Luca Van Assche and Oleksii Krutykh will fight against each other in the final of the Valencia Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:00 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luca Van Assche is the pick to win this match.
Luca Van Assche -> 1.48
Oleksii Krutykh -> 2.57
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Prediction and head to head Luca Van Assche vs. Oleksii Krutykh
This will be the 2nd time that Luca Van Assche and Oleksii Krutykh square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Krutykh (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Krutykh won 4-6 7-5 6-1 in the qualifications in the Braunschweig Challenger back in July 2022.
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, Luca got to the final after beating Andrea Collarini 6-2 2-0 ret., Roberto Carballes Baena 6-2 1-1 ret., Javier Barranco Cosano 6-1 7-64 and Pablo Llamas Ruiz 4-6 6-4 6-2.
In the semifinal against Llamas Ruiz, Luca recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-2). During the match, Van Assche scored 98 points vs Llamas Ruiz’s 86. The French player was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Regarding the service games, Van Assche couldn’t to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Luca Van Assche lost the serve 4 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Van Assche put 63% of his first serves in, winning 71% (45/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (16/37) on the 2nd serve. Luca broke Llamas Ruiz 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Van Assche has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Van Assche has a solid record in the last 3 years having won 60% of his matches (83-56). 35-19 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Van Assche has a composed49-28 record in the last 3 years on clay.
Van Assche’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15+H Bagnoles de l’Orne,the Lisbon Challenger and the Brest Challenger.
Van Assche has a compiled 50-30 win-loss record in 2022, 35-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Oleksii Krutykh
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-22 | 1-3 | 13-18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-32 | 13-8 | 15-16 | 4-5 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 49-27 | 2-3 | 44-20 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-25 | 8-3 | 32-20 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-12 | 13-7 | 7-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 252, the Ukrainian reached the final after beating Riccardo Bonadio 6-3 5-7 6-4, Luciano Darderi 6-4 6-4, Andrea Pellegrino 3-6 6-3 6-2 and Nikola Milojevic 3-6 6-3 7-5.
In the semifinal against Milojevic, Oleksii recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-5). During the match Krutykh scored 98 points vs Milojevic’s 94. Krutykh was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Krutykh made 4 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Oleksii Krutykh lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Krutykh put 64% of his first serves in, winning 64% (35/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the 2nd serve. Oleksii broke Milojevic 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Krutykh has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Ukrainian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Antalya and the Prague 3 Challenger.
Krutykh has an overall 48-26 win-loss record in 2022, 43-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Van Assche | Krutykh |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 11 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 68 | 107 |
| Pts | 258-197 | 352-309 |
| Total Points | 455 | 661 |
| Winners | 90 | 123 |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% |
Both Van Assche and Krutykh played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Luca Van Assche conceded 1 set, while Oleksii Krutykh surrendered 3 sets. Talking about their workload, Van Assche and Krutykh have played the same amount of sets 11. However, Van Assche played 39 games less than Krutykh. Van Assche scored 90 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Oleksii scored 123 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Van Assche | Krutykh |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 0.8 | 5 |
| 1st in | 124/222 | 184/313 |
| %1st in | 56% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 90/124 | 123/184 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 52/98 | 73/129 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 57% |
Van Assche fired 3 aces (0.8 per match). Krutykh recorded 20 aces (5 per match). Van Assche won 73% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Krutykh won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Van Assche | Krutykh |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 20 |
| Converted | 17/28 | 20/37 |
| % Converted | 61% | 54% |
| Conceded | 23 | 35 |
| Saved | 15 | 21 |
| % Saved | 65% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 14 |
The French player broke his opponents 17 times with a 61% conversion rate. Van Assche conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded. Krutykh broke his opponents 20 times with a 54% conversion rate. Oleksii conceded his serve 14 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Van Assche | ||||||
| R1 Collarini |
R2 Carballes Baena |
1/4 Barranco Cosano |
1/2 Llamas Ruiz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 2-0 ret. | 6-2 1-1 ret. | 6-1 7-64 | 4-6 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 10 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 68 | |
| pts | 44-26 | 39-22 | 77-63 | 98-86 | 258-197 | |
| Total points | 70 | 61 | 140 | 184 | 455 | |
| Winners | 6 | 6 | 33 | 45 | 90 | |
| %Winners | 14% | 15% | 43% | 46% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 8/24 | 9/23 | 44/75 | 63/100 | 124/222 | |
| % 1st in | 33% | 39% | 59% | 63% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 6/8 | 6/9 | 33/44 | 45/63 | 90/124 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 67% | 75% | 71% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 12/14 | 13/31 | 16/37 | 52/98 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 86% | 42% | 43% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 17 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/5 | 4/8 | 6/8 | 17/28 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 60% | 50% | 75% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 23 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0/1 | 6/8 | 9/13 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | 75% | 69% | 36% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| Krutykh | ||||||
| R1 Bonadio |
R2 Darderi |
1/4 Pellegrino |
1/2 Milojevic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 5-7 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | 3-6 6-3 6-2 | 3-6 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 20 | 26 | 30 | 107 | |
| pts | 101-88 | 66-49 | 87-78 | 98-94 | 352-309 | |
| Total points | 189 | 115 | 165 | 192 | 661 | |
| Winners | 31 | 27 | 30 | 35 | 123 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 41% | 34% | 36% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 9 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 46/89 | 38/58 | 45/80 | 55/86 | 184/313 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 66% | 56% | 64% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 31/46 | 27/38 | 30/45 | 35/55 | 123/184 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 71% | 67% | 64% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/43 | 15/20 | 16/35 | 17/31 | 73/129 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 75% | 46% | 55% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 20 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 3/3 | 6/13 | 5/9 | 20/37 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 100% | 46% | 56% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 35 | |
| Saved | 8/13 | 2/3 | 4/8 | 7/11 | 21 | |
| Saved % | 62% | 67% | 50% | 64% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |
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