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

Gregoire Barrere

28 - 31win/loss

Hard
1-4
I Hard
10-13
Clay
16-12
Grass
1-2
Rank
170
High
49
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 28-31 1-4 16-12 10-13 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
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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.

Lyon Challenger
Barrere's Record

Valentin Royer

Valentin Royer

48 - 29win/loss

Hard
6-5
I Hard
10-10
Clay
32-13
Grass
0-1
Rank
191
High
179
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 48-29 6-5 32-13 10-10 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 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).

Lyon Challenger
Royer's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

G.Barrere
V.Royer
3h:49
3h:49
Time on court​
3h:41
3h:41
!
2h:18
2h:18
Last match​
1h:56
1h:56
2
2
Match played
2
2
55
55
Games Played​
51
51
5
5
Set played​​
5
5
198
198
Total points​
168
168
99
99
Avg point​
84
84
81
81
Winners
76
76
40.5
40.5
Avg Winners​
38
38
41%
41%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
13
13
Aces
13
13
6.5
6.5
Avg Aces
6.5
6.5
2
2
Double Faults
3
3
1
1
Avg Double Faults
1.5
1.5
81/115
81/115
1st won total​
76/108
76/108
70%
70%
1st won %
70%
70%
33/53
33/53
2nd won total​
24/44
24/44
!
62%
62%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
8/25
8/25
BP won
8/16
8/16
4/12.5
4/12.5
Avg BP won
4/8
4/8
32%
32%
Won
50%
50%
9
9
Conceded
15
15
4.5
4.5
Avg Conceded
7.5
7.5
4
4
Broken
6
6
2
2
Avg Broken
3
3
5
5
Saved
9
9
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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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