Valentin Royer vs Patrik Niklas-Salminen Head-to-Head Stats, Results & Performance Comparison

Wojtek Kolan

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H2H Records Career Stats

HEAD TO HEAD
V. Royer vs P. Niklas-Salminen

Valentin Royer

FRA

1

Win

Played

0

Win

Age

6'2" (188 cm)

Height

6'2" (188 cm)

C. Rank

881

Best Rank

418

Total Titles

YTD Titles

$614.4K

Career Money

Right-Handed

Plays

Left-Handed

Patrik Niklas-Salminen

FIN

1

Win

Played

0

Win

Age

6'2" (188 cm)

Height

6'2" (188 cm)

C. Rank

881

Best Rank

418

Total Titles

YTD Titles

$614.4K

Career Money

Right-Handed

Plays

Left-Handed

Head-to-head: Royer 1 - 0 Niklas-Salminen

They have played 3 sets in total, with Valentin Royer winning 2 and Patrik Niklas-Salminen winning 1. The last match between Valentin Royer and Patrik Niklas-Salminen was at the Mouilleron-Le-Captif Challenger, 02-10-2022, Round: Q1, Surface: I.hard, with Draw getting the victory 5-7 6-4 7-6(2).

Players	Head To Head Match Wins
Royer	1
Niklas-Salminen	0

Last 1 H2H Matches:

(Q1) Mouilleron-Le-Captif Challenger(10-02-22)

Stats

Valentin Royer

Patrik Niklas-Salminen

V. Royer vs P. Niklas-Salminen H2H Profile

V. Royer	Stats	P. Niklas-Salminen
$614,365	Career Prize Money	$0
65.13% (269-144)	Career Total W/L	52.56% (164-148)
1	Indoor	0
10	Titles	1
1	Total H2H Matches	0
52.63% (10-9)	YTD Win/Loss	0% (0-0)

V. Royer vs P. Niklas-Salminen Match Preview:

Second serve performance recent form: In recent form (last 6 months), Valentin Royer has won 48.23% of points on their second serve, while Patrik Niklas-Salminen has won 57.89%. There is a high correlation between this stat and match prediction accuracy.
Return game stats recent form: Return stats show Valentin Royer, in recent form, has won 44.93% of their opponent's second serve points, while Patrik Niklas-Salminen has won 43.48%. The same stats for first serve returns are 24.55% and 17.14% respectively and this has a high correlation to pick who is favored in this H2H matchup.
Under pressure analysis: Valentin Royer has saved 56.36% of breakpoints in recent form, whereas Patrik Niklas-Salminen has saved 40.00% which is a useful statistic for in-game betting predictions.
Performance overview: Over the last year Valentin Royer has won 67.37% of matches played (W/L 64/31), with Patrik Niklas-Salminen winning 0% (W/L 0/1) that gives us an overall head-to head prediction overview.
Best surface: Valentin Royer has their best career surface win % on Clay, winning 69% (W/L 135/61), and worse career win % on I.hard, winning 57% (W/L 61/46). Patrik Niklas-Salminen has their best career surface win % on Hard, winning 69% (W/L 48/38), and worse career win % on I.hard, winning 52% (W/L 43/40).
Player level: In the last year, Valentin Royer has played most of their matches on the Challengers/ITF tournaments > $10K, winning 72.55% of matches (W/L 37/14), where as Patrik Niklas-Salminen has played most of their matches on the Challengers/ITF tournaments > $10K, winning 0.00% of matches (W/L 0/1). When comparing stats between players to predict the favorite, it is of course all relative to the event level they have been playing at.
Direct H2H matches: They have played 1 times before with Valentin Royer winning 1 times and Patrik Niklas-Salminen being victorious 0 times. They have played 3 sets in total, with Valentin Royer winning 2 and Patrik Niklas-Salminen winning 1.
The last match between Valentin Royer and Patrik Niklas-Salminen was at the Mouilleron-Le-Captif Challenger, 02-10-2022, Round: Q1, Surface: I.hard, with Draw getting the victory 5-7 6-4 7-6(2).
Head to head match duration: In past head to head matches, the average match time between these players has been 2:13:48.
Opponent quality stats: Over the last 12 months, Valentin Royer has played against opponents with an average rank of 230.2 while Patrik Niklas-Salminen has played against players with an average rank of 294.
Deciding set performance vs all players: If you are interested in live predictions and betting, if this match goes into a deciding set, Valentin Royer has won 64% of deciding sets over the last 12 months, while Patrik Niklas-Salminen has won 0% in all matches played on tour.
Break point conversion: In recent form, Valentin Royer has converted 34.41% of breakpoint opportunities, and Patrik Niklas-Salminen has converted 0% of their chances to break their opponents serve. A telling stat for in-game live betting tips when either player has a breakpoint opportunity.

