Valentin Vacherot and Luca Van Assche will square off in the 2nd round of the Grand Prix Auvergne for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:00 pm on Court 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Valentin Vacherot who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Valentin Vacherot is the pick to win this match.
Valentin Vacherot -> 1.4
Luca Van Assche -> 2.92
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Prediction and head to head Valentin Vacherot vs. Luca Van Assche
There is no head to head record between Valentin Vacherot and Luca Van Assche since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Valentin Vacherot
24 - 17win/loss
32
14
LWLWWWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24-17 | 14-13 | 6-4 | 4-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 45-24 | 18-9 | 24-12 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-13 | 19-3 | 15-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-32 | 6-4 | 49-25 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-22 | 27-12 | 18-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 32, the Monegasque will start his run in Rhone after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 6-4 6-2 to Paul in the 3rd round on the 12th of October.
Vacherot has an overall 24-17 win-loss record in 2026, 4-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Valentin has an overall 299-159 record. He has a negative 13-15 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Rhone
Vacherot has never competed in this tournament before.
Luca Van Assche
44 - 23win/loss
48
40
WLLLWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 44-23 | 13-11 | 18-10 | 13-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 32-26 | 7-4 | 15-12 | 9-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-38 | 15-15 | 8-10 | 10-11 | 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 |
Ranked no. 48, Luca got to the 2nd round after beating Clement Tabur 7-6(3) 6-3.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Tabur (7-63 6-3). During the match Van scored 78 points vs Tabur’s 68. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Van bagged 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Luca Van Assche lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Van put 47% of his first serves in, winning 83% (30/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (19/40) on the 2nd serve. Luca broke Tabur twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Quimper Challenger where he beat Remy Bertola in the final 3-6 6-1 7-5 and the Lille Challenger where he overcame Alexander Blockx in the final 6-2 6-4 and the Parma Challenger where he defeated Sebastian Ofner in the final 2-6 6-2 6-3 and in Estoril where he defeated Alexander Blockx in the final 6-4 4-6 7-5 and the Quebec City Challenger where he defeated Stefanos Sakellaridis in the final 6-1 6-4.
Luca has a composed 44-23 win-loss record in 2026, 13-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Rhone
- Finn Reynolds/James WattReynolds/James Watt – Hugo Nys/Edouard Roger-VasselinNys/Edouard Roger-Vasselin (3-6 7-69 10-5) – See score progression
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-2 6-75 7-64) – See score progression
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Clement TaburTabur (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Arthur FeryFery (6-3 7-62) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Titouan DroguetDroguet (5-7 7-64 7-63) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (7-64 6-74 6-2) – See score progression
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Ariel Behar/Joshua ParisBehar/Joshua Paris – Trey Hilderbrand/Stefan LatinovicHilderbrand/Stefan Latinovic (6-4 3-6 10-2) – See score progression
- Julian Cash/Lloyd GlasspoolCash/Lloyd Glasspool – Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela/Reese StalderReyes-Varela/Reese Stalder (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Moise KouameKouame – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Matisse Bobichon/Kilian FeldbauschBobichon/Kilian Feldbausch – Robert Cash/Alexander ErlerCash/Alexander Erler (7-67 6-2) – See score progression
- Felix BalshawBalshaw – Jaime FariaFaria (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Tommy PaulPaul (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
