Valentin Royer

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Valentin Royer
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Royer at the 2022 Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée
Country (sports)Flag of France.svg  France
Born (2001-05-29) 29 May 2001 (age 22)
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachJulien Gillet
Prize money$115,756
Singles
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 200 (20 May 2024)
Current rankingNo. 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.

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Biography

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]

Junior career

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.

Professional career

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]

Challengers and World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 14 (7–7)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
ITF World Tennis Tour (7–6)
Titles by surface
Hard (3–3)
Clay (4–4)
Grass (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Nov 2019M15 Meshref, KuwaitWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Serbia.svg Marko Tepavac 4–6, 4–6
Loss0–2Jun 2021M25 Grasse, FranceWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Spain.svg Álvaro López San Martín 6–7(6–8), 5–7
Loss0–3Sep 2021M25 Falun, SwedenWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Japan.svg Shintaro Imai6–2, 6–7(2–7), 2–6
Loss0–4May 2022M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Serbia.svg Hamad Medjedovic 3–6, 2–6
Win1–4May 2022M15 Ulcinj, MontenegroWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Italy.svg Samuel Vincent Ruggeri6–2, 6–2
Loss1–5May 2022M25 Ulcinj, MontenegroWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Italy.svg Samuel Vincent Ruggeri7–6(7–2), 1–6, 5–7
Win2–5Jul 2022M25 Casinalbo, ItalyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Forti 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win3–5Jun 2023M25 Vila Real de Santo António, PortugalWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Piraino7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Win4–5Jun 2023M15 Rabat, MoroccoWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Spain.svg Pedro Rodenas5–7, 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Loss4–6Oct 2023M25 Tavira, PortugalWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Portugal.svg Henrique Rocha 4–6, 4–6
Win5–6Nov 2023M15 Heraklion, GreeceWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Matthew William Donald6–1, 6–1
Win6–6Nov 2023M25 Heraklion, GreeceWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of France.svg Jules Marie6–3, 7–5
Win7–6Mar 2024M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Croatia.svg Nino Serdarušić 6–3, 6–3
Loss7–7 May 2024 Tunis, TunisiaChallengerClay Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Roca Batalla 6–7(5–7), 5–7

Doubles: 3 (2–1)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (2–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Sep 2020M15 Melilla, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Denmark.svg Holger Rune Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Houkes
Flag of Spain.svg Jose Vidal Azorin		7–5, 6–3
Win2–0Aug 2021M25 Pitești, RomaniaWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Tseng Chun-hsin Flag of France.svg Corentin Denolly
Flag of France.svg Clément Tabur 		4–6, 6–2, 10–8
Loss2–1May 2022M25 Ulcinj, MontenegroWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Romania.svg Cezar Crețu Flag of Belarus.svg Ivan Liutarevich
Flag of Italy.svg Marcello Serafini		6–4, 1–6, 6–10

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