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Valentin Royer

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Valentin Royer
Country (sports) France
Born (2001-05-29) 29 May 2001 (age 24)
Neuilly-sur-Seine
Height188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
PlaysRight-handed, two handed backhand
CoachJulian Gillet
Prize moneyUS $490,012 [1]
Singles
Career record0–1
Highest rankingNo. 114 (16 June 2025)
Current rankingNo. 114 (16 June 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2025)
French Open1R (2025)
WimbledonQ1 (2024)
US OpenQ3 (2024)
Doubles
Career record0–1
Highest rankingNo. 778 (20 June 2022)
Current rankingNo. 792 (16 June 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (2025)
Last updated on: 16 June 2025.

Valentin Royer (French: [valɑ̃tɛ̃ ʁwaje]; born 29 May 2001) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 114, achieved on 16 June 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 778, achieved on 20 June 2022.[2]

Early life

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Royer was born from French parents, but lived in Eastern European countries until he was 17 years-old, including the Czech Republic, Serbia, and Poland.[3]

Professional career

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Juniors

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A member of Ninon Tennis Club in Pornichet, he was European U18 champion in both singles and doubles in 2019, playing doubles alongside Harold Mayot.[4]

2022: First ITF title

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In May, Royer won his first ITF title in Ulcinj, Montenegro, defeating Samuel Vincent Ruggeri in the final.

2024: Maiden Challenger title, Top 200

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In April, he defeated Dennis Novak at ITF Tour event in Oeiras, Portugal to ensure a ranking high enough to make his debut in senior qualifying for a Grand Slam at the 2024 French Open.[5] In the men's qualifying at Roland Garros in May 2024 he won his first round match against Dmitry Popko.[6] In the second round of qualifying in lost in a deciding set to Thiago Monteiro of Brazil.[7]

In May, Royer reached his first Challenger final in Tunis losing to Oriol Roca Batalla in the final.[8]

In the first round of qualifying at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships he lost to eventual qualifier Li Tu of Australia.[9] Competing in the qualifying at the 2024 US Open he defeated Hugo Dellien of Bolivia and local player Ethan Quinn[10][11] before losing to Gabriel Diallo of Canada in the final qualifying round.[12]

In September, Royer won his maiden Challenger title in Sibiu, Romania, defeating compatriot Luka Pavlovic in straight sets in the final.[13]

2025: Grand Slam debut, top 125

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In February, Royer won back-to-back Challenger 100 titles at the two editions of the Rwanda Challenger, defeating Andrej Martin in the final, [14][15] and the following week at the Rwanda II Challenger, defeating Guy Den Ouden in the final.[16][17] As a result, Royer reached the top 125 at world No. 121 on 17 March 2024.[18] He reached his third straight final at the 2025 Zadar Open where he lost to Borna Coric and reached the top 115 in the ATP rankings.[19]

In May, Royer received a main draw wildcard for the 2025 French Open, marking his grand slam debut.[20][21] He lost to Daniel Elahi Galán in the first round.[22]

In June, Royer reached the final at the 2025 Bratislava Open. He lost to Dino Prižmić in the final.[23]

Performance timeline

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Tournament 2024 2025 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open Q2 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open Q3 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Monte-Carlo Masters A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Masters A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Shanghai Masters A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Paris Masters A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 

ATP Challenger Tour finals

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Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (3–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (3–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2024 Tunis Open, Tunisia Challenger Clay Spain Oriol Roca Batalla 6–7(5–7), 5–7
Win 1–1 Sep 2024 Sibiu Open, Romania Challenger Clay France Luka Pavlovic 6–4, 6–0
Win 2–1 Feb 2025 Rwanda Challenger, Rwanda Challenger Clay Slovakia Andrej Martin 6–1, 6–2
Win 3–1 Mar 2025 Rwanda Challenger II, Rwanda Challenger Clay Netherlands Guy Den Ouden 6–2, 6–4
Loss 3–2 Mar 2025 Zadar Open, Croatia Challenger Clay Croatia Borna Ćorić 6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Loss 3–3 Jun 2025 Bratislava Open, Slovakia Challenger Clay Croatia Dino Prižmić 4–6, 6–7(6–8)

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 13 (7 titles, 6 runner-ups)

