
Valentin Vacherot surprises Jan-Lennard Struff 6-2 6-1 in the 1st round in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Sunday after playing a fantastic match to square off with Grigor Dimitrov or Nicolas Jarry in the 2nd round. The match lasted just 58 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2023 and 2024. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
The Monegasque added to his prize money € 19,720 after conquering this match. He has already won € 44,220 after this win. If he wins the next match, Valentin will add € 38,245 to his earnings to get in total € 82,465 in total.
Highlights Valentin Vacherot vs. Jan-Lennard Struff Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Monte-Carlo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Monegasque scored 57 points vs. the German’s 32.
Vacherot
Valentin served extremely well to win 85% of the points (23/27) behind his first serve, and he won 64% points (9/14) on his second serve. Valentin won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.
Struff
On the other side, Struff wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Vacherot and Struff is 1-0 for Valentin.
Draw and next match H2H: Valentin Vacherot vs. Grigor Dimitrov or Nicolas Jarry – stats
Vacherot will fight against either Grigor Dimitrov or Nicolas Jarry in the 2nd round. The head to head is 0-1 vs. Grigor Dimitrov and 0-0 vs. Nicolas Jarry.
Live score progression and stats
Vacherot in this set was in much better shape than Jan-Lennard and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking Jan-Lennard in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Vacherot failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 0.
Struff was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.
The Monegasque was unerring in converting all his break points in the 5th (3-2 15-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Valentin didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 44 points. The Monegasque conquered the set after winning 16 more points than the German (30-14). Valentin was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). On the losing side, the German conceded 10 points on serve (10-10).
Vacherot came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Jan-Lennard Struff in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Valentin reinforced his lead after breaking the German in the 6th (5-1) game before conquering the set (6-1).
Vacherot converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40 and 40-A), the 4th (3-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Monegasque didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 45 points. Vacherot was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than the German (27-18). Valentin dropped 5 points on serve (12-5). on the other side of the net, the German conceded 15 points on serve (13-15).
Tennis Scores in Monte Carlo Rolex Masters
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-2 6-1)
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