Valentin Royer and Liam Draxl will play each other in the qualifications of the Cincinnati Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on GRANDSTAND. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Liam Draxl who should win in 3 sets.
Liam Draxl -> 1.75
Valentin Royer -> 1.99
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Prediction and head to head Valentin Royer vs. Liam Draxl
There is no head to head record between Valentin Royer and Liam Draxl since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Valentin Royer
44 - 19win/loss
58
56
| 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. 111, Royer got to the qualifications after beating Juan Pablo Ficovich 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, Valentin had a good straight sets win against Pablo Ficovich (6-1 6-2). During the match, Royer scored 58 points vs Pablo Ficovich’s 37. Valentin was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Royer managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Valentin Royer was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (22/27) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Royer broke Pablo Ficovich 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Royer has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (251-135). 3-3 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Royer has an overall56-29 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning 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 beat Guy Den Ouden in the final 6-2 6-4.
The French player has a compiled 43-19 win-loss record in 2025, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Royer has never competed in this tournament before.
Liam Draxl
42 - 20win/loss
123
113
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49-29 | 20-13 | 10-5 | 19-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-24 | 21-10 | 17-12 | 13-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-9 | 23-5 | 0-0 | 13-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-16 | 16-10 | 3-1 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-14 | 16-9 | 12-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 113 (career-high), Draxl reached the qualifications after defeating Andres Martin 6-3 7-6(3).
In the qualifications, Liam had a good straight sets win against Martin (6-3 7-63). During the match Draxl scored 75 points vs Martin’s 60. Draxl was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Draxl bagged 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Liam Draxl was quite effective on serve to win 75% (36/48) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Liam broke Martin 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Winnipeg Challenger where he beat Alexander Blockx in the final 1-6 6-3 6-4.
Liam has an overall 42-19 win-loss record in 2025, 17-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Royer | Draxl |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 22 |
| Pts | 58-37 | 75-60 |
| Total Points | 95 | 135 |
| Winners | 22 | 36 |
| %Winners | 38% | 48% |
Both Royer and Draxl 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, Royer and Draxl have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Royer played 7 games less than Draxl. Royer scored 22 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Liam bagged 36 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Royer | Draxl |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 5 |
| 1st in | 27/52 | 48/63 |
| %1st in | 52% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 36/48 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 8/15 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 53% |
Royer bagged 6 aces . Draxl fired 5 aces . Royer won 81% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Draxl won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Royer | Draxl |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/10 |
| % Converted | 57% | 30% |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The French player broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Royer was rock solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. Draxl broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Draxl conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Royer | |||
| Q1 Pablo Ficovich | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 58-37 | 58-37 | |
| Total points | 95 | 95 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 27/52 | 27/52 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 22/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 14/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Draxl | |||
| Q1 Martin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 75-60 | 75-60 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 48/63 | 48/63 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 36/48 | 36/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 8/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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