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Valentin Royer
French tennis player (born 2001) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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. 104, achieved on 4 August 2025, and a doubles ranking of No. 778, achieved on 20 June 2022.[2]
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Early life
Royer was born to French parents, but lived in Central and Eastern European countries until he was 17 years old, including the Czech Republic, Serbia, and Poland.[3]
Professional career
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Juniors
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
In May, Royer won his first ITF title in Ulcinj, Montenegro, defeating Samuel Vincent Ruggeri in the final.
2024: Maiden Challenger title, Top 200
In April, he defeated Dennis Novak at the 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 he lost in the 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: Major debut and first win, top 100
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 Ćorić and reached the top 115 in the ATP rankings on 24 March 2025.[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]
In July, Royer made his Wimbledon debut, reaching the main draw as a qualifier after defeating fellow countryman Titouan Droguet in the final round.[24] In the main draw, Royer defeated 26th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas recording his first major win.[25] He lost in the second round to fellow countryman Adrian Mannarino.[26]
Royer received a wildcard to make his main draw debut at the US Open.[27]
In July, Royer made his ATP Tour debut as a qualifier at the Canadian Open.[28] He lost in the first round to Nicolas Arseneault. In August, Royer earned his first Masters 1000 win at the 2025 Cincinnati Open as a qualifier, defeating Sebastian Ofner in the first round.[29] He lost in three sets to fourteenth seed Karen Khachanov in the second round.[30]
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Performance timeline
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)
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ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 13 (7 titles, 6 runner-ups)
Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
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