Sebastian Baez and Valentin Royer will play each other in the 1st round of the European Open

for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Valentin Royer who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Valentin Royer is the pick to win this match.
Valentin Royer -> 1.39
Sebastian Baez -> 2.98

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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Baez vs. Valentin Royer

There is no head to head record between Sebastian Baez and Valentin Royer since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Sebastian Baez

Sebastian Baez

20 - 23win/loss

Hard
3-9
I Hard
0-0
Clay
17-13
Grass
0-1
Rank
45
High
18
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 20-27 3-9 17-14 0-3 0-1 0-0
2024 31-28 5-9 26-11 0-5 0-3 0-0
2023 33-27 9-7 22-13 1-5 1-2 0-0
2022 35-32 6-12 27-12 0-6 2-2 0-0
2021 56-16 2-1 52-12 2-2 0-1 0-0

Ranked no. 44, Baez will start his run in Brussels after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 7-5 6-4 to Rune in the 2nd round on the 3rd of October.

Sebastian has an aggregate 20-23 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the year on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current year was winning the title in Rio de Janeiro where he beat Alexandre Muller in the final 6-2 6-3.

Talking about his overall career, Baez has an overall 271-172 record. He has a negative 3-19 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in Brussels

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.

Brussels
Baez's Record

Valentin Royer

Valentin Royer

57 - 25win/loss

Hard
16-8
I Hard
6-4
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. 70 (career-high), the French player reached the 1st round after defeating Daniel Merida Aguilar 6-3 7-5 and Gilles Arnaud Bailly 7-6(3) 7-6(2).

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

Valentin has a compiled 57-25 win-loss record in 2025, 6-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Brussels
Royer's Record

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