Valentin Royer and Marko Topo will square off in the quarter of the Bratislava 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 pm on COURT 8. 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 -> 1.48
Marko Topo -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Valentin Royer vs. Marko Topo
There is no head to head record between Valentin Royer and Marko Topo since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Valentin Royer
34 - 14win/loss
108
108
LWWWWLLWWW | 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. 124, Royer got to the quarter after beating Oleg Prihodko 4-6 6-2 6-1 and Valentin Vacherot 1-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Vacherot, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 6-4).During the match, Royer scored less points (1) than Vacherot. In fact, the world no. 124 won 74 points vs Vacherot’s. That means that Royer was more focused during the important points. Valentin was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Royer bagged 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Valentin Royer lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Royer put 59% of his first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the 2nd serve. Royer broke Vacherot 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Valentin has surrendered 2 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Royer has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (242-130). 28-9 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Royer has an aggregate132-59 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Kigali 1 Challenger where he defeated 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 compiled 34-14 win-loss record in 2025, 28-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava 1 Challenger
Marko Topo
27 - 10win/loss
258
258
LWWLWWLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-14 | 7-1 | 24-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2024 | 33-23 | 9-4 | 23-18 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-26 | 0-1 | 31-19 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 26-28 | 8-6 | 12-13 | 6-7 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 4-5 | 1-0 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 288 (career-high), Marko got to the quarter after defeating Andrew Paulson 6-1 6-4, Gabi Adrian Boitan 4-6 6-0 6-1, Norbert Gombos 7-6(2) 3-6 7-6(7) and Facundo Mena 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Topo had a good straight sets win against Mena (6-3 6-4). During the match Topo scored 73 points vs Mena’s 61. Topo was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Topo managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Marko Topo was quite efficient on serve to win 72% (31/43) of his 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Serbian broke Mena twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Marko started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Topo’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Faro and M25 Kursumlijska Banja.
Topo has a compiled 27-10 win-loss record in 2025, 20-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava 1 Challenger
Marko has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Royer | Topo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 51 | 94 |
| Pts | 166-149 | 327-275 |
| Total Points | 315 | 602 |
| Winners | 69 | 127 |
| %Winners | 42% | 39% |
Royer played 2 matches while Topo competed in 4 matches. Topo started his run from the qualifications while Royer had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Valentin Royer surrendered 2 sets, while Marko Topo lost 2 sets. Royer has played 4 set(s) less than Topo (6 vs 10). Therefore, Royer played 43 games less than Topo. Royer scored 69 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Serbian fired 127 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Royer | Topo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 98/155 | 172/297 |
| %1st in | 63% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 69/98 | 127/172 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 29/57 | 78/125 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 62% |
Royer made 13 aces (6.5 per match). Topo recorded 18 aces (4.5 per match). Royer won 70% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Topo won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Royer | Topo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 13 |
| Converted | 9/20 | 13/31 |
| % Converted | 45% | 42% |
| Conceded | 12 | 23 |
| Saved | 6 | 18 |
| % Saved | 50% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 5 |
Royer broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. The French player lost his serve 6 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Serbian broke his opponents 13 times with a 42% conversion rate. Topo conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Royer | ||||
| R1 Prihodko |
R2 Vacherot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 6-1 | 1-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 26 | 51 | |
| pts | 92-74 | 74-75 | 166-149 | |
| Total points | 166 | 149 | 315 | |
| Winners | 38 | 31 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 54/81 | 44/74 | 98/155 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 59% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 38/54 | 31/44 | 69/98 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/27 | 17/30 | 29/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 57% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 3/6 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 50% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 4/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 57% | 49% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Topo | ||||||
| Q1 Paulson |
Q3 Adrian |
R1 Gombos |
R2 Mena |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 4-6 6-0 6-1 | 7-62 3-6 7-67 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 23 | 35 | 19 | 94 | |
| pts | 63-45 | 89-64 | 102-105 | 73-61 | 327-275 | |
| Total points | 108 | 153 | 207 | 134 | 602 | |
| Winners | 25 | 28 | 43 | 31 | 127 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 31% | 42% | 42% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 8 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 30/49 | 40/73 | 59/103 | 43/72 | 172/297 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 55% | 57% | 60% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 28/40 | 43/59 | 31/43 | 127/172 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 70% | 73% | 72% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 22/33 | 26/44 | 18/29 | 78/125 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 67% | 59% | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 5/12 | 3/5 | 2/8 | 13/31 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 42% | 60% | 25% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 23 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 6/7 | 6/10 | 4/4 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 86% | 60% | 100% | 173% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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