H2H, prediction of Valentin Royer vs Mae Malige in Lille Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 5th February 2025

PREVIEW. Lille Challenger. Royer and Malige will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Lille Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Wednesday the 5th of February

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Mark Hall
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Prediction and head to head Valentin Royer vs. Mae Malige

Valentin Royer and Mae Malige will play each other in the 2nd round of the Lille Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 9:00 pm on CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Valentin Royer who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Valentin Royer is the pick to win this match.
Valentin Royer -> 1.26
Mae Malige -> 3.55

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Prediction and head to head Valentin Royer vs. Mae Malige

There is no head to head record between Valentin Royer and Mae Malige since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Valentin Royer

Valentin Royer
Valentin Royer

4 - 4win/loss

Hard
1-2
I Hard
3-2
Rank
151
High
151
WWWWWWWWWW
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 16-5 1-2 10-0 5-3 0-0 0-0
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
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Ranked no. 208, Valentin got to the 2nd round after defeating Maks Kasnikowski 6-0 6-3.

In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Kasnikowski (6-0 6-3). During the match, Royer scored 54 points vs Kasnikowski’s 26. Royer was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Royer managed to score 7 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Valentin Royer conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 82% of his first serves in, win 94% (29/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (3/7) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Kasnikowski 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Royer has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (212-120). 3-2 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Royer has an overall54-41 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

Royer has an overall 4-4 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lille Challenger

Valentin has never competed in this tournament before.

Royer
Lille Challenger
Royer's Record

Mae Malige

Mae Malige
Mae Malige

11 - 5win/loss

Hard
2-1
I Hard
9-4
Rank
568
High
568
LWLLLWLWLW
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 12-9 2-2 0-0 10-7 0-0 0-0
2024 25-19 1-2 4-6 19-10 0-0 1-1
2023 7-14 5-4 0-3 2-5 0-0 0-2
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Ranked no. 632 (career-high), the French player reached the 2nd round after defeating Kaichi Uchida 6-2 6-3, Jakub Paul 6-3 3-6 6-2 and Henri Squire 6-2 3-6 7-6(5).

In the 1st round, Malige defeated Squire (6-2 3-6 7-65).During the match Malige scored less points (5) than Squire. In fact, the world no. 208 won 100 points vs Squire’s. That means that Malige was more focused during the important points. The French player was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about serving, Malige bagged 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mae Malige lost the serve 3 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Malige put 64% of his first serves in, winning 59% (41/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (22/39) on the 2nd serve. Mae broke Squire 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Mae’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Bressuire.

Malige has a composed 11-5 win-loss record in 2025, 9-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Malige
Lille Challenger
Malige's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

V.Royer
M.Malige
0h:51
0h:51
Time on court​
!
3h:21
3h:21
!
0h:51
0h:51
Last match​
!
2h:15
2h:15
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
15
15
Games Played​
73
73
2
2
Set played​​
8
8
54
54
Total points​
161
161
54
54
Avg point​
53.7
53.7
29
29
Winners
62
62
29
29
Avg Winners​
20.7
20.7
54%
54%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
8
8
7
7
Avg Aces
2.7
2.7
0
0
Double Faults
2
2
0
0
Avg Double Faults
0.7
0.7
29/31
29/31
1st won total​
62/98
62/98
!
94%
94%
1st won %
63%
63%
3/7
3/7
2nd won total​
37/64
37/64
43%
43%
2nd won %
58%
58%
-- Break Points --
4/7
4/7
BP won
8/16
8/16
4/7
4/7
Avg BP won
2.7/5.3
2.7/5.3
!
57%
57%
Won
50%
50%
0
0
Conceded
14
14
0
0
Avg Conceded
4.7
4.7
0
0
Broken
4
4
!
0
0
Avg Broken
1.3
1.3
0
0
Saved
10
10
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Royer Malige
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 2 5
Tot Games 15 47
Pts 54-26 161-148
Total Points 80 309
Winners 29 62
%Winners 54% 39%

Royer played 1 match while Malige competed in 2 matches. Malige started his run from the qualifications while Royer had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Mae Malige dropped 1 set while Valentin Royer hasn’t dropped a set so far. Royer has played 3 set(s) less than Malige (2 vs 5). Therefore, Royer played 32 games less than Malige. Valentin scored 29 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, Mae fired 62 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Royer Malige
Aces 7 8
Avg per match 7 4
1st in 31/38 98/162
%1st in 82% 60%
1st pts 29/31 62/98
%1st pts 94% 63%
2nd pts 3/7 37/64
%2nd pts 43% 58%

Royer blasted 7 aces . Malige scored 8 aces (4 per match). Royer won 94% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Malige won 63% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Royer Malige
Won 4 8
Converted 4/7 8/16
% Converted 57% 50%
Conceded 0 14
Saved 0 10
% Saved 0% 71%
Times Broken 0 4

Valentin broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Valentin quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The French player broke his opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Royer
R1
Kasnikowski		 Total
Score 6-0 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 15
pts 54-26 54-26
Total points 80 80
Winners 29 29
%Winners 54% 54%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 31/38 31/38
% 1st in 82% 82%
1st pts 29/31 29/31
% 1st pts 94% 94%
2nd pts 3/7 3/7
% 2nd pts 43% 43%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/7 4/7
Converted % 57% 57%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % – 0%
Times Broken 0 0
Malige
Q1
Uchida		 Q3
Paul		 R1
Squire		 Total
Score 6-2 6-3 6-3 3-6 6-2 6-2 3-6 7-65
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 17 26 30 73
pts 61-43 – 100-105 161-148
Total points 104 0 205 309
Winners 21 41 62
%Winners 34% 0% 41% 39%
SERVE
Aces 5 0 3 8
Double Faults 1 1 2
1st in 29/54 / 69/108 98/162
% 1st in 54% 0% 64% 60%
1st pts 21/29 / 41/69 62/98
% 1st pts 72% 0% 59% 63%
2nd pts 15/25 / 22/39 37/64
% 2nd pts 60% 0% 56% 58%
Breaks
Won 4 4 8
Converted 4/6 / 4/10 8/16
Converted % 67% 0% 40% 50%
Conceded 1 13 14
Saved 0/1 0/ 10/13 10
Saved % 0% – 77% 77%
Times Broken 1 3 4

Head 2 Head

Valentin Royer
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 3Chall
  • 7Minor
Mae Malige
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 0Chall
  • 2Minor

Valentin
Royer

1:0

Mae
Malige

Rank

151

High

151

1I.hard0

Rank

568

High

568

Win Loss
Royer
WWWWWWWWWW
Malige
LWLLLWLWLW
2025 2024 2023
16 - 5
12 - 9
1-2
Hard
2-2
5-3
I Hard
10-7
10-0
Clay
0-0

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