Luca Van Assche and Maximilian Neuchrist will face off in the final of the Maia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luca Van Assche is the pick to win this match.
Luca Van Assche -> 1.28
Maximilian Neuchrist -> 3.54
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Prediction and head to head Luca Van Assche vs. Maximilian Neuchrist
There is no head to head record between Luca Van Assche and Maximilian Neuchrist since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
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. 176 (career-high), Luca reached the final after beating Elias Ymer 6-2 6-1, Alexandar Lazarov 6-3 6-4, Ivan Gakhov 6-1 6-2 and Aleksandar Vukic 1-6 6-2 6-3.
In the semifinal against Vukic, Luca recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-2 6-3). During the match, Van Assche scored 77 points vs Vukic’s 74. Luca was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Van Assche bagged 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Luca Van Assche lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Van Assche put 58% of his first serves in, winning 64% (28/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Vukic 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player has lost 1 set in this event to win 58% of the points he played.
Van Assche has a solid match record in the last 3 years having won 60% of his matches (87-57). 39-20 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Van Assche has an overall53-29 match record in the last 3 years on clay.
Van Assche’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15+H Bagnoles de l’Orne,the Lisbon Challenger,the Brest Challenger and the Valencia Challenger.
The French player has a composed 54-31 win-loss record in 2022, 39-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Maia Challenger
Luca has never competed in this tournament before.
Maximilian Neuchrist
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-32 | 6-11 | 8-11 | 11-8 | 0-1 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 44-25 | 15-8 | 26-11 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-18 | 27-10 | 1-4 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-8 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 359, Neuchrist got to the final after beating Tiago Silva 6-1 6-3, Andrea Picchione 6-76 7-65 6-1, Joao Domingues 6-2 7-5, Timofey Skatov 7-63 6-74 7-63, Jan Choinski 6-76 6-3 6-4 and Nuno Borges 5-7 6-3 7-61.
In the semifinal against Borges, The Austrian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 7-61). During the match Neuchrist scored 114 points vs Borges’s 111. Maximilian was quite aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Neuchrist was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Maximilian Neuchrist was pretty effective on serve to win 73% (48/66) of his 1st serve and 54% (25/46) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Maximilian broke Borges twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Neuchrist started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 4 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Maximilian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir,M25 Most and M25 Sierre.
Maximilian has a composed 44-24 win-loss record in 2022, 26-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Van Assche | Neuchrist |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 16 |
| Tot Games | 73 | 174 |
| Pts | 264-194 | 566-512 |
| Total Points | 458 | 1078 |
| Winners | 88 | 270 |
| %Winners | 33% | 48% |
Van Assche played 4 matches while Neuchrist competed in 6 matches. Neuchrist started his run from the qualifications while Van Assche had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Luca Van Assche surrendered 1 set, while Maximilian Neuchrist lost 4 sets. Van Assche has played 7 set(s) less than Neuchrist (9 vs 16). Therefore, Van Assche played 101 games less than Neuchrist. Van Assche scored 88 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Neuchrist scored 270 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Van Assche | Neuchrist |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 25 |
| Avg per match | 2.3 | 4.2 |
| 1st in | 123/210 | 363/537 |
| %1st in | 59% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 88/123 | 270/363 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 52/87 | 99/174 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 57% |
Van Assche scored 9 aces (2.3 per match). Neuchrist fired 25 aces (4.2 per match). Van Assche won 72% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Neuchrist won 74% 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 | Neuchrist |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 19 | 18 |
| Converted | 19/44 | 18/48 |
| % Converted | 43% | 38% |
| Conceded | 18 | 31 |
| Saved | 12 | 24 |
| % Saved | 67% | 77% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 7 |
Van Assche broke his opponents 19 times with a 43% conversion rate. The French player surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Maximilian broke his opponents 18 times with a 38% conversion rate. Maximilian conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.
| Van Assche | ||||||
| R1 Ymer |
R2 Lazarov |
1/4 Gakhov |
1/2 Vukic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-1 6-2 | 1-6 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 19 | 15 | 24 | 73 | |
| pts | 57-29 | 67-53 | 63-38 | 77-74 | 264-194 | |
| Total points | 86 | 120 | 101 | 151 | 458 | |
| Winners | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 30% | 38% | 36% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 18/34 | 30/50 | 31/50 | 44/76 | 123/210 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 60% | 62% | 58% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 16/18 | 20/30 | 24/31 | 28/44 | 88/123 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 67% | 77% | 64% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/16 | 9/20 | 13/19 | 18/32 | 52/87 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 45% | 68% | 56% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 6/14 | 4/11 | 4/11 | 19/44 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 43% | 36% | 36% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/5 | 6/6 | 4/7 | 12 | |
| Saved % | – | 40% | 100% | 57% | 49% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| Neuchrist | ||||||||
| Q1 Silva |
Q3 Picchione |
R1 Domingues |
R2 Skatov |
1/4 Choinski |
1/2 Borges |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-76 7-65 6-1 | 6-2 7-5 | 7-63 6-74 7-63 | 6-76 6-3 6-4 | 5-7 6-3 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 33 | 20 | 39 | 32 | 34 | 174 | |
| pts | 55-31 | 105-100 | 65-50 | 124-126 | 103-94 | 114-111 | 566-512 | |
| Total points | 86 | 205 | 115 | 250 | 197 | 225 | 1078 | |
| Winners | 25 | 55 | 31 | 48 | 63 | 48 | 270 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 52% | 48% | 39% | 61% | 42% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||||||
| Aces | 4 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 31/42 | 72/105 | 36/52 | 77/124 | 81/102 | 66/112 | 363/537 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 69% | 69% | 62% | 79% | 59% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 55/72 | 31/36 | 48/77 | 63/81 | 48/66 | 270/363 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 76% | 86% | 62% | 78% | 73% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/11 | 21/33 | 7/16 | 26/47 | 12/21 | 25/46 | 99/174 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 64% | 44% | 55% | 57% | 54% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 2/7 | 4/11 | 4/8 | 2/7 | 2/8 | 18/48 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 29% | 36% | 50% | 29% | 25% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 31 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/3 | 0/1 | 8/12 | 7/7 | 6/8 | 24 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 0% | 67% | 100% | 75% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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