Novak Djokovic and Luca Van Assche will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Srpska Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Novak Djokovic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.05
Luca Van Assche -> 9.9
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Luca Van Assche
There is no head to head record between Novak Djokovic and Luca Van Assche since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Novak Djokovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-7 | 8-3 | 11-3 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-7 | 27-1 | 12-3 | 11-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-7 | 2-1 | 14-4 | 19-2 | 7-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 55-7 | 19-3 | 18-3 | 11-1 | 7-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 41-5 | 26-1 | 11-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently world no. 1 Djokovic will start his run in Banja Luka after he played his last match in Monte Carlo where he lost 4-6 7-5 6-4 to Musetti in the 3rd round on the 13th of April.
Novak has an aggregate 16-2 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title in Adelaide where he beat Sebastian Korda in the final 6-7(8) 7-6(3) 6-4 and at the Australian Open where he beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-3 7-6(4) 7-6(5).
Talking about his overall career, Novak has an overall 1148-234 record. He has a positive 314-71 record on clay.
Previously in Banja Luka
Djokovic has never competed in this tournament before.
Luca Van Assche
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-23 | 10-9 | 8-10 | 1-2 | 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. 87 (career-high), the French player got to the 2nd round after beating Stan Wawrinka 1-6 7-64 6-4.
In the 1st round against Wawrinka, Van recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 7-64 6-4).During the match Van scored less points (8) than Wawrinka. In fact, the world no. 1 won 95 points vs Wawrinka’s. That means that Van was more focused during the important points. Luca was pretty aggressive to blast 45 winners.
About the serving games, Van wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Luca Van Assche lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Van put 73% of his first serves in, winning 63% (45/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the 2nd serve. Luca broke Wawrinka twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Pau Challenger where he beat Ugo Humbert in the final 7-6(5) 4-6 7-6(6) and the Sanremo Challenger where he overcame Juan Pablo Varillas in the final 6-1 6-3.
Van has a compiled 16-9 win-loss record in 2023, 8-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Banja Luka
Luca has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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- Laslo DjereDjere – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Federico CoriaCoria (6-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Elias YmerYmer (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Dino PrizmicPrizmic (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-2 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Taro DanielDaniel (3-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (7-64 7-64) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (1-6 7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-2 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Elias YmerYmer (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Federico CoriaCoria (6-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Laslo DjereDjere – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Dino PrizmicPrizmic (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Liam BroadyBroady (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Laslo DjereDjere – Borna CoricCoric (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Hugo GastonGaston (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Alex MolcanMolcan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
