Valentin Royer and Lukas Klein will square off in the 2nd round of the San Marino Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Valentin Royer is the pick to win this match.
Valentin Royer -> 1.51
Lukas Klein -> 2.42
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Prediction and head to head Valentin Royer vs. Lukas Klein
There is no head to head record between Valentin Royer and Lukas Klein since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Valentin Royer
41 - 17win/loss
57
56
LLLWLWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61-31 | 16-8 | 31-11 | 10-10 | 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. 108 (career-high), the French player reached the 2nd round after beating Facundo Mena 3-6 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round against Mena, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-2). During the match, Royer scored 79 points vs Mena’s 70. Valentin was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Royer made 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Valentin Royer lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Royer put 61% of his first serves in, winning 70% (32/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Mena 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Royer has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (249-133). 31-10 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Royer has an overall135-60 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Kigali 1 Challenger where he overcame 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 a compiled 41-17 win-loss record in 2025, 31-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the San Marino Challenger
Royer has never competed in this tournament before.
Lukas Klein
17 - 18win/loss
142
109
LLLLLWLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30-27 | 6-9 | 17-8 | 5-9 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-24 | 16-10 | 9-7 | 5-5 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-29 | 9-8 | 15-12 | 11-6 | 1-2 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 44-22 | 5-0 | 27-17 | 8-3 | 3-1 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 28-22 | 0-2 | 23-17 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 186, the Slovakian got to the 2nd round after defeating Murkel Dellien 6-2 0-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Klein defeated Alejandro Dellien Velasco (6-2 0-6 6-3). During the match Klein scored 87 points vs Alejandro Dellien Velasco’s 85. Lukas was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Klein blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Lukas Klein lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Klein put 63% of his first serves in, winning 62% (36/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Alejandro Dellien Velasco 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Klein’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Pau Challenger and the Prague Challenger.
Lukas has a composed 17-18 win-loss record in 2025, 8-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Royer | Klein |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 23 |
| Pts | 79-70 | 87-85 |
| Total Points | 149 | 172 |
| Winners | 32 | 36 |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% |
Both Royer and Klein played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Valentin Royer dropped 1 set, while Lukas Klein dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Royer and Klein have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Royer played 2 games more than Klein. The French player scored 32 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Lukas managed to score 36 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Royer | Klein |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 46/76 | 58/92 |
| %1st in | 61% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 32/46 | 36/58 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 17/34 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 50% |
Royer blasted 5 aces . Klein made 2 aces . Royer won 70% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Klein won 62% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Royer | Klein |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/9 |
| % Converted | 44% | 33% |
| Conceded | 5 | 12 |
| Saved | 3 | 9 |
| % Saved | 60% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The French player broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The French player surrendered his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Klein broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Lukas conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Royer | |||
| R1 Mena |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 79-70 | 79-70 | |
| Total points | 149 | 149 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 46/76 | 46/76 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 32/46 | 32/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 17/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Klein | |||
| R1 Alejandro Dellien Velasco |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 0-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 87-85 | 87-85 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 58/92 | 58/92 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 36/58 | 36/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 17/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 9/12 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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