Evan Furness and Luca Van Assche will play each other in the 2nd round of the Blois Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:30 am on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Evan Furness who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Evan Furness is the pick to win this match.
Evan Furness -> 1.51
Luca Van Assche -> 2.56
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Prediction and head to head Evan Furness vs. Luca Van Assche
There is no head to head record between Evan Furness and Luca Van Assche since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Evan Furness
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-18 | 3-2 | 9-13 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-15 | 0-3 | 5-5 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-31 | 2-3 | 16-12 | 19-15 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 46-27 | 14-1 | 26-20 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2020 | 37-10 | 34-7 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 234, Furness got to the 2nd round after beating Corentin Moutet 6-4 0-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, Evan defeated Moutet (6-4 0-6 6-1). During the match, Furness scored 77 points vs Moutet’s 76. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Furness scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Evan Furness lost the serve 5 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Furness put 57% of his first serves in, winning 49% (25/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (22/38) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Moutet 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Furness has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (174-113). 15-7 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Furness has an aggregate62-48 record in the last 7 years on clay.
Evan’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Ostrava Challenger.
Furness has a composed 29-16 win-loss record in 2022, 15-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Blois Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Luca Van Assche
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-21 | 10-9 | 8-8 | 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. 383, Van reached the 2nd round after defeating Alexis Galarneau 1-6 6-3 6-4, Ergi Kirkin 6-3 6-1 and Alexander Shevchenko 7-65 6-2.
In the 1st round, Luca had a good straight sets win against Shevchenko (7-65 6-2). During the match Van scored 73 points vs Shevchenko’s 65. Luca was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Van fired 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Luca Van Assche lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Van put 71% of his first serves in, winning 68% (36/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (9/22) on the 2nd serve. Van broke Shevchenko 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Van’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15+H Bagnoles de l’Orne.
Luca has an overall 19-14 win-loss record in 2022, 12-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Furness | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 63 |
| Pts | 77-76 | 218-184 |
| Total Points | 153 | 402 |
| Winners | 25 | 91 |
| %Winners | 32% | 42% |
Furness played 1 match while Van competed in 3 matches. Van started his run from the qualifications while Furness had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Evan Furness surrendered 1 set, while Luca Van Assche surrendered 1 set. Furness has played 4 set(s) less than Van (3 vs 7). Therefore, Furness played 40 games less than Van. The French player scored 25 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Luca blasted 91 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Furness | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 51/89 | 128/205 |
| %1st in | 57% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 25/51 | 91/128 |
| %1st pts | 49% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 22/38 | 39/77 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 51% |
Furness bagged 1 ace . Van also bagged 6 aces (2 per match). Furness won 49% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Van won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Furness | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 12 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 12/23 |
| % Converted | 71% | 52% |
| Conceded | 14 | 25 |
| Saved | 9 | 19 |
| % Saved | 64% | 76% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 6 |
Furness broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Luca broke his opponents 12 times with a 52% conversion rate. Van conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.
| Furness | |||
| R1 Moutet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 0-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 77-76 | 77-76 | |
| Total points | 153 | 153 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 51/89 | 51/89 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 25/51 | 25/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 49% | 49% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/38 | 22/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 9/14 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Van | |||||
| Q1 Galarneau |
Q3 Kirkin |
R1 Shevchenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 6-1 | 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 16 | 21 | 63 | |
| pts | 85-84 | 60-35 | 73-65 | 218-184 | |
| Total points | 169 | 95 | 138 | 402 | |
| Winners | 34 | 21 | 36 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 35% | 49% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 53/85 | 22/45 | 53/75 | 128/205 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 49% | 71% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 34/53 | 21/22 | 36/53 | 91/128 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 95% | 68% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/32 | 11/23 | 9/22 | 39/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 48% | 41% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 5/9 | 4/6 | 12/23 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 56% | 67% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 6 | 7 | 25 | |
| Saved | 9/12 | 5/6 | 5/7 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 83% | 71% | 229% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
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