Mae Malige and Theo Papamalamis will square off in the qualifications of the Royan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Theo Papamalamis who should win in 3 sets.
Theo Papamalamis -> 1.666
Mae Malige -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Mae Malige vs. Theo Papamalamis
There is no head to head record between Mae Malige and Theo Papamalamis since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Mae Malige
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-34 | 11-11 | 5-9 | 18-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-19 | 1-2 | 4-6 | 19-10 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2023 | 7-14 | 5-4 | 0-3 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
Ranked no. 553, Mae got to the qualifications after beating Pierre Delage 6-2 7-6(1).
In the qualifications, The French player had a good straight sets win against Delage (6-2 7-61). During the match, Malige scored 78 points vs Delage’s 56. Mae was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Malige fired 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mae Malige lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Malige put 59% of his first serves in, winning 66% (29/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (13/30) on the 2nd serve. Malige broke Delage 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Malige has a winning win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 51% of his matches (53-51). 5-8 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Malige has a composed9-17 win-loss record in the last 3 years on clay.
The French player best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Bressuire and Balma.
Malige has a composed 21-18 win-loss record in 2025, 5-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Royan Challenger
Malige has never competed in this tournament before.
Theo Papamalamis
12 - 5win/loss
723
595
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20-14 | 6-7 | 10-5 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 20-20 | 2-2 | 5-5 | 13-12 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2023 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 666, theo reached the qualifications after beating Loann Massard 6-0 6-2.
In the qualifications, The French player had a good straight sets win against Massard (6-0 6-2). During the match Papamalamis scored 61 points vs Massard’s 39. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.
About the serving games, Papamalamis fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Theo Papamalamis conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Papamalamis put 55% of his first serves in, winning 69% (18/26) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the 2nd serve. Theo broke Massard 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
The French player best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Ithaca.
Theo has an aggregate 11-5 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Malige | Papamalamis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 14 |
| Pts | 78-56 | 61-39 |
| Total Points | 134 | 100 |
| Winners | 29 | 18 |
| %Winners | 37% | 30% |
Both Malige and Papamalamis played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Malige and Papamalamis have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Malige played 7 games more than Papamalamis. Mae scored 29 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Papamalamis made 18 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Malige | Papamalamis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 44/74 | 26/47 |
| %1st in | 59% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 29/44 | 18/26 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 13/30 | 13/21 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 62% |
Malige made 2 aces . Papamalamis struck 3 aces . Malige won 66% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Papamalamis won 69% 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 | Malige | Papamalamis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/8 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 75% | 56% |
| Conceded | 7 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 43% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
The French player broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Malige surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Papamalamis broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The French player was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Malige | |||
| Q1 Delage | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 78-56 | 78-56 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 44/74 | 44/74 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 29/44 | 29/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/30 | 13/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Papamalamis | |||
| Q1 Massard | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 61-39 | 61-39 | |
| Total points | 100 | 100 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 26/47 | 26/47 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 18/26 | 18/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 13/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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