Valentin Royer and Nerman Fatic will face off in the quarter of the Zadar Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Valentin Royer who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Valentin Royer is the pick to win this match.
Valentin Royer -> 1.43
Nerman Fatic -> 2.66
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Prediction and head to head Valentin Royer vs. Nerman Fatic
This will be the 2nd time that Valentin Royer and Nerman Fatic fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Royer (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Royer won 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in the Villena Challenger back in 2024.
Valentin Royer
18 - 5win/loss
121
121
LWWWWWWWWW | 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. 121 (career-high), the French player got to the quarter after defeating Adrian Andreev 6-4 3-6 6-4 and Dino Prizmic 6-3 7-6(4).
In the 2nd round, Royer had a good straight sets win against Prizmic (6-3 7-64). During the match, Royer scored 79 points vs Prizmic’s 70. The French player was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Royer scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Valentin Royer lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Royer put 53% of his first serves in, winning 63% (25/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (21/35) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Prizmic 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Valentin has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Royer has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (226-121). 12-0 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Royer has a composed116-50 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Kigali 1 Challenger where he overcame Andrej Martin in the final 6-1 6-2 and the Kigali 2 Challenger where he defeated Guy Den Ouden in the final 6-2 6-4.
The French player has a composed 18-5 win-loss record in 2025, 12-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Royer has never competed in this tournament before.
Nerman Fatic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-2 | 0-0 | 14-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 23-26 | 3-5 | 19-20 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-28 | 0-1 | 35-25 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 34-27 | 0-1 | 31-19 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 37-26 | 1-1 | 30-22 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 414, Nerman got to the quarter after beating Timofey Skatov 6-2 7-6(3) and Carlos Sanchez Jover 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Fatic had a good straight sets win against Sanchez Jover (6-3 6-4). During the match Fatic scored 74 points vs Sanchez Jover’s 59. The Bosnian was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Fatic fired 5 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Nerman Fatic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Fatic put 71% of his first serves in, winning 62% (26/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the 2nd serve. Nerman broke Sanchez Jover 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Bosnian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Fatic’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya and M15 Porec.
The Bosnian has an overall 14-1 win-loss record in 2025, 14-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Royer | Fatic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 51 | 40 |
| Pts | 174-167 | 153-121 |
| Total Points | 341 | 274 |
| Winners | 56 | 60 |
| %Winners | 32% | 39% |
Both Royer and Fatic played 2 matches. At the moment, Valentin Royer lost 1 set while Nerman Fatic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Royer has played 1 set more than Fatic (5 vs 4). Therefore, Royer played 11 games more than Fatic. The French player scored 56 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Fatic made 60 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Royer | Fatic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 94/163 | 92/130 |
| %1st in | 58% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 56/94 | 60/92 |
| %1st pts | 60% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 35/69 | 21/38 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 55% |
Royer struck 3 aces (1.5 per match). Fatic recorded 6 aces (3 per match). Royer won 60% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Fatic won 65% of the points behind 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 | Fatic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 10 |
| Converted | 11/28 | 10/18 |
| % Converted | 39% | 56% |
| Conceded | 17 | 9 |
| Saved | 7 | 4 |
| % Saved | 41% | 44% |
| Times Broken | 10 | 5 |
Valentin broke his opponents 11 times with a 39% conversion rate. Valentin surrendered his serve 10 times and he saved 41% of the break points that he conceded. The Bosnian broke his opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. Fatic conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded.
| Royer | ||||
| R1 Andreev |
R2 Prizmic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-4 | 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 22 | 51 | |
| pts | 95-97 | 79-70 | 174-167 | |
| Total points | 192 | 149 | 341 | |
| Winners | 31 | 25 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 54/88 | 40/75 | 94/163 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 53% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 31/54 | 25/40 | 56/94 | |
| % 1st pts | 57% | 63% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/34 | 21/35 | 35/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 60% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 7/17 | 4/11 | 11/28 | |
| Converted % | 41% | 36% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 7 | 17 | |
| Saved | 3/10 | 4/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 30% | 57% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| Fatic | ||||
| R1 Skatov |
R2 Sanchez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-63 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 19 | 40 | |
| pts | 79-62 | 74-59 | 153-121 | |
| Total points | 141 | 133 | 274 | |
| Winners | 34 | 26 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 35% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 50/71 | 42/59 | 92/130 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 34/50 | 26/42 | 60/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 62% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 9/17 | 21/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 53% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 6/11 | 10/18 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 55% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 1/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 25% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
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