Geoffrey Blancaneaux and Luca Van Assche will face off in the quarter of the Brest Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.55
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 2.39
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Prediction and head to head Geoffrey Blancaneaux vs. Luca Van Assche
This will be the 2nd time that Geoffrey Blancaneaux and Luca Van Assche fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Van (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Van won 7-6(11) 4-6 6-2 in the qualifications in Antwerp back in October 2022.
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-12 | 6-5 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-37 | 7-10 | 14-18 | 8-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-38 | 17-10 | 14-15 | 8-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-31 | 8-6 | 17-19 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| 2020 | 23-17 | 11-3 | 5-9 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
Ranked no. 149, Geoffrey got to the quarter after defeating Gabriel Debru 6-1 7-64 and Otto Virtanen 7-62 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Virtanen (7-62 6-1). During the match, Blancaneaux scored 64 points vs Virtanen’s 49. Blancaneaux was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Blancaneaux managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Geoffrey Blancaneaux lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Blancaneaux put 61% of his first serves in, winning 80% (28/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Geoffrey broke Virtanen 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Geoffrey hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.
Blancaneaux has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (248-178). 6-7 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Blancaneaux has a composed36-44 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
Geoffrey’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Santo Domingo.
Blancaneaux has a composed 38-33 win-loss record in 2022, 6-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Brest Challenger
Luca Van Assche
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-15 | 10-9 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 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. 233, Luca reached the quarter after defeating Zdenek Kolar 6-2 6-2 and Nuno Borges 6-4 3-6 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Luca defeated Borges (6-4 3-6 7-5). During the match Van and Borges scored the same amount of points (110). However, the world no. 149 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Luca was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Van recorded 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Luca Van Assche was extremely efficient on serve to win 73% (48/66) of his 1st serve and 52% (25/48) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Van broke Borges twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Luca has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The French player best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15+H Bagnoles de l’Orne and the Lisbon Challenger.
Luca has an aggregate 42-28 win-loss record in 2022, 11-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Brest Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blancaneaux | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 47 |
| Pts | 142-110 | 169-149 |
| Total Points | 252 | 318 |
| Winners | 68 | 75 |
| %Winners | 48% | 44% |
Both Blancaneaux and Van played 2 matches. At the moment, Luca Van Assche lost 1 set while Geoffrey Blancaneaux hasn’t conceded a set so far. Blancaneaux has played 1 set(s) less than Van (4 vs 5). Therefore, Blancaneaux played 7 games less than Van. Geoffrey scored 68 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The French player made 75 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blancaneaux | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 7 |
| 1st in | 88/133 | 100/162 |
| %1st in | 66% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 68/88 | 75/100 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 21/45 | 31/62 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 50% |
Blancaneaux struck 6 aces (3 per match). Van blasted 14 aces (7 per match). Blancaneaux won 77% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Van won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Blancaneaux | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 7 |
| Converted | 7/13 | 7/15 |
| % Converted | 54% | 47% |
| Conceded | 12 | 14 |
| Saved | 10 | 12 |
| % Saved | 83% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Blancaneaux broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Geoffrey surrendered his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve twice and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Blancaneaux | ||||
| R1 Debru |
R2 Virtanen |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-64 | 7-62 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | 40 | |
| pts | 78-61 | 64-49 | 142-110 | |
| Total points | 139 | 113 | 252 | |
| Winners | 40 | 28 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 44% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 53/76 | 35/57 | 88/133 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 61% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 40/53 | 28/35 | 68/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 80% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 11/22 | 21/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 50% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/6 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 67% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 4/5 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 80% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Van | ||||
| R1 Kolar |
R2 Borges |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 3-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 31 | 47 | |
| pts | 59-39 | 110-110 | 169-149 | |
| Total points | 98 | 220 | 318 | |
| Winners | 27 | 48 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 34/48 | 66/114 | 100/162 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 58% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 27/34 | 48/66 | 75/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 73% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/14 | 25/48 | 31/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 52% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 2/9 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 22% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 12 | 14 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 11/12 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 92% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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