Valentin Royer

2019: 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 & first win, ATP final, top 60

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 2025.^[18] He reached his third straight final at the 2025 Zadar Open, where he lost to Borna Ćorić, but despite the loss reached the top 115 in the ATP rankings on 24 March 2025.^[19][20]

In May, Royer received a main draw wildcard for the 2025 French Open, marking his Grand Slam debut.^[21][22] He lost to Daniel Elahi Galán in the first round.^[23] In June, Royer reached the final at the 2025 Bratislava Open. He lost to Dino Prižmić in the final.^[24] In July, Royer made his Wimbledon debut, reaching the main draw as a qualifier after defeating fellow countryman Titouan Droguet in the final round.^[25] In the main draw, Royer upset 26th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas recording his first Grand Slam win.^[26][27] He lost in the second round to fellow countryman Adrian Mannarino.^[28]

Royer also made his ATP Tour debut as a qualifier at the Canadian Open.^[29] 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.^[30] He lost in three sets to 14th seed Karen Khachanov in the second round.^[31] In August, Royer made his US Open debut after receiving a wildcard into the main draw.^[32] He recorded his second major win by defeating Bu Yunchaokete in the first round.^[33] At the 2025 Hangzhou Open Royer qualified for the main draw and reached his first ATP final upsetting three seeds en route: top seed Andrey Rublev, recording his first top-20 win, seventh seed Learner Tien and fourth seed Corentin Moutet.^[34][35] As a result he reached a new career-high of No. 76 in the singles rankings on 22 September 2025.^[36] He lost to Alexander Bublik in the final.^[37]

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2025	Hangzhou Open, China	ATP 250	Hard	Alexander Bublik	6–7(4–7), 6–7(4–7)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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*As of 24 October 2025^[update]