Valentin Vacherot and Michiel De Krom will face off in the qualifications of the Murcia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on PISTA 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Valentin Vacherot who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Valentin Vacherot is the pick to win this match.
Valentin Vacherot -> 1.3
Michiel De Krom -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Valentin Vacherot vs. Michiel De Krom
There is no head to head record between Valentin Vacherot and Michiel De Krom since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Valentin Vacherot
9 - 6win/loss
265
110
LWWWLLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-7 | 6-6 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-13 | 19-3 | 15-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-32 | 6-4 | 49-25 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-22 | 27-12 | 18-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-14 | 36-8 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 262, Vacherot reached the qualifications after defeating Alexander Donski 7-5 7-6(5).
In the qualifications, Valentin had a good straight sets win against Donski (7-5 7-65). During the match, Vacherot scored 77 points vs Donski’s 74. The Monegasque was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about the service games, Vacherot fired 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Valentin Vacherot lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Vacherot put 70% of his first serves in, winning 70% (40/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the 2nd serve. Valentin broke Donski 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Vacherot has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (239-124). 3-0 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Vacherot has a compiled 121-66 record in the last years on clay.
The Monegasque has a composed 9-6 win-loss record in 2025, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
The Monegasque has never competed in this tournament before.
Michiel De Krom
7 - 3win/loss
457
449
LWLWWLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7-4 | 4-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 56-29 | 14-8 | 42-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-17 | 5-4 | 20-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 19-8 | 0-0 | 19-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 453, De reached the qualifications after defeating Alexander Weis 4-1 ret..
In the qualifications against Weis, Michiel had a free pass after Weis retired on a 4-1 . scoreline.
De’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Manacor.
Michiel has an aggregate 7-3 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vacherot | De |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 5 |
| Pts | 77-74 | 24-14 |
| Total Points | 151 | 38 |
| Winners | 40 | 12 |
| %Winners | 52% | 50% |
Both Vacherot and De played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Vacherot and De have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Vacherot played 20 games more than De. Vacherot scored 40 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch managed to score 12 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vacherot | De |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1 |
| 1st in | 57/82 | 13/20 |
| %1st in | 70% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 40/57 | 12/13 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 92% |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 2/7 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 29% |
Vacherot managed to score 4 aces . De recorded 1 ace . Vacherot won 70% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, De won 92% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 29% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vacherot | De |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 1 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 1/2 |
| % Converted | 75% | 50% |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 71% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
The Monegasque broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Valentin lost his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. De broke his opponent once with a 50% conversion rate. De was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Vacherot | |||
| Q1 Donski |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 77-74 | 77-74 | |
| Total points | 151 | 151 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 57/82 | 57/82 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 40/57 | 40/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 13/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| De | |||
| Q1 Weis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 1 | |
| Tot Games | 5 | 5 | |
| pts | 24-14 | 24-14 | |
| Total points | 38 | 38 | |
| Winners | 12 | 12 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 13/20 | 13/20 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 12/13 | 12/13 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 92% | |
| 2nd pts | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| % 2nd pts | 29% | 29% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 1/2 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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