Aleksandar Vukic and Luca Van Assche will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Maia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 -> 1.38
Aleksandar Vukic -> 2.94
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Vukic vs. Luca Van Assche
There is no head to head record between Aleksandar Vukic and Luca Van Assche since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Aleksandar Vukic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-13 | 5-9 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-33 | 34-20 | 9-4 | 1-3 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-25 | 14-15 | 4-5 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-26 | 8-5 | 10-11 | 11-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-12 | 10-4 | 9-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 140, Vukic reached the semifinal after beating Louis Wessels 6-2 6-74 6-1, Evgeny Karlovskiy 6-3 6-1 and Jurij Rodionov 4-6 6-3 7-5.
In the quarter against Rodionov, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-5). During the match, Vukic scored 104 points vs Rodionov’s 93. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about the service games, Vukic bagged 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Aleksandar Vukic lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Vukic put 67% of his first serves in, winning 70% (47/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (21/33) on the 2nd serve. Aleksandar broke Rodionov 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Vukic has conceded 2 set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.
Vukic has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (230-167). 4-4 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vukic has an overall79-55 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Vukic’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Bengalaru 2 Challenger,the Calgary Challenger and the Champaign Challenger.
The Australian has a compiled 30-24 win-loss record in 2022, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Maia Challenger
Aleksandar has never competed in this tournament before.
Luca Van Assche
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-14 | 10-9 | 1-3 | 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. 176 (career-high), Luca got to the semifinal after defeating Elias Ymer 6-2 6-1, Alexandar Lazarov 6-3 6-4 and Ivan Gakhov 6-1 6-2.
In the quarter, Van had a good straight sets win against Gakhov (6-1 6-2). During the match Van scored 63 points vs Gakhov’s 38. Luca was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Van scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Luca Van Assche was extremely efficient on serve to win 77% (24/31) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Luca broke Gakhov 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Luca hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 61% 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,the Lisbon Challenger,the Brest Challenger and the Valencia Challenger.
Van has an overall 53-31 win-loss record in 2022, 38-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vukic | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 75 | 49 |
| Pts | 265-207 | 187-120 |
| Total Points | 472 | 307 |
| Winners | 114 | 60 |
| %Winners | 43% | 32% |
Both Vukic and Van played 3 matches. At the moment, Aleksandar Vukic surrendered 2 sets while Luca Van Assche hasn’t lost a set so far. Vukic has played 2 sets more than Van (8 vs 6). Therefore, Vukic played 26 games more than Van. The Australian scored 114 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Luca blasted 60 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vukic | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 27 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 157/241 | 79/134 |
| %1st in | 65% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 114/157 | 60/79 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 52/84 | 34/55 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 62% |
Vukic fired 27 aces (9 per match). Van fired 5 aces (1.7 per match). Vukic won 73% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Van won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vukic | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 15 |
| Converted | 12/23 | 15/33 |
| % Converted | 52% | 45% |
| Conceded | 19 | 11 |
| Saved | 16 | 8 |
| % Saved | 84% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Aleksandar broke his opponents 12 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Australian dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 84% of the break points that he conceded. Luca broke his opponents 15 times with a 45% conversion rate. Van conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vukic | |||||
| R1 Wessels |
R2 Karlovskiy |
1/4 Rodionov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-74 6-1 | 6-3 6-1 | 4-6 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 16 | 31 | 75 | |
| pts | 102-81 | 59-33 | 104-93 | 265-207 | |
| Total points | 183 | 92 | 197 | 472 | |
| Winners | 46 | 21 | 47 | 114 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 36% | 45% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 6 | 12 | 27 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 65/101 | 25/40 | 67/100 | 157/241 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 63% | 67% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 46/65 | 21/25 | 47/67 | 114/157 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 84% | 70% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/36 | 11/15 | 21/33 | 52/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 73% | 64% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/9 | 3/5 | 12/23 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 44% | 60% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 0 | 9 | 19 | |
| Saved | 9/10 | 0/0 | 7/9 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 90% | – | 78% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Van | |||||
| R1 Ymer |
R2 Lazarov |
1/4 Gakhov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 19 | 15 | 49 | |
| pts | 57-29 | 67-53 | 63-38 | 187-120 | |
| Total points | 86 | 120 | 101 | 307 | |
| Winners | 16 | 20 | 24 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 30% | 38% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 18/34 | 30/50 | 31/50 | 79/134 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 60% | 62% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 16/18 | 20/30 | 24/31 | 60/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 67% | 77% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/16 | 9/20 | 13/19 | 34/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 45% | 68% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 6/14 | 4/11 | 15/33 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 43% | 36% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/5 | 6/6 | 8 | |
| Saved % | – | 40% | 100% | 47% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLLWLWWW Tennis Scores in Maia Challenger
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Jurij RodionovRodionov (4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-76 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Julian Cash/Henry PattenCash/Henry Patten – Fabio Coelho/Goncalo FalcaoCoelho/Goncalo Falcao (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-7(6) 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Jurij RodionovRodionov (4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (0-0) – H2H and prediction
