Mika Brunold and Tom Paris will play each other in the 2nd round of the Royan Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am 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 Mika Brunold who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Mika Brunold is the pick to win this match.
Mika Brunold -> 1.4
Tom Paris -> 2.77

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Prediction and head to head Mika Brunold vs. Tom Paris

This will be the 2nd time that Mika Brunold and Tom Paris square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Paris (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Paris won 4-6 6-4 7-6(6) in the 1st round in M25+H Rodez back in 2023.

Mika Brunold

Mika Brunold
Mika Brunold

18 - 13win/loss

Clay
8-8
Rank
328
High
289
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 31-22 0-0 18-17 13-5 0-0 0-0
2024 43-25 3-4 34-16 4-4 0-0 2-1
2023 23-21 2-3 10-9 10-8 0-0 1-1
2022 11-9 2-2 5-4 4-3 0-0 0-0
2021 3-4 0-0 0-2 1-1 0-0 2-1
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Ranked no. 333, Brunold reached the 2nd round after defeating Yu Hsiou Hsu 6-4 7-5.

In the 1st round, Brunold had a good straight sets win against Hsiou Hsu (6-4 7-5). During the match, Brunold scored 82 points vs Hsiou Hsu’s 69. Brunold was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Regarding the service games, Brunold fired 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Mika Brunold was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (33/43) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Mika broke Hsiou Hsu 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

Brunold has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 58% of his matches (99-73). 8-8 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Brunold has an aggregate58-40 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.

The Swiss’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Nottingham Challenger.

The Swiss has an aggregate 18-13 win-loss record in 2025, 8-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Royan Challenger

Mika has never competed in this tournament before.

Royan Challenger
Brunold's Record

Tom Paris

Tom Paris

21 - 13win/loss

Hard
2-1
I Hard
9-6
Clay
5-6
Carpet
5-0
Rank
282
High
278
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 36-23 12-3 10-11 9-9 0-0 5-0
2024 19-10 12-5 0-1 5-3 0-0 2-1
2023 38-21 5-7 10-4 18-10 0-0 5-0
2022 4-1 4-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 2-3 1-2 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 408, Paris got to the 2nd round after defeating Adrien Gobat 3-6 6-2 6-4, Kenny de Schepper 6-7(5) 6-0 7-6(1) and Thomas Faurel 7-6(2) 3-6 7-6(4).

In the 1st round, Paris defeated Faurel (7-62 3-6 7-64).During the match Paris scored less points (1) than Faurel. In fact, the world no. 333 won 111 points vs Faurel’s. That means that Paris was more focused during the important points. Paris was extremely aggressive to blast 49 winners.

About the serving games, Paris recorded 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Tom Paris lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Paris put 65% of his first serves in, winning 68% (49/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (19/38) on the 2nd serve. Tom broke Faurel 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Tom’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Oslo and M25 Nussloch.

The French player has a composed 21-13 win-loss record in 2025, 5-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Royan Challenger
Paris's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Brunold
T.Paris
1h:52
1h:52
Time on court​
!
7h:40
7h:40
1h:52
1h:52
Last match​
!
2h:54
2h:54
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
22
22
Games Played​
94
94
2
2
Set played​​
9
9
82
82
Total points​
301
301
82
82
Avg point​
100.3
100.3
33
33
Winners
124
124
33
33
Avg Winners​
41.3
41.3
40%
40%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
5
5
4
4
Avg Aces
1.7
1.7
5
5
Double Faults
11
11
5
5
Avg Double Faults
3.7
3.7
33/43
33/43
1st won total​
124/179
124/179
!
77%
77%
1st won %
69%
69%
13/25
13/25
2nd won total​
61/113
61/113
52%
52%
2nd won %
54%
54%
-- Break Points --
4/13
4/13
BP won
14/26
14/26
4/13
4/13
Avg BP won
4.7/8.7
4.7/8.7
31%
31%
Won
!
54%
54%
5
5
Conceded
26
26
5
5
Avg Conceded
8.7
8.7
2
2
Broken
10
10
2
2
Avg Broken
3.3
3.3
3
3
Saved
16
16
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Matches, sets, games and points
Points Brunold Paris
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 2 9
Tot Games 22 94
Pts 82-69 301-283
Total Points 151 584
Winners 33 124
%Winners 40% 41%

Brunold played 1 match while Paris competed in 3 matches. Paris started his run from the qualifications while Brunold had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Tom Paris lost 3 sets while Mika Brunold hasn’t dropped a set so far. Brunold has played 7 set(s) less than Paris (2 vs 9). Therefore, Brunold played 72 games less than Paris. Mika scored 33 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The French player scored 124 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Brunold Paris
Aces 4 5
Avg per match 4 1.7
1st in 43/68 179/292
%1st in 63% 61%
1st pts 33/43 124/179
%1st pts 77% 69%
2nd pts 13/25 61/113
%2nd pts 52% 54%

Brunold bagged 4 aces . Paris managed to score 5 aces (1.7 per match). Brunold won 77% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Paris won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Brunold Paris
Won 4 14
Converted 4/13 14/26
% Converted 31% 54%
Conceded 5 26
Saved 3 16
% Saved 60% 62%
Times Broken 2 10

Brunold broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. The Swiss lost his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Tom broke his opponents 14 times with a 54% conversion rate. Paris conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.

Brunold
R1
Hsiou		 Total
Score 6-4 7-5
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 22
pts 82-69 82-69
Total points 151 151
Winners 33 33
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 43/68 43/68
% 1st in 63% 63%
1st pts 33/43 33/43
% 1st pts 77% 77%
2nd pts 13/25 13/25
% 2nd pts 52% 52%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/13 4/13
Converted % 31% 31%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 3/5 3
Saved % 60% 60%
Times Broken 2 2
Paris
Q1
Gobat		 Q3
de Schepper		 R1
Faurel		 Total
Score 3-6 6-2 6-4 6-75 6-0 7-61 7-62 3-6 7-64
Tot Set 3 3 3 9
Tot Games 27 32 35 94
pts 85-82 105-89 111-112 301-283
Total points 167 194 223 584
Winners 33 42 49 124
%Winners 39% 40% 44% 41%
SERVE
Aces 2 1 2 5
Double Faults 6 3 2 11
1st in 48/80 59/102 72/110 179/292
% 1st in 60% 58% 65% 61%
1st pts 33/48 42/59 49/72 124/179
% 1st pts 69% 71% 68% 69%
2nd pts 15/32 27/43 19/38 61/113
% 2nd pts 47% 63% 50% 54%
Breaks
Won 6 5 3 14
Converted 6/16 5/5 3/5 14/26
Converted % 38% 100% 60% 54%
Conceded 10 5 11 26
Saved 6/10 3/5 7/11 16
Saved % 60% 60% 64% 184%
Times Broken 4 2 4 10

Tennis Scores in Royan Challenger

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