ATP Challenger Tour · Semifinals · Madrid
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Cilic
🤖 Servebot
Royer
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
🤖 Servebot vs 💥 Big Hitter is historically tight (50% vs 50%, 6,037 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and H2H matter most when Marin Cilic plays Valentin Royer.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Cilic | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–5 | 11–10 |
| Avg odds | 2.29 | 2.14 |
| ROI % | -15.0% | -14.9% |
| Units P/L | -1.35u | -3.13u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
1
Cilic
0
Royer
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Cilic has a higher win rate against shared opponents (56% vs Royer's 33%).
| Opponent | Cilic | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Novak Djokovic | L 67 46 | L 36 26 76 36 |
| Aleksandr Shevchenko | W 61 63 | W 75 46 62 |
| Alexander Zverev | L 26 75 46 | L 46 46 |
| Taylor Fritz | L 67 67 | L 67 75 16 36 |
| Learner Tien | W 75 76 | W 76 46 62 |
| Denis Shapovalov | W 64 63 62 | L 67 26 |
| Adrian Mannarino | W 63 62 | L 46 46 75 67 |
| Raphael Collignon | W 63 64 63 | W 64 76 |
| Alexander Bublik | L 46 16 46 | L 67 67 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Cilic | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 61.9% | 64.1% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 75.6% | 68.9% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 53.2% | 49.8% |
| Aces / Match | 7.9 | 3.8 |
| Double Faults / Match | 2.3 | 2 |
| Break Points Saved % | 70.4% | 49.3% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 29.1% | 33.3% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 49.4% | 46.3% |
| BP Converted % | 43.1% | 31.2% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 20.6 | 21.9 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 24 | 28.9 |
| Net Pts Won % | 72.7% | 66.7% |
| Total Pts Won % | 52.4% | 50% |
| Surface (Clay) | ||
| Clay Win % | 43% | 53% |
Last five matches per player
Moise Kouame
Roland Garros · Round of 128
May 26
Martin Landaluce
Internazionali BNL d'Italia · Round of 64
May 9
Marcos Giron
Internazionali BNL d'Italia · Round of 128
May 7
Zizou Bergs
Mutua Madrid Open · Round of 128
Apr 22
Daniel Altmaier
BMW Open by Bitpanda · Round of 32
Apr 14
Marco Cecchinato
Internazionali di Tennis Città di Perugia | G.I.MA. Tennis Cup · Round of 16
Jun 3
Nicolas Alvarez Varona
Internazionali di Tennis Città di Perugia | G.I.MA. Tennis Cup · Round of 32
Jun 2
Novak Djokovic
Roland Garros · Round of 64
May 27
Hugo Dellien
Roland Garros · Round of 128
May 24
Francisco Comesana
Gonet Geneva Open · Round of 32
May 18
Matchup overview
Marin Cilic and Valentin Royer face off in the Semifinals at Madrid on Clay.
Marin Cilic leads 1-0 over 1 previous meeting.
Marin Cilic is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Moise Kouame (May 26).
Valentin Royer is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Marco Cecchinato (Jun 3).
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