Valentin Royer and Andrej Martin will square off in the final of the Kigali 1 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.39
Andrej Martin -> 2.81

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Prediction and head to head Valentin Royer vs. Andrej Martin

There is no head to head record between Valentin Royer and Andrej Martin since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Valentin Royer

Ranked no. 183, the French player reached the final after defeating Maxime Chazal 6-3 6-4, Guy Den Ouden 4-6 6-1 7-6(4), Filip Cristian Jianu 6-7(4) 7-6(4) 7-6(3) and Marco Cecchinato 7-5 3-6 6-1.

In the semifinal, Valentin defeated Cecchinato (7-5 3-6 6-1). During the match, Royer scored 88 points vs Cecchinato’s 74. Valentin was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about the service games, Royer bagged 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Valentin Royer lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Royer put 60% of his first serves in, winning 78% (39/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. Valentin broke Cecchinato 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Royer has dropped 3 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.

Royer has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (218-121). 4-0 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Royer has an aggregate108-50 record in the last 8 years on clay.

Valentin’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Lille Challenger and the Kigali 1 Challenger.

Valentin has a composed 10-5 win-loss record in 2025, 4-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Kigali 1 Challenger

Royer has never competed in this tournament before.

Andrej Martin

Ranked no. 428, the Slovakian reached the final after defeating Maik Steiner 4-6 6-3 6-4, Alafia Ayeni 6-2 7-6(0), Jesper De Jong 7-6(1) 6-3, Alex Marti Pujolras 6-2 5-7 6-3, Mathys Erhard 6-2 6-4 and Maximilian Neuchrist 3-6 6-4 7-6(5).

In the semifinal against Neuchrist, Andrej recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 7-6⁵). During the match Martin scored 100 points vs Neuchrist’s 95. Andrej was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.

About the serving games, Martin blasted 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Andrej Martin lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Martin put 60% of his first serves in, winning 69% (36/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (22/34) on the 2nd serve. Martin broke Neuchrist 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Slovakian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Andrej’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Kigali 1 Challenger.

The Slovakian has a composed 7-1 win-loss record in 2025, 7-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Royer	Martin
Match played	4	6
Tot Set	11	15
Tot Games	116	151
Pts	364-311	513-429
Total Points	675	942
Winners	166	200
%Winners	46%	39%

Royer played 4 matches while Martin competed in 6 matches. Martin started his run from the qualifications while Royer had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Valentin Royer dropped 3 sets, while Andrej Martin dropped 3 sets. Royer has played 4 set(s) less than Martin (11 vs 15). Therefore, Royer played 35 games less than Martin. Valentin scored 166 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Andrej struck 200 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Royer	Martin
Aces	24	26
Avg per match	6	4.3
1st in	211/332	280/463
%1st in	64%	60%
1st pts	166/211	200/280
%1st pts	79%	71%
2nd pts	73/121	116/183
%2nd pts	60%	63%

Royer made 24 aces (6 per match). Martin fired 26 aces (4.3 per match). Royer won 79% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Martin won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Royer	Martin
Won	12	19
Converted	12/25	19/40
% Converted	48%	48%
Conceded	16	36
Saved	9	27
% Saved	56%	75%
Times Broken	7	9

The French player broke his opponents 12 times with a 48% conversion rate. Royer dropped his serve 7 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Martin broke his opponents 19 times with a 48% conversion rate. Martin conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Royer
	R1 Chazal	R2 Den	1/4 Cristian	1/2 Cecchinato	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	4-6 6-1 7-64	6-74 7-64 7-63	7-5 3-6 6-1
Tot Set	2	3	3	3	11
Tot Games	19	30	39	28	116
pts	64-45	96-84	116-108	88-74	364-311
Total points	109	180	224	162	675
Winners	26	40	61	39	166
%Winners	41%	42%	53%	44%	46%
SERVE
Aces	4	2	13	5	24
Double Faults	2	4	5	2	13
1st in	31/50	53/88	77/110	50/84	211/332
% 1st in	62%	60%	70%	60%	64%
1st pts	26/31	40/53	61/77	39/50	166/211
% 1st pts	84%	75%	79%	78%	79%
2nd pts	12/19	22/35	22/33	17/34	73/121
% 2nd pts	63%	63%	67%	50%	60%
Breaks
Won	3	3	1	5	12
Converted	3/7	3/7	1/2	5/9	12/25
Converted %	43%	43%	50%	56%	48%
Conceded	1	5	2	8	16
Saved	0/1	3/5	1/2	5/8	9
Saved %	0%	60%	50%	63%	43%
Times Broken	1	2	1	3	7

Martin
	Q1 Steiner	Q3 Ayeni	R1 De	R2 Marti	1/4 Erhard	1/2 Neuchrist	Total
Score	4-6 6-3 6-4	6-2 7-60	7-61 6-3	6-2 5-7 6-3	6-2 6-4	3-6 6-4 7-65
Tot Set	3	2	2	3	2	3	15
Tot Games	29	21	22	29	18	32	151
pts	85-68	81-61	79-65	110-99	58-41	100-95	513-429
Total points	153	142	144	209	99	195	942
Winners	30	35	37	41	21	36	200
%Winners	35%	43%	47%	37%	36%	36%	39%
SERVE
Aces	6	3	6	2	1	8	26
Double Faults	2	1	4	3	1	4	15
1st in	37/73	51/75	48/75	59/103	33/51	52/86	280/463
% 1st in	51%	68%	64%	57%	65%	60%	60%
1st pts	30/37	35/51	37/48	41/59	21/33	36/52	200/280
% 1st pts	81%	69%	77%	69%	64%	69%	71%
2nd pts	28/36	14/24	17/27	23/44	12/18	22/34	116/183
% 2nd pts	78%	58%	63%	52%	67%	65%	63%
Breaks
Won	2	3	1	5	5	3	19
Converted	2/9	3/6	1/2	5/11	5/6	3/6	19/40
Converted %	22%	50%	50%	45%	83%	50%	48%
Conceded	4	9	3	12	2	6	36
Saved	3/4	8/9	3/3	10/12	0/2	3/6	27
Saved %	75%	89%	100%	83%	0%	50%	99%
Times Broken	1	1	0	2	2	3	9

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