Benjamin Bonzi and Valentin Royer will play each other in the 2^nd round of the European Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Benjamin Bonzi who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Benjamin Bonzi is the pick to win this match.
Benjamin Bonzi -> 1.66
Valentin Royer -> 2.21

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Prediction and head to head Benjamin Bonzi vs. Valentin Royer

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

Benjamin Bonzi

Ranked no. 53, Bonzi reached the 2^nd round after beating Reilly Opelka 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Benjamin had a good straight sets win against Opelka (6-4 6-4). During the match, Bonzi scored 62 points vs Opelka’s 44. Bonzi was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Bonzi struck 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Benjamin Bonzi was quite effective on serve to win 89% (31/35) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Bonzi broke Opelka twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Bonzi has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (391-256). 2-2 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bonzi has an aggregate 116-77 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Benjamin has a composed 22-23 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Brussels

Valentin Royer

Ranked no. 70 (career-high), the French player reached the 2^nd round after defeating Daniel Merida Aguilar 6-3 7-5, Gilles Arnaud Bailly 7-6(3) 7-6(2)

and Sebastian Baez 6-2 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Baez (6-2 6-3). During the match Royer scored 63 points vs Baez’s 40. Valentin was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Royer managed to score 5 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Valentin Royer was very effective on serve to win 87% (26/30) of his 1st serve and 73% (11/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Baez 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).

His best result of the season was conquering 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 defeated Guy Den Ouden in the final 6-2 6-4.

The French player has an overall 58-25 win-loss record in 2025, 7-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Bonzi	Royer
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	4
Tot Games	20	38
Pts	62-44	128-87
Total Points	106	215
Winners	31	56
%Winners	50%	44%

Bonzi played 1 match while Royer competed in 2 matches. Royer started his run from the qualifications while Bonzi had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Bonzi has played 2 set(s) less than Royer (2 vs 4). Therefore, Bonzi played 18 games less than Royer. Bonzi scored 31 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Valentin managed to score 56 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Bonzi	Royer
Aces	7	14
Avg per match	7	7
1st in	35/52	69/103
%1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	31/35	56/69
%1st pts	89%	81%
2nd pts	11/17	25/34
%2nd pts	65%	74%

Bonzi struck 7 aces . Royer managed to score 14 aces (7 per match). Bonzi won 89% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Royer won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 74% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Bonzi	Royer
Won	2	6
Converted	2/3	6/17
% Converted	67%	35%
Conceded	0	4
Saved	0	3
% Saved	0%	75%
Times Broken	0	1

Benjamin broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Benjamin extremely effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Valentin broke his opponents 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Bonzi
	R1 Opelka	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	62-44	62-44
Total points	106	106
Winners	31	31
%Winners	50%	50%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	35/52	35/52
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	31/35	31/35
% 1st pts	89%	89%
2nd pts	11/17	11/17
% 2nd pts	65%	65%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/3	2/3
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Royer
	Q1 Merida	Q3 Arnaud	R1 Baez	Total
Score	6-3 7-5	7-63 7-62	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	21	26	17	64
pts	65-47	–	63-40	128-87
Total points	112	0	103	215
Winners	30		26	56
%Winners	46%	0%	41%	44%
SERVE
Aces	9	0	5	14
Double Faults	1		0	1
1st in	39/58	/	30/45	69/103
% 1st in	67%	0%	67%	67%
1st pts	30/39	/	26/30	56/69
% 1st pts	77%	0%	87%	81%
2nd pts	14/19	/	11/15	25/34
% 2nd pts	74%	0%	73%	74%
Breaks
Won	3		3	6
Converted	3/6	/	3/11	6/17
Converted %	50%	0%	27%	35%
Conceded	3		1	4
Saved	2/3	0/	1/1	3
Saved %	67%	–	100%	167%
Times Broken	1		0	1

Tennis Scores in Brussels

• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – David GoffinGoffin (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Gilles Arnaud BaillyArnaud Bailly – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-4 6-7¹⁰ 6-3) – See score progression
• Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (7-6⁴ 6-7⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Marcos GironGiron – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Petr Nouza/Patrik RiklNouza/Patrik Rikl – Gregoire Jacq/Nicolas MahutJacq/Nicolas Mahut (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Ariel Behar/Joran VliegenBehar/Joran Vliegen – Romain Arneodo/Sander GilleArneodo/Sander Gille (7-6⁸ 6-7⁹ 10-8) – See score progression
• Alexander Blockx/Tibo ColsonBlockx/Tibo Colson – Sebastian Baez/Francisco ComesanaBaez/Francisco Comesana (3-6 6-4 10-5) – See score progression
• Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (7-6(4) 6-7(5) 6-4) – See score progression
• Gilles Arnaud BaillyArnaud Bailly – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-4 6-7(10) 6-3) – See score progression
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – David GoffinGoffin (7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
• Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-4 6-1) – See score progression

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