Valentin Royer and Adrian Andreev will play each other in the 2nd round of the Lyon Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

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 -> 1.63
Adrian Andreev -> 2.17

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Prediction and head to head Valentin Royer vs. Adrian Andreev

This will be the 3rd time that Valentin Royer and Adrian Andreev fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Royer and Andreev (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they fought against each other, Royer won 6-0 5-7 6-4 in the 1st round in the Oeiras 3 Challenger back in April 2024.

Valentin Royer

Valentin Royer

47 - 29win/loss

Hard
6-5
I Hard
9-10
Clay
32-13
Grass
0-1
Rank
191
High
179
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 47-29 6-5 32-13 9-10 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. 191, Valentin got to the 2nd round after defeating Damir Dzumhur 6-3 7-6(1).

In the 1st round, Valentin had a good straight sets win against Dzumhur (6-3 7-61). During the match, Royer scored 81 points vs Dzumhur’s 67. Valentin was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about the service games, Royer bagged 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Valentin Royer was quite effective on serve to win 71% (35/49) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Valentin broke Dzumhur 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Royer has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 64% of his matches (207-115). 9-10 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Royer has a composed50-38 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Sibiu Challenger where he defeated Luka Pavlovic in the final 6-4 6-0.

Valentin has an aggregate 47-29 win-loss record in 2024, 9-10 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lyon Challenger

Valentin has never competed in this tournament before.

Lyon Challenger
Royer's Record

Adrian Andreev

Adrian Andreev

38 - 32win/loss

Hard
7-4
I Hard
6-9
Clay
25-18
Grass
0-1
Rank
205
High
183
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 38-32 7-4 25-18 6-9 0-1 0-0
2023 26-29 7-7 16-16 3-4 0-1 0-1
2022 49-29 7-7 29-15 13-7 0-0 0-0
2021 27-22 6-7 20-9 1-6 0-0 0-0
2020 22-8 10-2 12-5 0-1 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 205, Adrian reached the 2nd round after defeating Tom Paris 6-7(6) 6-3 7-5.

In the 1st round against Paris, Adrian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 6-3 7-5). During the match Andreev scored 120 points vs Paris’s 106. Adrian was quite aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Talking about serving, Andreev scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Adrian Andreev was exceptionally effective on serve to win 80% (51/64) of his 1st serve and 56% (25/45) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Andreev broke Paris 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

His best result of the year was winning the title the Porto 2 Challenger where he overcame Carlos Taberner in the final 6-3 6-0.

The Bulgarian has an aggregate 38-32 win-loss record in 2024, 6-9 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Lyon Challenger
Andreev's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

V.Royer
A.Andreev
1h:45
1h:45
Time on court​
!
2h:48
2h:48
1h:45
1h:45
Last match​
!
2h:48
2h:48
1
1
Match played
1
1
22
22
Games Played​
34
34
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
81
81
Total points​
120
120
81
81
Avg point​
120
120
35
35
Winners
51
51
35
35
Avg Winners​
51
51
43%
43%
Ratio winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
1
1
7
7
Avg Aces
1
1
2
2
Double Faults
0
0
2
2
Avg Double Faults
0
0
35/49
35/49
1st won total​
51/64
51/64
!
71%
71%
1st won %
!
80%
80%
15/28
15/28
2nd won total​
25/45
25/45
54%
54%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
3/7
3/7
BP won
3/10
3/10
3/7
3/7
Avg BP won
3/10
3/10
43%
43%
Won
30%
30%
7
7
Conceded
5
5
7
7
Avg Conceded
5
5
2
2
Broken
1
1
2
2
Avg Broken
1
1
5
5
Saved
4
4
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Royer Andreev
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 22 34
Pts 81-67 120-106
Total Points 148 226
Winners 35 51
%Winners 43% 43%

Both Royer and Andreev played 1 match. At the moment, Adrian Andreev conceded 1 set while Valentin Royer hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Royer has played 1 set(s) less than Andreev (2 vs 3). Therefore, Royer played 12 games less than Andreev. Royer scored 35 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Bulgarian struck 51 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve Royer Andreev
Aces 7 1
Avg per match 7 1
1st in 49/77 64/109
%1st in 64% 59%
1st pts 35/49 51/64
%1st pts 71% 80%
2nd pts 15/28 25/45
%2nd pts 54% 56%

Royer bagged 7 aces . Andreev struck 1 ace . Royer won 71% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Andreev won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Royer Andreev
Won 3 3
Converted 3/7 3/10
% Converted 43% 30%
Conceded 7 5
Saved 5 4
% Saved 71% 80%
Times Broken 2 1

The French player broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The French player surrendered his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Bulgarian broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Adrian conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Royer
R1
Dzumhur		 Total
Score 6-3 7-61
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 22
pts 81-67 81-67
Total points 148 148
Winners 35 35
%Winners 43% 43%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 49/77 49/77
% 1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 35/49 35/49
% 1st pts 71% 71%
2nd pts 15/28 15/28
% 2nd pts 54% 54%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/7 3/7
Converted % 43% 43%
Conceded 7 7
Saved 5/7 5
Saved % 71% 71%
Times Broken 2 2
Andreev
R1
Paris		 Total
Score 6-76 6-3 7-5
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 34 34
pts 120-106 120-106
Total points 226 226
Winners 51 51
%Winners 43% 43%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 64/109 64/109
% 1st in 59% 59%
1st pts 51/64 51/64
% 1st pts 80% 80%
2nd pts 25/45 25/45
% 2nd pts 56% 56%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/10 3/10
Converted % 30% 30%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 4/5 4
Saved % 80% 80%
Times Broken 1 1

Tennis Scores in Lyon Challenger

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