
Valentin Royer and Chris Rodesch will play each other in the quarter of the Tunis Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Valentin Royer who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Valentin Royer is the pick to win this match.
Valentin Royer -> 1.285
Chris Rodesch -> 3.36
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Prediction and head to head Valentin Royer vs. Chris Rodesch
There is no head to head record between Valentin Royer and Chris Rodesch since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Valentin Royer


31 - 12win/loss
113
112

Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 | 40-17 | 1-2 | 30-10 | 5-3 | 4-2 | 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. 117, Royer reached the quarter after defeating Robin Bertrand 6-3 6-2 and Moez Echargui 6-4 4-6 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Royer defeated Echargui (6-4 4-6 6-0). During the match, Royer scored 91 points vs Echargui’s 75. Valentin was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Royer bagged 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Valentin Royer lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Royer put 54% of his first serves in, winning 71% (34/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (20/41) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Echargui 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Royer has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Royer has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (239-127). 25-6 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Royer has a compiled129-56 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the season 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 defeated Guy Den Ouden in the final 6-2 6-4.
Valentin has a compiled 31-11 win-loss record in 2025, 25-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tunis Challenger
Chris Rodesch


24 - 10win/loss
163
163

Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 | 31-16 | 10-4 | 11-5 | 6-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
2024 | 45-11 | 19-2 | 18-4 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 17-11 | 5-1 | 12-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 15-4 | 0-0 | 13-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 178, Chris got to the quarter after beating Henri Squire 6-3 7-6(6) and Maxim Mrva 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Luxembourger had a good straight sets win against Mrva (6-1 6-4). During the match Rodesch scored 76 points vs Mrva’s 59. Chris was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Rodesch made 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Chris Rodesch lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Rodesch put 69% of his first serves in, winning 75% (38/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 30% (7/23) on the 2nd serve. The Luxembourger broke Mrva 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Rodesch hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Tallahassee Challenger where he overcame Emilio Nava in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4.
The Luxembourger has an overall 23-10 win-loss record in 2025, 7-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tunis Challenger
The Luxembourger has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Royer | Rodesch |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 2 |
Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
Tot Games | 43 | 39 |
Pts | 165-132 | 161-126 |
Total Points | 297 | 287 |
Winners | 60 | 67 |
%Winners | 36% | 42% |
Both Royer and Rodesch played 2 matches. At the moment, Valentin Royer lost 1 set while Chris Rodesch hasn’t dropped a set so far. Royer has played 1 set more than Rodesch (5 vs 4). Therefore, Royer played 4 games more than Rodesch. The French player scored 60 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Rodesch bagged 67 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Royer | Rodesch |
---|---|---|
Aces | 8 | 9 |
Avg per match | 4 | 4.5 |
1st in | 89/155 | 91/142 |
%1st in | 57% | 64% |
1st pts | 60/89 | 67/91 |
%1st pts | 67% | 74% |
2nd pts | 33/66 | 24/51 |
%2nd pts | 50% | 47% |
Royer fired 8 aces (4 per match). Rodesch recorded 9 aces (4.5 per match). Royer won 67% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Rodesch won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Royer | Rodesch |
---|---|---|
Won | 11 | 7 |
Converted | 11/27 | 7/16 |
% Converted | 41% | 44% |
Conceded | 13 | 11 |
Saved | 8 | 8 |
% Saved | 62% | 73% |
Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
The French player broke his opponents 11 times with a 41% conversion rate. Valentin surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded. The Luxembourger broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Rodesch conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
Royer | ||||
R1 Bertrand |
R2 Echargui |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 4-6 6-0 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Tot Games | 17 | 26 | 43 | |
pts | 74-57 | 91-75 | 165-132 | |
Total points | 131 | 166 | 297 | |
Winners | 26 | 34 | 60 | |
%Winners | 35% | 37% | 36% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
1st in | 41/66 | 48/89 | 89/155 | |
% 1st in | 62% | 54% | 57% | |
1st pts | 26/41 | 34/48 | 60/89 | |
% 1st pts | 63% | 71% | 67% | |
2nd pts | 13/25 | 20/41 | 33/66 | |
% 2nd pts | 52% | 49% | 50% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
Converted | 5/16 | 6/11 | 11/27 | |
Converted % | 31% | 55% | 41% | |
Conceded | 4 | 9 | 13 | |
Saved | 2/4 | 6/9 | 8 | |
Saved % | 50% | 67% | 59% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Rodesch | ||||
R1 Squire |
R2 Mrva |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 7-66 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 22 | 17 | 39 | |
pts | 85-67 | 76-59 | 161-126 | |
Total points | 152 | 135 | 287 | |
Winners | 29 | 38 | 67 | |
%Winners | 34% | 50% | 42% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
1st in | 40/68 | 51/74 | 91/142 | |
% 1st in | 59% | 69% | 64% | |
1st pts | 29/40 | 38/51 | 67/91 | |
% 1st pts | 73% | 75% | 74% | |
2nd pts | 17/28 | 7/23 | 24/51 | |
% 2nd pts | 61% | 30% | 47% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
Converted | 3/8 | 4/8 | 7/16 | |
Converted % | 38% | 50% | 44% | |
Conceded | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
Saved | 1/3 | 7/8 | 8 | |
Saved % | 33% | 88% | 61% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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