Henri Laaksonen and Luca Van Assche will fight against each other in the quarter of the Roanne Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 pm on COURT PIERRE TROISGROS. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luca Van Assche who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luca Van Assche is the pick to win this match.
Luca Van Assche -> 1.81
Henri Laaksonen -> 1.952
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Prediction and head to head Henri Laaksonen vs. Luca Van Assche
This will be the 2nd time that Henri Laaksonen and Luca Van Assche fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Laaksonen (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Laaksonen won 7-5 6-3 in the qualifications in at the French Open back in 2021.
Henri Laaksonen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-23 | 1-2 | 9-16 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-35 | 5-12 | 5-11 | 12-9 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-25 | 8-5 | 19-10 | 17-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-15 | 1-3 | 9-6 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 182, the Swiss got to the quarter after beating Antoine Bellier 3-6 7-5 7-5 and Fernando Verdasco 1-6 6-3 2-1 ret..
In the 2nd round against Verdasco, Henri had a free pass after Verdasco retired on a 1-6 6-3 2-1 . scoreline.
Laaksonen has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (361-298). 10-7 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Laaksonen has a compiled 115-75 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Henri’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Hamburg Challenger.
The Swiss has an aggregate 20-33 win-loss record in 2022, 10-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Roanne Challenger
Luca Van Assche
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-30 | 15-15 | 8-10 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-30 | 1-7 | 15-11 | 15-9 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 55-31 | 0-1 | 40-20 | 15-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-22 | 3-2 | 8-7 | 15-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 210, the French player reached the quarter after beating Jason Murray Kubler 1-6 7-66 6-1 and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Van had a good straight sets win against Sanchez-Izquierdo (6-3 6-3). During the match Van scored 62 points vs Sanchez-Izquierdo’s 44. Van was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Van scored 5 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Luca Van Assche was very effective on serve to win 87% (26/30) of his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Sanchez-Izquierdo 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Van has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Van’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15+H Bagnoles de l’Orne,the Lisbon Challenger and the Brest Challenger.
Van has an overall 46-29 win-loss record in 2022, 15-9 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Roanne Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Laaksonen | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 45 |
| Pts | 146-160 | 155-134 |
| Total Points | 306 | 289 |
| Winners | 65 | 68 |
| %Winners | 45% | 44% |
Both Laaksonen and Van played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Henri Laaksonen surrendered 2 sets, while Luca Van Assche conceded 1 set. Laaksonen has played 2 sets more than Van (7 vs 5). Therefore, Laaksonen played 7 games more than Van. Laaksonen scored 65 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Van managed to score 68 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Laaksonen | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 8.5 |
| 1st in | 91/166 | 87/152 |
| %1st in | 55% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 65/91 | 68/87 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 39/75 | 34/65 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 52% |
Laaksonen bagged 20 aces (10 per match). Van managed to score 17 aces (8.5 per match). Laaksonen won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Van won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Laaksonen | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 71% | 56% |
| Conceded | 16 | 15 |
| Saved | 12 | 12 |
| % Saved | 75% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
The Swiss broke his opponents 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Henri surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Laaksonen | ||||
| R1 Bellier |
R2 Verdasco |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-5 7-5 | 1-6 6-3 2-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 19 | 52 | |
| pts | 94-101 | 52-59 | 146-160 | |
| Total points | 195 | 111 | 306 | |
| Winners | 45 | 20 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 38% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 16 | 4 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 59/107 | 32/59 | 91/166 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 54% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 45/59 | 20/32 | 65/91 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 63% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/48 | 12/27 | 39/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 44% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 3/4 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 75% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 7 | 16 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 4/7 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 57% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Van | ||||
| R1 Murray Kubler |
R2 Sanchez-Izquierdo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 7-66 6-1 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 18 | 45 | |
| pts | 93-90 | 62-44 | 155-134 | |
| Total points | 183 | 106 | 289 | |
| Winners | 42 | 26 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 42% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 12 | 5 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 57/102 | 30/50 | 87/152 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 60% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 42/57 | 26/30 | 68/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 87% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/45 | 13/20 | 34/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 65% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 3/7 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 43% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 3 | 15 | |
| Saved | 9/12 | 3/3 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 100% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
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