Luca Van Assche and Pablo Llamas Ruiz will face off in the semifinal of the Valencia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:00 pm on COURT 4. In the following lines 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luca Van Assche is the pick to win this match.
Luca Van Assche -> 1.36
Pablo Llamas Ruiz -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Luca Van Assche vs. Pablo Llamas Ruiz
There is no head to head record between Luca Van Assche and Pablo Llamas Ruiz since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
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. 200, the French player got to the semifinal after defeating Andrea Collarini 6-2 2-0 ret., Roberto Carballes Baena 6-2 1-1 ret. and Javier Barranco Cosano 6-1 7-64.
In the quarter, Luca had a good straight sets win against Barranco Cosano (6-1 7-64). During the match, Van Assche scored 77 points vs Barranco Cosano’s 63. Luca was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Van Assche managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Luca Van Assche lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Van Assche put 59% of his first serves in, winning 75% (33/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (13/31) on the 2nd serve. Luca broke Barranco Cosano 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Van Assche has a winning record in the last 3 years having won 59% of his matches (82-56). 34-19 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Van Assche has a compiled48-28 record in the last 3 years on clay.
The French player best result of the year was reaching the final in M15+H Bagnoles de l’Orne,the Lisbon Challenger and the Brest Challenger.
Van Assche has a compiled 49-30 win-loss record in 2022, 34-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Luca has never competed in this tournament before.
Pablo Llamas Ruiz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-16 | 2-5 | 10-8 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-21 | 12-6 | 33-12 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-23 | 2-4 | 35-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-16 | 2-2 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-5 | 2-4 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 511, the Spaniard reached the semifinal after defeating Kenny de Schepper 6-76 6-3 7-5, Eduard Esteve Lobato 3-6 6-4 0-1 ret., Nicolas Alvarez Varona 6-4 6-3, Miljan Zekic 6-4 7-5 and Carlos Lopez Montagud 6-2 7-5.
In the quarter, Pablo had a good straight sets win against Lopez Montagud (6-2 7-5). During the match Llamas Ruiz scored 73 points vs Lopez Montagud’s 53. Llamas Ruiz was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Llamas Ruiz scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Pablo Llamas Ruiz lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Llamas Ruiz put 61% of his first serves in, winning 69% (24/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Lopez Montagud 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pablo started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Pablo’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya and M25 Mataro.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 34-21 win-loss record in 2022, 32-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Van Assche | Llamas Ruiz |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 13 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 115 |
| Pts | 160-111 | 403-364 |
| Total Points | 271 | 767 |
| Winners | 45 | 176 |
| %Winners | 28% | 44% |
Van Assche played 3 matches while Llamas Ruiz competed in 5 matches. Llamas Ruiz started his run from the qualifications while Van Assche had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Pablo Llamas Ruiz dropped 3 sets while Luca Van Assche hasn’t conceded a set so far. Van Assche has played 5 set(s) less than Llamas Ruiz (8 vs 13). Therefore, Van Assche played 75 games less than Llamas Ruiz. The French player scored 45 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, Llamas Ruiz bagged 176 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Van Assche | Llamas Ruiz |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1.2 |
| 1st in | 61/122 | 276/394 |
| %1st in | 50% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 45/61 | 176/276 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 36/61 | 59/118 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 50% |
Van Assche fired 3 aces (1 per match). Llamas Ruiz fired 6 aces (1.2 per match). Van Assche won 74% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Llamas Ruiz won 64% 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 | Van Assche | Llamas Ruiz |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 22 |
| Converted | 11/20 | 22/52 |
| % Converted | 55% | 42% |
| Conceded | 10 | 39 |
| Saved | 6 | 26 |
| % Saved | 60% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 13 |
Van Assche broke his opponents 11 times with a 55% conversion rate. Van Assche lost his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 22 times with a 42% conversion rate. Llamas Ruiz conceded his serve 13 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Van Assche | |||||
| R1 Collarini |
R2 Carballes Baena |
1/4 Barranco Cosano |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 2-0 ret. | 6-2 1-1 ret. | 6-1 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 | |
| pts | 44-26 | 39-22 | 77-63 | 160-111 | |
| Total points | 70 | 61 | 140 | 271 | |
| Winners | 6 | 6 | 33 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 14% | 15% | 43% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 8/24 | 9/23 | 44/75 | 61/122 | |
| % 1st in | 33% | 39% | 59% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 6/8 | 6/9 | 33/44 | 45/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 67% | 75% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 12/14 | 13/31 | 36/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 86% | 42% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/5 | 4/8 | 11/20 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 60% | 50% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0/1 | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | 75% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Llamas Ruiz | |||||||
| Q1 de Schepper |
Q3 Esteve Lobato |
R1 Alvarez Varona |
R2 Zekic |
1/4 Lopez Montagud |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-76 6-3 7-5 | 3-6 6-4 0-1 ret. | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 7-5 | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 115 | |
| pts | 128-116 | 60-70 | 67-60 | 75-65 | 73-53 | 403-364 | |
| Total points | 244 | 130 | 127 | 140 | 126 | 767 | |
| Winners | 59 | 28 | 30 | 35 | 24 | 176 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 47% | 45% | 47% | 33% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 95/135 | 47/64 | 46/67 | 53/71 | 35/57 | 276/394 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 73% | 69% | 75% | 61% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 59/95 | 28/47 | 30/46 | 35/53 | 24/35 | 176/276 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 60% | 65% | 66% | 69% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/40 | 4/17 | 12/21 | 10/18 | 12/22 | 59/118 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 24% | 57% | 56% | 55% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 4/11 | 4/6 | 4/11 | 5/9 | 22/52 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 36% | 67% | 36% | 56% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 39 | |
| Saved | 12/15 | 1/6 | 5/6 | 6/8 | 2/4 | 26 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 17% | 83% | 75% | 50% | 102% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWWLLWW Tennis Scores in Valencia Challenger
- Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Adrian AndreevAndreev (0-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Adrian AndreevAndreev (0-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (6-1 7-6(4)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
