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Country (sports) | France |
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Born | Neuilly-sur-Seine, France | 29 May 2001
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Julien Gillet |
Prize money | $115,756 |
Singles | |
Career titles | 7 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 200 (20 May 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 200 (20 May 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | Q2 (2024) |
Last updated on: 20 May 2024. |
Valentin Royer (born 29 May 2001) is French professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 200, achieved on 20 May 2024. He has won 7 ITF singles titles and 2 ITF doubles titles.
Royer's parents are expatriates, and he has primarily lived in Eastern Europe, specifically Belgrade. [1] [2] He trained at the Ninon Tennis Club in Pornichet [3] [4] and later moved to Paris for training. [5] [6] He began playing tennis at the age of four. [7]
Royer made his junior slam debut at the 2017 French Open, [8] where he lost in the first round to Ondřej Štyler. [9] In doubles, he and partner Bertus Kruger lost in the first round to Dan Added and Zizou Bergs. [10] In doubles at the 2018 French Open, Royer and partner Harold Mayot were given a wild card and reached the second round. [11]
Seeded 11th in singles at the 2019 Australian Open, Royer reached the second round, defeating Eric Vanshelboim before being beaten by Giulio Zeppieri. [12] In doubles, Royer and partner Holger Rune reached the second round. [13] At the 2019 US Open, Royer reached the quarterfinals in both singles and doubles. [14] [15]
Royer won the 2019 European Junior 18 & Under Championships in both singles and doubles [16] [17] and finished in third place at the 2019 ITF Junior Masters in Chengdu. [18] [19] His career high ITF junior combined ranking was No. 8, achieved on 28 October 2019.
In 2019, Royer made his ATP Challenger Tour debut at the Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée, but lost to Lukáš Rosol in the first round. [20] The following month, he reached his first ITF Men's World Tennis Tour final at the M15 Meshref. [21]
In 2020, he received a wild card into the main draw of the Open de Rennes and reached the second round. [22] [23] Later that year, he and partner Holger Rune won their first ITF doubles title at the M15 Melilla. [24] [25]
In 2021, Royer reached the finals of both the M25 Grasse and the M25 Falun, losing to Álvaro López San Martín and Shintaro Imai, respectively. [26] He won his first ITF singles title in 2022 at the M15 Ulcinj in Montenegro. [27] Later that year, he reached his first Challenger quarterfinal as a qualifier at the Saint-Tropez Open. [28]
After winning the M25 Vila Real de Santo António in February 2023, Royer entered the world top 300. [29] Later that year, he reached the semifinals of the 2023 Copa Sevilla as a qualifier, defeating Mario González Fernandez, Hernán Casanova, Facundo Díaz Acosta, and Timofey Skatov, before losing to compatriot Calvin Hemery. [30] [31]
Seeded sixth at the 2024 Oeiras Indoors, Royer reached the semifinals, defeating Charles Broom, Alastair Gray, and Tristan Lamasine, before losing to Maks Kaśnikowski. [32] In April 2024, he reached the semifinals of the Open de Oeiras as a qualifier, defeating Adrian Andreev, Jesper de Jong, and Dennis Novak, before losing to Ugo Blanchet. [33] [34] The following month, he reached his first Challenger final at the 2024 Tunis Open, defeating Jesper de Jong, Aziz Dougaz, Genaro Alberto Olivieri, and Valentin Vacherot, before losing to Oriol Roca Batalla. [35] [36]
Ranked No. 200, he made his Grand Slam qualifying debut at the 2024 French Open and defeated Dmitry Popko in the first round. [37] [38]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2019 | M15 Meshref, Kuwait | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Marko Tepavac | 4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Jun 2021 | M25 Grasse, France | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Álvaro López San Martín | 6–7(6–8), 5–7 |
Loss | 0–3 | Sep 2021 | M25 Falun, Sweden | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Shintaro Imai | 6–2, 6–7(2–7), 2–6 |
Loss | 0–4 | May 2022 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Hamad Medjedovic | 3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1–4 | May 2022 | M15 Ulcinj, Montenegro | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Samuel Vincent Ruggeri | 6–2, 6–2 |
Loss | 1–5 | May 2022 | M25 Ulcinj, Montenegro | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Samuel Vincent Ruggeri | 7–6(7–2), 1–6, 5–7 |
Win | 2–5 | Jul 2022 | M25 Casinalbo, Italy | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Francesco Forti | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 3–5 | Jun 2023 | M25 Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Gabriele Piraino | 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 |
Win | 4–5 | Jun 2023 | M15 Rabat, Morocco | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Pedro Rodenas | 5–7, 7–6(7–5), 6–2 |
Loss | 4–6 | Oct 2023 | M25 Tavira, Portugal | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Henrique Rocha | 4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 5–6 | Nov 2023 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Matthew William Donald | 6–1, 6–1 |
Win | 6–6 | Nov 2023 | M25 Heraklion, Greece | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Jules Marie | 6–3, 7–5 |
Win | 7–6 | Mar 2024 | M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Nino Serdarušić | 6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 7–7 | May 2024 | Tunis, Tunisia | Challenger | Clay | Oriol Roca Batalla | 6–7(5–7), 5–7 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Sep 2020 | M15 Melilla, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Holger Rune | Max Houkes Jose Vidal Azorin | 7–5, 6–3 |
Win | 2–0 | Aug 2021 | M25 Pitești, Romania | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Tseng Chun-hsin | Corentin Denolly Clément Tabur | 4–6, 6–2, 10–8 |
Loss | 2–1 | May 2022 | M25 Ulcinj, Montenegro | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Cezar Crețu | Ivan Liutarevich Marcello Serafini | 6–4, 1–6, 6–10 |
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