Valentin Royer vs Patrik Niklas-Salminen Editorial Preview By TennisTipster88.

V. Royer vs P. Niklas-Salminen H2H Stats Used In Our Predictions

V. Royer	Stats	P. Niklas-Salminen
1	H2H Matches Won	0
2	Sets Won	1
18	Games Won	17
10	Aces (Total)	13
2	Total Double Faults	3
2:13:48	Average Match Time	2:13:48
73% (69/95)	1st Serve %	75% (78/104)
80% (55/69)	1st Serve Win %	83% (65/78)
69% (18/26)	2nd Serve Win %	38% (10/26)
13% (1/8)	Break Pts Won %	33% (1/3)
28% (29/104)	Return Points Win %	23% (22/95)
100% (1/1)	Best‑of‑3 Win %	0% (0/1)
100% (1/1)	Deciding Set Win %	0% (0/1)
0% (0/0)	1st Set Won, Won Match	0% (0/1)
0% (0/0)	1st Set Won, Lost Match	100% (1/1)
100% (1/1)	1st Set Lost, Won Match	0% (0/0)

Recent Performance Stats

V. Royer Recent Matches Played

OPPONENT	RESULT	SCORE	H2H
Rolex Paris Masters - Paris - 27-10-2025
Q1 Pierre-Hugues HerbertP. Herbert	W	7-5 6-3	Stats
Swiss Indoors Basel - Basel - 20-10-2025
R2 Denis ShapovalovD. Shapovalov	L	7-6(3) 6-2	Stats
R1 Raphael CollignonR. Collignon	W	6-4 7-6(5)	Stats
Q3 Kamil MajchrzakK. Majchrzak	L	6-4 7-5	Stats
Q1 Marc-Andrea HueslerM. Huesler	W	7-6(5) 6-1	Stats

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P. Niklas-Salminen Recent Matches Played

OPPONENT	RESULT	SCORE	H2H
Tampere Challenger - 21-07-2025
Q1 Nicolas KickerN. Kicker	L	6-3 6-2	Stats
Mouilleron-Le-Captif Challenger - 03-10-2022
Q1 Valentin RoyerV. Royer	L	5-7 6-4 7-6(2)	Stats
Toulouse Challenger - 29-08-2022
Q1 Karol DrzewieckiK. Drzewiecki	L	6-2 6-3	Stats
Tampere Challenger - 18-07-2022
R1 Lorenzo GiustinoL. Giustino	L	6-2 6-3	Stats
M15 Bytom - 06-06-2022
R1 Paul WoernerP. Woerner	L	6-4 6-3	Stats

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V. Royer vs P. Niklas-Salminen Stats Breakdown Vs All H2H Opponents

V. Royer	Stats	P. Niklas-Salminen
65.13% (269/144)	YTD Win/Loss	52.56% (164/148)
61.72% (595/369)	Sets Win/Loss	52.77% (371/332)
54.38% (5053/4239)	Games Win/Loss	51.28% (3413/3242)
66.99% (69/34)	Hard Win/Loss	55.81% (48/38)
68.88% (135/61)	Clay Win/Loss	52.63% (70/63)
57.01% (61/46)	Indoor Hard W/L	49.46% (46/47)
57.14% (4/3)	Grass Win/Loss	0% (0/0)
0.37	Aces Per Game	0.4
1698	Aces Total	1303
0.19	Double Faults Per Game	0.28
883	Total Double Faults	907
1:42:31	Average Match Time	1:16:48
392.11	Average Opponent Rank	530.32
62% (17567/28193)	1st Serve %	64% (10603/16517)
71% (12553/17567)	1st Serve Win %	71% (7485/10603)
52% (5577/10626)	2nd Serve Win %	49% (2925/5914)
43% (1181/2752)	Break Points Won % (Total)	39% (608/1541)
40% (11183/28304)	Return Points Win %	37% (6310/16913)
56.25% (9/7)	Slam W/L	0% (0/0)
66.67% (10/5)	Masters W/L	0% (0/0)
0% (0/0)	Cups W/L	33.33% (2/4)
57.89% (11/8)	Main Tour W/L	0% (0/0)
61.88% (99/61)	Challenger W/L	35.85% (19/34)
68.97% (140/63)	Futures W/L	56.52% (143/110)
66% (262/399)	Best of 3 Sets Win %	53% (162/307)
43% (3/7)	Best of 5 Sets Win %	25% (1/4)
53% (86/162)	Tiebreaks Win % (Total)	45% (46/103)
60% (82/137)	Deciding Set Win %	45% (34/75)
88% (256/224)	1st Set Won, Won Match	88% (170/149)
13% (256/32)	1st Set Won, Lost Match	12% (170/21)
29% (155/45)	1st Set Lost, Won Match	11% (142/15)