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Legend
ITF WTT (7–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (3–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2019 M15 Mishref, Kuwait WTT Hard Serbia Marko Tepavac 4–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Jun 2021 M25 Grasse, France WTT Clay Spain Álvaro López San Martín 6–7(6–8), 5–7
Loss 0–3 Sep 2021 M25 Falun, Sweden WTT Hard Japan Shintaro Imai 6–2, 6–7(2–7), 2–6
Loss 0–4 Apr 2022 M15 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay Serbia Hamad Medjedovic 3–6, 2–6
Win 1–4 May 2022 M15 Ulcinj, Montenegro WTT Clay Italy Samuel Vincent Ruggeri 6–2, 6–2
Loss 1–5 May 2022 M25 Ulcinj, Montenegro WTT Clay Italy Samuel Vincent Ruggeri 7–6(7–2), 1–6, 5–7
Win 2–5 Jul 2022 M25 Casinalbo, Italy WTT Clay Italy Francesco Forti 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 3–5 Feb 2023 M25 Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal WTT Hard Italy Gabriele Piraino 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Win 4–5 Jun 2023 M15 Rabat, Morocco WTT Clay Spain Pedro Rodenas 5–7, 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Loss 4–6 Oct 2023 M25 Tavira, Portugal WTT Hard Portugal Henrique Rocha 4–6, 4–6
Win 5–6 Oct 2023 M15 Heraklion, Greece WTT Hard Czech Republic Matthew William Donald 6–1, 6–1
Win 6–6 Nov 2023 M25 Heraklion, Greece WTT Hard France Jules Marie 6–3, 7–5
Win 7–6 Mar 2024 M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy WTT Clay Croatia Nino Serdarušić 6–3, 6–3

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
ITF WTT (2–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2020 M15 Melilla, Spain WTT Clay Denmark Holger Rune Spain José Vidal Azorín
Netherlands Max Houkes 		7–5, 6–3
Win 2–0 Aug 2021 M25 Pitești, Romania WTT Clay Chinese Taipei Tseng Chun-hsin France Corentin Denolly
France Clément Tabur 		4–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Loss 2–1 May 2022 M25 Ulcinj, Montenegro WTT Clay Romania Cezar Crețu Ivan Liutarevich
Italy Marcello Serafini 		6–4, 1–6, [6–10]

References

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  1. ^ "Valentin Royer". ATP World Tour.
  2. ^ "Valentin Royer". ATP. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  3. ^ Huet, Matthieu (July 14, 2020). "Tennis. Open de La Relance: Royer, forged in ice". Le Telegramme (in French). Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Tennis. Valentin Royer, Europe at his feet". Ouest-France (in French). 17 August 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Tennis. The fabulous week of Valentin Royer, last French qualifier for Roland-Garros". Dicodusport.fr (in French). 23 April 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Nine French people passed the first round of qualifying at Roland-Garros on Tuesday". l'Equipe (in French). 21 May 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Thiago Monteiro beats Frenchman and comes close to Roland Garros". Metropoles (in Portuguese). 23 May 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Roca Batalla Wins Tunis Open Title". Tennistourtalk. May 20, 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  9. ^ "WINNERS ARE GRINNERS: LI TU MAKES DREAM DEBUT IN WIMBLEDON QUALIFYING". tennis.com.au. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  10. ^ @TennisPublisher (21 August 2024). "Ethan Quinn, 2023 NCAA champ from @UGAtennis, falls to Valentin Royer 61 46 76 (10-6) in @usopen qualies 2nd round. Royer served for the match at 5-4 in the third and Quinn saved 5 match points from 9-1 down in match tiebreaker. Solid first pro year for Quinn getting to No. 238!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ^ Datta, Sagnik (Aug 20, 2024). "US Open 2024 qualifying: Ethan Quinn vs Valentin Royer preview, head-to-head, prediction, odds, and pick". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Gabriel Diallo advances to final round of qualifying". actualnewsmagazine.com. August 21, 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Brouwer, Munar save MPs en route to Challenger title runs". ATPTour. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  14. ^ "Royer dominates Martin to win ATP Challenger 75 trophy in Kigali". New Times. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  15. ^ "Former college No. 1 Spizzirri wins first Challenger title; Coric returns to winner's circle". 9 March 2025.
  16. ^ @Rwanda_Sports (March 9, 2025). "🏆 Back-to-back glory for Valentin Royer 🇫🇷!He is the ATP Challenger 100 champion after defeating Guy Den Ouden 🇳🇱 in the final, securing his second title in Kigali! What a performance! 🔥👏 #RwandaChallenger2025" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  17. ^ @ATPChallenger (March 9, 2025). "The King of Kigali 👑 Another week, another title for Valentin Royer, who secures his second @RWAChallenger crown after beating Den Ouden 6-2, 6-4!#ATPChallenger" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  18. ^ "Coric claims back-to-back Challenger titles: 'Back at my level'; Frenchman Royer also earns trophy for second consecutive week". 9 March 2025.
  19. ^ "Coric completes Challenger hat-trick with home triumph". 24 March 2025.
  20. ^ "Wawrinka, Gasquet headline Roland Garros wild cards". 13 May 2025.
  21. ^ "Roland-Garros 2025: wildcards announced". 13 May 2025.
  22. ^ https://www.lequipe.fr/Tennis/Actualites/Valentin-royer-perd-son-bras-de-fer-en-cinq-sets-contre-daniel-elahi-galan-au-premier-tour-roland-garros/1564888
  23. ^ "Prizmic-Royer Bratislava Challenger 2025 final". 16 June 2025.
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