Valentin Royer and Zsombor Piros will fight against each other in the quarter of the Madrid Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on PISTA MERCEDES-BENZ. 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 -> 1.58
Zsombor Piros -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Valentin Royer vs. Zsombor Piros

There is no head to head record between Valentin Royer and Zsombor Piros since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Valentin Royer

Ranked no. 116 (career-high), Valentin got to the quarter after defeating Nick Hardt 7-6(5) 6-2 and August Holmgren 7-6(4) 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Valentin had a good straight sets win against Holmgren (7-6⁴ 6-2). During the match, Royer scored 79 points vs Holmgren’s 68. Royer was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about the service games, Royer bagged 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Valentin Royer conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 9 break points. Furthermore, Royer put 65% of his first serves in, winning 75% (41/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. Royer broke Holmgren twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Valentin hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.

Royer has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (233-123). 19-2 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Royer has an aggregate123-52 match record in the last 8 years on clay.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Kigali 1 Challenger where he beat Andrej Martin in the final 6-1 6-2 and the Kigali 2 Challenger where he overcame Guy Den Ouden in the final 6-2 6-4.

Royer has an overall 25-7 win-loss record in 2025, 19-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Madrid Challenger

Valentin has never competed in this tournament before.

Zsombor Piros

Ranked no. 250, Zsombor reached the quarter after defeating Sergi Perez Contri 6-3 5-7 6-1, Ryan Nijboer 7-6(6) 6-2, Daniel Rincon 7-6(2) 3-6 7-5 and Borna Coric 5-7 6-3 6-4.

In the 2^nd round against Coric, Zsombor recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-4). During the match Piros scored 104 points vs Coric’s 97. Zsombor was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.

About the serving games, Piros bagged 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Zsombor Piros lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Piros put 59% of his first serves in, winning 67% (41/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (24/42) on the 2nd serve. Zsombor broke Coric 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Zsombor started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

The Hungarian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Oeiras 2 Challenger.

Piros has an aggregate 18-8 win-loss record in 2025, 9-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Royer	Piros
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	4	11
Tot Games	42	114
Pts	168-145	379-330
Total Points	313	709
Winners	71	143
%Winners	42%	38%

Royer played 2 matches while Piros competed in 4 matches. Piros started his run from the qualifications while Royer had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Zsombor Piros dropped 3 sets while Valentin Royer hasn’t conceded a set so far. Royer has played 7 set(s) less than Piros (4 vs 11). Therefore, Royer played 72 games less than Piros. Valentin scored 71 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Hungarian blasted 143 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Royer	Piros
Aces	7	12
Avg per match	3.5	3
1st in	96/165	209/346
%1st in	58%	60%
1st pts	71/96	143/209
%1st pts	74%	68%
2nd pts	34/69	87/137
%2nd pts	49%	64%

Royer blasted 7 aces (3.5 per match). Piros scored 12 aces (3 per match). Royer won 74% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Piros won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Royer	Piros
Won	6	16
Converted	6/16	16/39
% Converted	38%	41%
Conceded	15	30
Saved	13	20
% Saved	87%	67%
Times Broken	2	10

The French player broke his opponents 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve twice and he saved 87% of the break points that he conceded. Piros broke his opponents 16 times with a 41% conversion rate. Piros conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Royer
	R1 Hardt	R2 Holmgren	Total
Score	7-65 6-2	7-64 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	21	21	42
pts	89-77	79-68	168-145
Total points	166	147	313
Winners	30	41	71
%Winners	34%	52%	42%
SERVE
Aces	4	3	7
Double Faults	2	3	5
1st in	41/81	55/84	96/165
% 1st in	51%	65%	58%
1st pts	30/41	41/55	71/96
% 1st pts	73%	75%	74%
2nd pts	20/40	14/29	34/69
% 2nd pts	50%	48%	49%
Breaks
Won	4	2	6
Converted	4/12	2/4	6/16
Converted %	33%	50%	38%
Conceded	6	9	15
Saved	4/6	9/9	13
Saved %	67%	100%	84%
Times Broken	2	0	2

Piros
	Q1 Perez Contri	Q3 Nijboer	R1 Rincon	R2 Coric	Total
Score	6-3 5-7 6-1	7-66 6-2	7-62 3-6 7-5	5-7 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	3	3	11
Tot Games	28	21	34	31	114
pts	99-79	75-60	101-94	104-97	379-330
Total points	178	135	195	201	709
Winners	34	31	37	41	143
%Winners	34%	41%	37%	39%	38%
SERVE
Aces	4	3	2	3	12
Double Faults	3	2	3	4	12
1st in	52/84	42/68	54/91	61/103	209/346
% 1st in	62%	62%	59%	59%	60%
1st pts	34/52	31/42	37/54	41/61	143/209
% 1st pts	65%	74%	69%	67%	68%
2nd pts	22/32	17/26	24/37	24/42	87/137
% 2nd pts	69%	65%	65%	57%	64%
Breaks
Won	5	3	4	4	16
Converted	5/12	3/6	4/10	4/11	16/39
Converted %	42%	50%	40%	36%	41%
Conceded	7	8	7	8	30
Saved	5/7	7/8	3/7	5/8	20
Saved %	71%	88%	43%	63%	133%
Times Broken	2	1	4	3	10

Upcoming matches in the draw

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• Pavel KotovKotov – Norbert GombosGombos (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Zsombor PirosPiros – Valentin RoyerRoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction