Valentin Royer and Pierre-Hugues Herbert will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on GRANDSTAND 1. 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 -> 1.43
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 2.81
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Prediction and head to head Valentin Royer vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert
This will be the 3rd time that Valentin Royer and Pierre-Hugues Herbert clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Royer and Herbert (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Royer won 7-5 6-3 in the qualifications in Paris back in 2025.
Valentin Royer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22-26 | 8-11 | 13-11 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 57, Royer will start his run in Doha after he played his last match in Rotterdam where he lost 6-4 4-6 7-6(4) to O in the 1st round on the 9th of February.
Valentin has a compiled 0-5 win-loss record in 2026, 0-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The French player has an overall 269-152 record. He has a positive 69-37 record on hard.
Previously in Doha
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17-18 | 5-5 | 5-8 | 5-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 27-27 | 1-5 | 8-11 | 15-8 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-31 | 3-5 | 8-11 | 19-12 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 2-4 | 5-4 | 16-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 10-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 171, Pierre-Hugues got to the 1st round after beating Aleksandar Vukic 6-4 6-4 and Elias Ymer 6-4 3-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Herbert defeated Ymer (6-4 3-6 6-3). During the match Herbert scored 85 points vs Ymer’s 80. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Herbert fired 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Pierre-Hugues Herbert was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (42/52) of his 1st serve and 55% (22/40) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Ymer twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
ATP Doha - Pierre-Hugues Herbert's projected path
The French player has an overall 4-2 win-loss record in 2026, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Quentin HalysHalys (1-6 6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Elias YmerYmer (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Billy HarrisHarris (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Quentin HalysHalys (1-6 6-3 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Elias YmerYmer (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Billy HarrisHarris (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Hady HabibHabib (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Alexander BublikBublik (4-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mubarak Shannan ZayidShannan Zayid – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Moez EcharguiEchargui – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas MachacMachac – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Andrey RublevRublev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (4-0) – H2H and prediction
