Gregoire Barrere and Valentin Royer will square off in the quarter of the Lyon Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:00 pm 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 Gregoire Barrere who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gregoire Barrere is the pick to win this match.
Gregoire Barrere -> 1.67
Valentin Royer -> 2.1
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Prediction and head to head Gregoire Barrere vs. Valentin Royer
This will be the 2nd time that Gregoire Barrere and Valentin Royer clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Barrere (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Barrere won 7-6(4) 6-1 in the 1st round in the St. Tropez Challenger back in 2021.
Gregoire Barrere
28 - 31win/loss
162
49
LWWWLLWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-32 | 1-4 | 16-12 | 11-14 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-31 | 8-12 | 5-7 | 17-8 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-29 | 10-7 | 8-10 | 25-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-23 | 7-4 | 3-6 | 11-10 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-13 | 9-6 | 0-1 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 170, Gregoire reached the quarter after beating Alexis Gautier 7-6(5) 7-5 and Vitaliy Sachko 6-1 6-7(5) 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Barrere defeated Sachko (6-1 6-75 6-4). During the match, Barrere scored 116 points vs Sachko’s 92. Barrere was extremely aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about the service games, Barrere scored 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Gregoire Barrere was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (49/69) of his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The French player broke Sachko 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Barrere has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Barrere has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (354-266). 10-13 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Barrere has a composed 183-109 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Barrere’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Bucharest,the Bordeaux Challenger and the St. Brieuc Challenger.
Gregoire has a compiled 28-31 win-loss record in 2024, 10-13 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lyon Challenger
Gregoire has never competed in this tournament before.
Valentin Royer
48 - 29win/loss
197
179
LWWLLWLLWL | 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. 191, Valentin reached the quarter after defeating Damir Dzumhur 6-3 7-6(1) and Adrian Andreev 4-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Andreev, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Royer scored 87 points vs Andreev’s 69. The French player was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Royer bagged 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Valentin Royer lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Royer put 79% of his first serves in, winning 69% (41/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the 2nd serve. Valentin broke Andreev 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Royer has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
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 48-29 win-loss record in 2024, 10-10 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Barrere | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 55 | 51 |
| Pts | 198-165 | 168-136 |
| Total Points | 363 | 304 |
| Winners | 81 | 76 |
| %Winners | 41% | 45% |
Both Barrere and Royer played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Gregoire Barrere conceded 1 set, while Valentin Royer lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Barrere and Royer have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Barrere played 4 games more than Royer. The French player scored 81 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Royer scored 76 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Barrere | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| 1st in | 115/168 | 108/152 |
| %1st in | 68% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 81/115 | 76/108 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 33/53 | 24/44 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 55% |
Barrere recorded 13 aces (6.5 per match). Royer made 13 aces (6.5 per match). Barrere won 70% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Royer won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Barrere | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 8 |
| Converted | 8/25 | 8/16 |
| % Converted | 32% | 50% |
| Conceded | 9 | 15 |
| Saved | 5 | 9 |
| % Saved | 56% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 6 |
The French player broke his opponents 8 times with a 32% conversion rate. Barrere dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Royer broke his opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Barrere | ||||
| R1 Gautier |
R2 Sachko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 7-5 | 6-1 6-75 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 30 | 55 | |
| pts | 82-73 | 116-92 | 198-165 | |
| Total points | 155 | 208 | 363 | |
| Winners | 32 | 49 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 42% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 46/69 | 69/99 | 115/168 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 70% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 32/46 | 49/69 | 81/115 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 71% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 17/30 | 33/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 57% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 5/13 | 8/25 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 38% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 71% | 36% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Royer | ||||
| R1 Dzumhur |
R2 Andreev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-61 | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 29 | 51 | |
| pts | 81-67 | 87-69 | 168-136 | |
| Total points | 148 | 156 | 304 | |
| Winners | 35 | 41 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 47% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 49/77 | 59/75 | 108/152 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 79% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 35/49 | 41/59 | 76/108 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 69% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 9/16 | 24/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 56% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 5/9 | 8/16 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 56% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 4/8 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 50% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
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