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Carlos Alcaraz #1 def. Valentin Royer #60

6-2 7-5

Match Information

Date	Feb 18, 2026
Tournament	Qatar ExxonMobil Open
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Carlos Alcaraz
Score	6-2 7-5
Loser	Valentin Royer
Duration	1h 36m

Stat	Carlos Alcaraz	Valentin Royer
Aces	4	2
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	81	56
First serve points won %	65	60
Second serve points won %	62	43
Break points saved %	80	50
Break points converted %	50	20
Service points won %	65	52
Return points won %	48	35
Total points won %	56	44
Serve rating	298	219
Return rating	187	104

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Carlos Alcaraz	Valentin Royer
Country	ESP	FRA
Birth date	May 5, 2003	May 29, 2001
Age	22	24
Height	183	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	60
Ranking points (entering)	13,150	897
Elo (entering)	2,389	1,660
Career W-L	284–66	13–26
Career earnings	$64,997,598	$1,603,751

Pre-match H2H

Carlos Alcaraz 0 – 0 Valentin Royer

Path

Carlos Alcaraz's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 2026	R32	Arthur Rinderknech	6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Carlos Alcaraz's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 2026	QF	Karen Khachanov	6-7(3) 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Valentin Royer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2026	R32	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data