Calvin Hemery and Valentin Royer will play each other in the semifinal of the Seville Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 8:00 pm on CENTRAL. 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 3 sets.

(image) As per the initial odds, Valentin Royer is the pick to win this match.
Valentin Royer -> 1.7
Calvin Hemery -> 2.09

Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).

(image) To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.

Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).

At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.

Prediction and head to head Calvin Hemery vs. Valentin Royer

This will be the 2^nd time that Calvin Hemery and Valentin Royer play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Royer (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Royer won 6-3 6-3 in the qualifications in the St. Tropez Challenger back in 2022.

Calvin Hemery

Ranked no. 300, Hemery got to the semifinal after beating Adrian Andreev 6-3 1-6 6-1, Pedro Cachin 6-4 1-6 7-6³ and Pablo Llamas Ruiz 6-2 2-6 6-3.

In the quarter, Hemery defeated Llamas Ruiz (6-2 2-6 6-3). During the match, Hemery scored 78 points vs Llamas Ruiz’s 69. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Regarding the service games, Hemery made 5 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Calvin Hemery lost the Serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Hemery put 79% of his first serves in, winning 69% (36/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the 2nd serve. Calvin broke Llamas Ruiz 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Hemery has surrendered 3 set in this tournament to conquer 52% of the points he played.

Hemery has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (273-190). 21-10 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Hemery has an overall 139-88 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

Calvin’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Troyes Challenger and M25 Brazzaville.

Hemery has a composed 37-18 win-loss record in 2023, 21-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Seville Challenger

Calvin has never competed in this tournament before.

Valentin Royer

Ranked no. 335, the French player got to the semifinal after defeating Mario Gonzalez Fernandez 6-3 7-6⁴, Hernan Casanova 3-3 ret., Facundo Diaz Acosta 6-4 7-6⁷ and Timofey Skatov 6-3 6-2.

In the quarter, Royer had a good straight sets win against Skatov (6-3 6-2). During the match Royer scored 66 points vs Skatov’s 47. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

About the serving games, Royer blasted 11 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Valentin Royer was pretty effective on serve to win 75% (24/32) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Skatov 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Valentin started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Valentin’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio and M15 Rabat.

Royer has a compiled 34-14 win-loss record in 2023, 22-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Hemery played 3 matches while Royer competed in 4 matches. Royer started his run from the qualifications while Hemery had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Calvin Hemery surrendered 3 sets while Valentin Royer hasn’t lost a set so far. Hemery has played 1 set more than Royer (9 vs 8). Therefore, Hemery played 10 games more than Royer. The French player scored 124 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Royer blasted 105 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Hemery recorded 10 aces (3.3 per match). Royer scored 26 aces (6.5 per match). Hemery won 67% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Royer won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Calvin broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Hemery surrendered his serve 8 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Valentin broke his opponents 10 times with a 38% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.