Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Valentin Royer will square off in the 2nd round of the Roanne Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:30 pm on CENTRAL A. VACHERESSE. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pierre-Hugues Herbert who should win in 2 sets.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 1.4
Valentin Royer -> 2.77
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Prediction and head to head Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Valentin Royer
There is no head to head record between Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Valentin Royer since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
28 - 24win/loss
148
36
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-31 | 3-5 | 8-11 | 19-12 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 2-4 | 5-4 | 16-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 10-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-21 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 9-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-13 | 4-3 | 7-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 123, Pierre-Hugues got to the 2nd round after defeating Jelle Sels 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Herbert had a good straight sets win against Sels (6-3 6-4). During the match, Herbert scored 62 points vs Sels’s 43. Pierre-Hugues was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Herbert scored 13 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Pierre-Hugues Herbert was pretty efficient on serve to win 93% (27/29) of his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Herbert broke Sels twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Herbert has positive record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (251-204). 14-5 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Herbert has an overall 107-67 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Quimper Challenger where he defeated Duje Ajdukovic in the final 6-3 6-2.
Pierre-Hugues has an overall 28-24 win-loss record in 2024, 14-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Roanne Challenger
Herbert has never competed in this tournament before.
Valentin Royer
45 - 25win/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. 182 (career-high), the French player got to the 2nd round after beating August Holmgren 4-6 6-3 7-6(4).
In the 1st round against Holmgren, Royer recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-64). During the match Royer scored 91 points vs Holmgren’s 88. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 50 winners.
About the serving games, Royer managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Valentin Royer was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 82% (50/61) of his 1st serve and 62% (21/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Royer broke Holmgren once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).
His best result of the season was winning the title the Sibiu Challenger where he beat Luka Pavlovic in the final 6-4 6-0.
The French player has an aggregate 45-25 win-loss record in 2024, 7-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Herbert | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 32 |
| Pts | 62-43 | 91-88 |
| Total Points | 105 | 179 |
| Winners | 27 | 50 |
| %Winners | 44% | 55% |
Both Herbert and Royer played 1 match. At the moment, Valentin Royer conceded 1 set while Pierre-Hugues Herbert hasn’t dropped a set so far. Herbert has played 1 set(s) less than Royer (2 vs 3). Therefore, Herbert played 13 games less than Royer. The French player scored 27 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Royer scored 50 winners (55%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Herbert | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 13 | 9 |
| 1st in | 29/49 | 61/95 |
| %1st in | 59% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 27/29 | 50/61 |
| %1st pts | 93% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 21/34 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 62% |
Herbert scored 13 aces . Royer scored 9 aces . Herbert won 93% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Royer won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Herbert | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 1 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 1/6 |
| % Converted | 33% | 17% |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The French player broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The French player pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The French player broke his opponent once with a 17% conversion rate. Valentin conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Herbert | |||
| R1 Sels | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 62-43 | 62-43 | |
| Total points | 105 | 105 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/49 | 29/49 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 27/29 | 27/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 93% | 93% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 13/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Royer | |||
| R1 Holmgren | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 91-88 | 91-88 | |
| Total points | 179 | 179 | |
| Winners | 50 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 55% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 61/95 | 61/95 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 50/61 | 50/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/34 | 21/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/6 | 1/6 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 17% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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