Valentin Royer and Sebastian Ofner will play each other in the 1st round of the Cincinnati Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 9:00 pm on CHAMPIONS’ COURT. 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 Valentin Royer who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Valentin Royer is the pick to win this match.
Valentin Royer -> 1.9
Sebastian Ofner -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Valentin Royer vs. Sebastian Ofner
There is no head to head record between Valentin Royer and Sebastian Ofner since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Valentin Royer
44 - 19win/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. 111, Valentin got to the 1st round after defeating Juan Pablo Ficovich 6-1 6-2 and Liam Draxl 2-6 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications against Draxl, Royer recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Royer scored 96 points vs Draxl’s 91. The French player was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Royer made 12 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Valentin Royer lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Royer put 65% of his first serves in, winning 72% (39/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Draxl 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Valentin started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
Royer has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (252-135). 4-3 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Royer has a compiled57-29 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning 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 an aggregate 44-19 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Royer has never competed in this tournament before.
Sebastian Ofner
20 - 14win/loss
134
37
LLLLLLLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20-19 | 0-5 | 16-10 | 0-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 19-25 | 6-8 | 8-13 | 1-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 60-31 | 12-10 | 37-13 | 7-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-18 | 4-4 | 21-12 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-24 | 4-6 | 4-8 | 7-6 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 141, Ofner will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in Toronto where he lost 7-6(6) 7-5 to Opelka in the 1st round on the 27th of July.
Sebastian has an overall 20-14 win-loss record in 2025, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Ofner’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Geneva.
In terms of his career, The Austrian has an overall 336-252 record. He has a positive 95-65 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Zizou BergsBergs – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Nicolas JarryJarry (1-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-71 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Joao FonsecaFonseca – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (4-6 6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Hugo GastonGaston (6-4 5-7 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo DellienDellien – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (4-5) – H2H and prediction
- Borna CoricCoric – Emilio NavaNava (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Vit KoprivaKopriva (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Tommy PaulPaul (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Valentin RoyerRoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (4-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Kei NishikoriNishikori (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – Mariano NavoneNavone (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian BaezBaez – David GoffinGoffin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan BoyerBoyer – Brandon HoltHolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-2) – H2H and prediction
