ATP Challenger Tour · Semifinals · Oeiras Open 3
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Royer
💥 Big Hitter
Houkes
🧱 The Wall
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 57% vs 🧱 The Wall across 2,636 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Valentin Royer here.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the the wall's elite returner. On Clay, that can swing with conditions.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Royer | Houkes |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 11–10 | 9–7 |
| Avg odds | 2.14 | 2.30 |
| ROI % | -14.9% | +14.4% |
| Units P/L | -3.13u | +2.31u |
Prior meetings and scores · 2 career meetings
2
Royer
0
Houkes
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Royer has a higher win rate against shared opponents (50% vs Houkes's 25%).
| Opponent | Royer | Houkes |
|---|---|---|
| Marco Cecchinato | L 36 03 | L 67 26 |
| Roman Safiullin | L 16 26 | L 46 16 |
| Daniel Merida | W 63 75 | W 36 63 64 |
| Raphael Collignon | W 64 76 | L 64 46 16 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Royer | Houkes |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 64.1% | 60.4% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 68.9% | 64.8% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 49.8% | 43.5% |
| Aces / Match | 3.8 | 2.9 |
| Double Faults / Match | 2 | 3.2 |
| Break Points Saved % | 49.3% | 55.8% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 33.3% | 30.6% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 46.3% | 49.6% |
| BP Converted % | 31.2% | 46.7% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 21.9 | 19.8 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 28.9 | 27.5 |
| Net Pts Won % | 66.7% | 57.8% |
| Total Pts Won % | 50% | 47.3% |
| Surface (Clay) | ||
| Clay Win % | 53% | 50% |
Last five matches per player
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
Emilio Nava
Neckarcup 2.0 · Round of 32
Jun 3
Marco Cecchinato
Roland Garros · 1st Round Qualifying
May 24
Inaki Montes-De La Torre
KIA Tunis Open · Round of 16
May 13
Kaichi Uchida
KIA Tunis Open · Round of 32
May 11
Zsombor Piros
Ostra Group Open By Porsche Servisni Centrum Ostrava · Round of 32
Apr 27
Matchup overview
Valentin Royer and Max Houkes face off in the Semifinals at Oeiras Open 3 on Clay.
Valentin Royer leads 2-0 over 2 previous meetings.
Valentin Royer is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Marco Cecchinato (Jun 3).
Max Houkes is 1-4 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Emilio Nava (Jun 3).
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