Lucas Pouille and Valentin Royer will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Lille Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:30 pm on CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lucas Pouille who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Lucas Pouille is the pick to win this match.
Lucas Pouille -> 1.63
Valentin Royer -> 2.17

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Prediction and head to head Lucas Pouille vs. Valentin Royer

This will be the 2nd time that Lucas Pouille and Valentin Royer face off. 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 competed against each other, Royer won 5-7 6-4 6-2 in the qualifications in the Cary Challenger back in 2024.

Lucas Pouille

Lucas Pouille

5 - 3win/loss

Hard
1-2
I Hard
4-1
Rank
553
High
10
LWWWWLLLW
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 5-4 1-2 0-0 4-2 0-0 0-0
2024 43-17 15-5 8-5 15-7 5-0 0-0
2023 16-10 3-2 7-5 4-2 2-1 0-0
2022 7-15 0-3 3-6 4-4 0-2 0-0
2021 18-24 7-3 2-7 7-10 2-4 0-0
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Ranked no. 102, the French player got to the semifinal after beating Clement Chidekh 5-7 7-6(3) 6-4, Hugo Grenier 7-6(5) 6-3 and Alexander Blockx 7-6(4) 6-3.

In the quarter, Lucas had a good straight sets win against Blockx (7-64 6-3). During the match, Pouille scored 80 points vs Blockx’s 69. Lucas was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about the service games, Pouille scored 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Lucas Pouille was very efficient on serve to win 71% (41/58) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Pouille was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Blockx twice.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Lucas has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Pouille has good match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (217-159). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pouille has a composed 62-41 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

The French player has a composed 4-3 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lille Challenger

Lille Challenger
Pouille's Record

Valentin Royer

Valentin Royer

6 - 5win/loss

Hard
1-2
I Hard
5-3
Rank
58
High
56
LLLWLWLWLW
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 61-31 16-8 31-11 10-10 4-2 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, Royer got to the semifinal after defeating Maks Kasnikowski 6-0 6-3, Mae Malige 6-4 4-6 6-2 and Arthur Gea 7-6(2) 6-2.

In the quarter, The French player had a good straight sets win against Gea (7-62 6-2). During the match Royer scored 75 points vs Gea’s 56. Valentin was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.

About the serving games, Royer recorded 2 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Valentin Royer lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Royer put 63% of his first serves in, winning 83% (34/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. Royer broke Gea 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Royer has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

The French player has a compiled 6-4 win-loss record in 2025, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lille Challenger

Valentin has never competed in this tournament before.

Lille Challenger
Royer's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

L.Pouille
V.Royer
5h:49
5h:49
Time on court​
4h:36
4h:36
1h:36
1h:36
Last match​
1h:35
1h:35
3
3
Match played
3
3
79
79
Games Played​
64
64
7
7
Set played​​
7
7
273
273
Total points​
224
224
91
91
Avg point​
74.7
74.7
123
123
Winners
109
109
41
41
Avg Winners​
36.3
36.3
45%
45%
Ratio winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
23
23
Aces
11
11
7.7
7.7
Avg Aces
3.7
3.7
5
5
Double Faults
2
2
1.7
1.7
Avg Double Faults
0.7
0.7
123/172
123/172
1st won total​
109/137
109/137
!
72%
72%
1st won %
!
80%
80%
65/114
65/114
2nd won total​
23/56
23/56
57%
57%
2nd won %
41%
41%
-- Break Points --
7/9
7/9
BP won
13/28
13/28
2.3/3
2.3/3
Avg BP won
4.3/9.3
4.3/9.3
!
78%
78%
Won
46%
46%
24
24
Conceded
14
14
8
8
Avg Conceded
4.7
4.7
4
4
Broken
5
5
1.3
1.3
Avg Broken
1.7
1.7
20
20
Saved
9
9
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Pouille Royer
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 7 7
Tot Games 79 64
Pts 273-253 224-169
Total Points 526 393
Winners 123 109
%Winners 45% 49%

Both Pouille and Royer played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Lucas Pouille lost 1 set, while Valentin Royer dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Pouille and Royer have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Pouille played 15 games more than Royer. Pouille scored 123 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Valentin managed to score 109 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve Pouille Royer
Aces 23 11
Avg per match 7.7 3.7
1st in 172/286 137/193
%1st in 60% 71%
1st pts 123/172 109/137
%1st pts 72% 80%
2nd pts 65/114 23/56
%2nd pts 57% 41%

Pouille managed to score 23 aces (7.7 per match). Royer managed to score 11 aces (3.7 per match). Pouille won 72% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Royer won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Pouille Royer
Won 7 13
Converted 7/9 13/28
% Converted 78% 46%
Conceded 24 14
Saved 20 9
% Saved 83% 64%
Times Broken 4 5

The French player broke his opponents 7 times with a 78% conversion rate. Pouille dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 13 times with a 46% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.

Pouille
R1
Chidekh		 R2
Grenier		 1/4
Blockx		 Total
Score 5-7 7-63 6-4 7-65 6-3 7-64 6-3
Tot Set 3 2 2 7
Tot Games 35 22 22 79
pts 125-128 68-56 80-69 273-253
Total points 253 124 149 526
Winners 55 27 41 123
%Winners 44% 40% 51% 45%
SERVE
Aces 16 2 5 23
Double Faults 4 0 1 5
1st in 79/144 35/61 58/81 172/286
% 1st in 55% 57% 72% 60%
1st pts 55/79 27/35 41/58 123/172
% 1st pts 70% 77% 71% 72%
2nd pts 30/65 21/26 14/23 65/114
% 2nd pts 46% 81% 61% 57%
Breaks
Won 3 2 2 7
Converted 3/5 2/2 2/2 7/9
Converted % 60% 100% 100% 78%
Conceded 17 1 6 24
Saved 14/17 1/1 5/6 20
Saved % 82% 100% 83% 88%
Times Broken 3 0 1 4
Royer
R1
Kasnikowski		 R2
Malige		 1/4
Gea		 Total
Score 6-0 6-3 6-4 4-6 6-2 7-62 6-2
Tot Set 2 3 2 7
Tot Games 15 28 21 64
pts 54-26 95-87 75-56 224-169
Total points 80 182 131 393
Winners 29 46 34 109
%Winners 54% 48% 45% 49%
SERVE
Aces 7 2 2 11
Double Faults 0 2 0 2
1st in 31/38 65/90 41/65 137/193
% 1st in 82% 72% 63% 71%
1st pts 29/31 46/65 34/41 109/137
% 1st pts 94% 71% 83% 80%
2nd pts 3/7 10/25 10/24 23/56
% 2nd pts 43% 40% 42% 41%
Breaks
Won 4 5 4 13
Converted 4/7 5/13 4/8 13/28
Converted % 57% 38% 50% 46%
Conceded 0 8 6 14
Saved 0/0 5/8 4/6 9
Saved % – 63% 67% 43%
Times Broken 0 3 2 5

Tennis Scores in Lille Challenger

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