Valentin Royer and Maxime Chazal will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Kigali 1 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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.
As per the initial odds, Valentin Royer is the pick to win this match.
Valentin Royer -> 1.32
Maxime Chazal -> 3.15
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Prediction and head to head Valentin Royer vs. Maxime Chazal
This will be the 2nd time that Valentin Royer and Maxime Chazal 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 clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Royer won 6-3 6-4 in the qualifications in the St. Tropez Challenger back in 2022.
Valentin Royer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44-19 | 4-3 | 31-11 | 5-3 | 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 |
Ranked no. 188, Royer will start his run in the Kigali 1 Challenger after he played his last match in the Lille Challenger where he lost 3-6 6-4 6-2 to Pouille in the semifinal on the 8th of February.
Royer has an overall 6-5 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on clay.
Valentin’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Lille Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Valentin has an overall 214-121 record. He has a positive 104-50 record on clay.
Previously in the Kigali 1 Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Maxime Chazal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-16 | 0-0 | 18-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-26 | 0-3 | 39-17 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-29 | 13-10 | 31-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-27 | 3-2 | 35-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 9-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 328, Chazal will start his run in the Kigali 1 Challenger after he played his last match in the Brazzaville Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Dinev in the 2nd round on the 20th of February.
Maxime has an aggregate 10-5 win-loss record in 2025, 10-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The French player best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Valencia.
In terms of his career, Chazal has an overall 483-307 record. He has a positive 445-252 record on clay.
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