Bu Yunchaokete and Valentin Royer will square off in the 1st round of the U.S. Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on Court 13. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Bu Yunchaokete who should win in 4 sets.
Bu Yunchaokete -> 1.36
Valentin Royer -> 3.15
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Prediction and head to head Bu Yunchaokete vs. Valentin Royer
This will be the 2nd time that Bu Yunchaokete and Valentin Royer square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Royer (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Royer won 6-1 6-4 in the qualifications in the Tenerife 2 Challenger back in 2023.
Bu Yunchaokete
17 - 25win/loss
120
64
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20-30 | 12-17 | 6-8 | 2-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-27 | 40-14 | 3-2 | 7-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-23 | 27-15 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 87-28 | 84-24 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2021 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 76, Bu will start his run at the U.S. Open after he played his last match in Winston Salem where he lost 6-3 5-7 6-3 to Van De Zandschulp in the quarter on the 22nd of August.
The Chinese has an aggregate 17-25 win-loss record in 2025, 9-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Bu’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Turin Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The Chinese has an overall 193-107 record. He has a positive 161-67 record on hard.
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
Valentin Royer
46 - 21win/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. 99 (career-high), Valentin will start his run at the New York after he played his last match in Winston Salem where he lost 4-6 6-2 7-6(5) to Blanch in the qualifications on the 17th of August.
The French player has an aggregate 46-21 win-loss record in 2025, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
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.
In terms of his career, Valentin has an overall 254-137 record. He has a positive 59-31 record on hard.
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.
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