Valentin Royer and Arthur Gea will face off in the quarter of the Lille Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 9:00 pm on CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Arthur Gea who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Arthur Gea is the pick to win this match.
Arthur Gea -> 1.86
Valentin Royer -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Valentin Royer vs. Arthur Gea
This will be the 2nd time that Valentin Royer and Arthur Gea clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Royer (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Royer won 4-6 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Sibiu Challenger back in 2024.
Valentin Royer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20-6 | 1-2 | 14-1 | 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 |
Ranked no. 208, the French player got to the quarter after beating Maks Kasnikowski 6-0 6-3 and Mae Malige 6-4 4-6 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The French player defeated Malige (6-4 4-6 6-2). During the match, Royer scored 95 points vs Malige’s 87. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about the service games, Royer made 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Valentin Royer lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Royer put 72% of his first serves in, winning 71% (46/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (10/25) on the 2nd serve. Royer broke Malige 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Valentin has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Royer has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (213-120). 4-2 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Royer has a compiled55-41 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Royer has an aggregate 5-4 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lille Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Arthur Gea
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13-7 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 13-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 40-30 | 11-4 | 26-23 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-17 | 18-2 | 14-12 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 322, Gea got to the quarter after defeating Tom Gentzsch 6-4 7-5 and Oleg Prihodko 6-3 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Arthur had a good straight sets win against Prihodko (6-3 7-5). During the match Gea scored 67 points vs Prihodko’s 55. Gea was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Gea scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Arthur Gea was very effective on serve to win 74% (32/43) of his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Arthur was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Prihodko 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Arthur’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Hazebrouck and M15 Bressuire.
Arthur has an aggregate 11-2 win-loss record in 2025, 11-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lille Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Royer | Gea |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 43 |
| Pts | 149-113 | 145-121 |
| Total Points | 262 | 266 |
| Winners | 75 | 69 |
| %Winners | 50% | 48% |
Both Royer and Gea played 2 matches. At the moment, Valentin Royer conceded 1 set while Arthur Gea hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Royer has played 1 set more than Gea (5 vs 4). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (43). The French player scored 75 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Gea scored 69 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Royer | Gea |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 96/128 | 88/128 |
| %1st in | 75% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 75/96 | 69/88 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 13/32 | 22/40 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 55% |
Royer struck 9 aces (4.5 per match). Gea made 4 aces (2 per match). Royer won 78% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Gea won 78% of the points on 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 | Royer | Gea |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 5 |
| Converted | 9/20 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 45% | 38% |
| Conceded | 8 | 9 |
| Saved | 5 | 8 |
| % Saved | 63% | 89% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Royer broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Royer lost his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded.
| Royer | ||||
| R1 Kasnikowski |
R2 Malige |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | 6-4 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 28 | 43 | |
| pts | 54-26 | 95-87 | 149-113 | |
| Total points | 80 | 182 | 262 | |
| Winners | 29 | 46 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 48% | 50% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 31/38 | 65/90 | 96/128 | |
| % 1st in | 82% | 72% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 29/31 | 46/65 | 75/96 | |
| % 1st pts | 94% | 71% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 3/7 | 10/25 | 13/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 40% | 41% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 5/13 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 38% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | 63% | 32% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Gea | ||||
| R1 Gentzsch |
R2 Prihodko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 21 | 43 | |
| pts | 78-66 | 67-55 | 145-121 | |
| Total points | 144 | 122 | 266 | |
| Winners | 37 | 32 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 45/63 | 43/65 | 88/128 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 66% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 37/45 | 32/43 | 69/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 74% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 13/22 | 22/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 59% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/10 | 3/3 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 100% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 5/6 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 83% | 92% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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