Otto Virtanen and Luca Van Assche will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Banja Luka Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 2:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luca Van Assche who should win in 3 sets.
Luca Van Assche -> 1.71
Otto Virtanen -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Otto Virtanen vs. Luca Van Assche
This will be the 2nd time that Otto Virtanen and Luca Van Assche clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Van (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Van won 6-2 7-6(1) in the 1st round in M15 Bratislava back in 2021.
Otto Virtanen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27-24 | 4-9 | 5-9 | 12-6 | 6-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-28 | 9-11 | 5-7 | 24-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-31 | 4-6 | 4-10 | 22-11 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-31 | 4-1 | 7-12 | 25-13 | 8-3 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 40-21 | 2-2 | 16-11 | 19-6 | 0-0 | 3-2 |
Ranked no. 247, Otto will start his run in the Banja Luka Challenger after he played his last match in the San Marino Challenger where he lost 7-6(3) 6-3 to Haase in the 1st round on the 9th of August.
The Finn has a compiled 30-21 win-loss record in 2022, 6-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Finn’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Vilnius and M15 Kouvola.
Talking about his overall career, The Finn has an overall 113-67 record. He has a positive 34-29 record on clay.
Previously in the Banja Luka Challenger
Otto has never competed in this tournament before.
Luca Van Assche
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2021 | 26-22 | 3-2 | 8-7 | 15-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 280 (career-high), the French player will start his run in the Banja Luka Challenger after he played his last match in the Trieste Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-2
to Vincent in the qualifications on the 18th of July.Luca has a composed 28-19 win-loss record in 2022, 21-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The French player best result of the year was reaching the final in M15+H Bagnoles de l’Orne.
In terms of his career, The French player has an overall 61-45 record. He has a positive 35-21 record on clay.
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