 19/37 32/56 94/170
% 1st in 56% 51% 57% 55%
1st pts 33/43 13/19 23/32 69/94
% 1st pts 77% 68% 72% 73%
2nd pts 21/34 13/18 12/24 46/76
% 2nd pts 62% 72% 50% 61%
Breaks
Won 1 6 5 12
Converted 1/4 6/11 5/9 12/24
Converted % 25% 55% 56% 50%
Conceded 2 0 6 8
Saved 2/2 0/0 4/6 6
Saved % 100% – 67% 167%
Times Broken 0 0 2 2

Tennis Scores in Sibiu Challenger

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