Valentin Royer and Eliot Spizzirri will play each other in the qualifications of the Hangzhou Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on CENTER 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 -> 1.666
Eliot Spizzirri -> 2.11

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Prediction and head to head Valentin Royer vs. Eliot Spizzirri

There is no head to head record between Valentin Royer and Eliot Spizzirri since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Valentin Royer

Ranked no. 88 (career-high), the French player reached the qualifications after beating Charles Chen 6-3 7-5.

In the qualifications, Valentin had a good straight sets win against Chen (6-3 7-5). During the match, Royer scored 74 points vs Chen’s 63. Royer was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about the service games, Royer made 4 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Valentin Royer was pretty efficient on serve to win 71% (27/38) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Valentin broke Chen 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Royer has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (256-138). 8-6 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Royer has an overall61-32 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

His best result of the current year 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 overcame Guy Den Ouden in the final 6-2 6-4.

Royer has a compiled 48-22 win-loss record in 2025, 8-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Hangzhou

Royer has never competed in this tournament before.

Eliot Spizzirri

Ranked no. 128, the American got to the qualifications after beating Chun Hsin Tseng 2-6 6-1 6-4.

In the qualifications against Hsin Tseng, Spizzirri recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-1 6-4). During the match Spizzirri scored 80 points vs Hsin Tseng’s 69. Eliot was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Spizzirri bagged 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Eliot Spizzirri lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Spizzirri put 67% of his first serves in, winning 65% (32/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Hsin Tseng 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

His best result of the current season was winning the title the San Diego Challenger where he defeated Mackenzie Mcdonald in the final 6-4 2-6 6-4.

Eliot has an aggregate 37-25 win-loss record in 2025, 21-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Royer	Spizzirri
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	21	25
Pts	74-63	80-69
Total Points	137	149
Winners	27	32
%Winners	36%	40%

Both Royer and Spizzirri played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Eliot Spizzirri dropped 1 set while Valentin Royer hasn’t dropped a set so far. Royer has played 1 set(s) less than Spizzirri (2 vs 3). Therefore, Royer played 4 games less than Spizzirri. The French player scored 27 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The American struck 32 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Royer	Spizzirri
Aces	4	8
Avg per match	4	8
1st in	38/56	49/73
%1st in	68%	67%
1st pts	27/38	32/49
%1st pts	71%	65%
2nd pts	12/18	15/24
%2nd pts	67%	63%

Royer struck 4 aces . Spizzirri blasted 8 aces . Royer won 71% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Spizzirri won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Royer	Spizzirri
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/6
% Converted	44%	67%
Conceded	4	5
Saved	3	2
% Saved	75%	40%
Times Broken	1	3

Valentin broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The French player surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Eliot broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.

Royer
	Q1 Chen	Total
Score	6-3 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	74-63	74-63
Total points	137	137
Winners	27	27
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	38/56	38/56
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	27/38	27/38
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	12/18	12/18
% 2nd pts	67%	67%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

Spizzirri
	Q1 Hsin	Total
Score	2-6 6-1 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	25	25
pts	80-69	80-69
Total points	149	149
Winners	32	32
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	49/73	49/73
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	32/49	32/49
% 1st pts	65%	65%
2nd pts	15/24	15/24
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	2/5	2
Saved %	40%	40%
Times Broken	3	3

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