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.

As per the initial odds, Bu Yunchaokete is the pick to win this match.
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

Bu Yunchaokete

17 - 25win/loss

Hard
9-12
I Hard
2-2
Clay
6-8
Grass
0-3
Rank
120
High
64
LWWLWLLLLW
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.

U.S. Open
Yunchaokete's Record

Valentin Royer

Valentin Royer

46 - 21win/loss

Hard
6-5
I Hard
5-3
Clay
31-11
Grass
4-2
Rank
58
High
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. 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.

U.S. Open
Royer's Record

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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