Borna Coric and Valentin Royer will fight against each other in the final of the Zadar Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Borna Coric who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Borna Coric is the pick to win this match.
Borna Coric -> 1.47
Valentin Royer -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Borna Coric vs. Valentin Royer
There is no head to head record between Borna Coric and Valentin Royer since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Borna Coric
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-4 | 1-2 | 5-0 | 10-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 23-27 | 8-13 | 3-7 | 11-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-19 | 10-10 | 9-5 | 3-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-17 | 10-5 | 10-9 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 6-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 112, Coric got to the final after beating Pedro Cachin 7-5 6-1, Luka Mikrut 6-2 6-3, Filip Cristian Jianu 7-6(2) 6-3 and Damir Dzumhur 6-4 1-0 ret..
In the semifinal against Dzumhur, Coric had a free pass after Dzumhur retired on a 6-4 1-0 . scoreline.
Coric has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (227-178). 4-0 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Coric has an overall 66-51 match record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Lugano Challenger where he defeated Raphael Collignon in the final 6-3 6-1 and the Thionville Challenger where he beat Arthur Bouquier in the final 6-4 6-4.
Borna has a composed 15-4 win-loss record in 2025, 4-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Borna has never competed in this tournament before.
Valentin Royer
20 - 5win/loss
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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), Royer got to the final after defeating Adrian Andreev 6-4 3-6 6-4, Dino Prizmic 6-3 7-6(4), Nerman Fatic 7-6(2) 7-5 and Enrico Dalla Valle 6-2 6-1.
In the semifinal, Valentin had a good straight sets win against Dalla Valle (6-2 6-1). During the match Royer scored 60 points vs Dalla Valle’s 36. Valentin was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Royer bagged 2 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Valentin Royer lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Royer put 68% of his first serves in, winning 66% (25/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Dalla Valle 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Valentin has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year 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 beat Guy Den Ouden in the final 6-2 6-4.
The French player has a composed 20-5 win-loss record in 2025, 14-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Coric | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 69 | 91 |
| Pts | 260-187 | 311-264 |
| Total Points | 447 | 575 |
| Winners | 99 | 120 |
| %Winners | 38% | 39% |
Both Coric and Royer played 4 matches. At the moment, Valentin Royer conceded 1 set while Borna Coric hasn’t conceded a set so far. Talking about their workload, Coric and Royer have played the same amount of sets 9. However, Coric played 22 games less than Royer. Borna scored 99 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The French player fired 120 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Coric | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 128/200 | 181/288 |
| %1st in | 64% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 99/128 | 120/181 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 45/72 | 60/107 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 56% |
Coric struck 6 aces (1.5 per match). Royer made 12 aces (3 per match). Coric won 77% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Royer won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Coric | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 18 |
| Converted | 14/31 | 18/39 |
| % Converted | 45% | 46% |
| Conceded | 10 | 23 |
| Saved | 6 | 11 |
| % Saved | 60% | 48% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 12 |
The Croatian broke his opponents 14 times with a 45% conversion rate. Borna surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Royer broke his opponents 18 times with a 46% conversion rate. Royer conceded his serve 12 times and he saved 48% of the break points that he conceded.
| Coric | |||||||
| R1 Cachin |
R1 Cachin |
R2 Mikrut |
1/4 Cristian |
1/2 Dzumhur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | 7-5 6-1 | 6-2 6-3 | 7-62 6-3 | 6-4 1-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 17 | 22 | 11 | 88 | |
| pts | 76-49 | 76-49 | 64-43 | 81-65 | 39-30 | 336-236 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | 107 | 146 | 69 | 572 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | 16 | 33 | 15 | 134 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | 25% | 41% | 38% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 40/61 | 40/61 | 22/41 | 47/67 | 19/31 | 168/261 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | 54% | 70% | 61% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 35/40 | 35/40 | 16/22 | 33/47 | 15/19 | 134/168 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | 73% | 70% | 79% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/21 | 9/21 | 14/19 | 13/20 | 9/12 | 54/93 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | 74% | 65% | 75% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | 5/10 | 4/10 | 1/3 | 18/39 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | 40% | 33% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 16 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5/6 | 0/1 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | 0% | 33% | – | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Royer | |||||||
| R1 Andreev |
R2 Prizmic |
1/4 Fatic |
1/2 Dalla Valle |
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-4 | 6-3 7-64 | 7-62 7-5 | 6-2 6-1 | |||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||
| Tot Games | 29 | 22 | 25 | 15 | 91 | ||
| pts | 95-97 | 79-70 | 77-61 | 60-36 | 311-264 | ||
| Total points | 192 | 149 | 138 | 96 | 575 | ||
| Winners | 31 | 25 | 39 | 25 | 120 | ||
| %Winners | 33% | 32% | 51% | 42% | 39% | ||
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 12 | ||
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 1st in | 54/88 | 40/75 | 49/69 | 38/56 | 181/288 | ||
| % 1st in | 61% | 53% | 71% | 68% | 63% | ||
| 1st pts | 31/54 | 25/40 | 39/49 | 25/38 | 120/181 | ||
| % 1st pts | 57% | 63% | 80% | 66% | 66% | ||
| 2nd pts | 14/34 | 21/35 | 14/20 | 11/18 | 60/107 | ||
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 60% | 70% | 61% | 56% | ||
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 7 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | ||
| Converted | 7/17 | 4/11 | 2/3 | 5/8 | 18/39 | ||
| Converted % | 41% | 36% | 67% | 63% | 46% | ||
| Conceded | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 23 | ||
| Saved | 3/10 | 4/7 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 11 | ||
| Saved % | 30% | 57% | 67% | 67% | 44% | ||
| Times Broken | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||
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