Luca Van Assche and Kacper Zuk will face off in the 2nd round of the Cherbourg Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:30 pm on JEAN JAURÉS. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.5
Kacper Zuk -> 2.46
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Prediction and head to head Luca Van Assche vs. Kacper Zuk
There is no head to head record between Luca Van Assche and Kacper Zuk since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Luca Van Assche
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-20 | 10-9 | 8-8 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 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. 152, the French player reached the 2nd round after defeating Dan Added 6-3 6-0.
In the 1st round, Van Assche had a good straight sets win against Added (6-3 6-0). During the match, Van Assche scored 67 points vs Added’s 43. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Regarding the service games, Van Assche struck 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Luca Van Assche was very effective on serve to win 76% (16/21) of his 1st serve and 74% (14/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Luca broke Added 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Van Assche has a winning match record in the last 4 years having won 59% of his matches (90-62). 2-2 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Van Assche has a compiled33-27 record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.
The French player has a composed 2-5 win-loss record in 2023, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cherbourg Challenger
Kacper Zuk
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2023 | 26-29 | 7-9 | 5-8 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 8-1 |
| 2022 | 35-27 | 12-7 | 6-9 | 12-9 | 0-1 | 5-1 |
| 2021 | 41-25 | 5-5 | 17-8 | 15-8 | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| 2020 | 31-9 | 6-2 | 10-4 | 15-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 266, the Pole got to the 2nd round after beating Gauthier Onclin 5-7 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Onclin, Kacper recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-4). During the match Zuk scored 95 points vs Onclin’s 82. Zuk was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Zuk fired 17 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Kacper Zuk lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Zuk put 67% of his first serves in, winning 80% (44/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (9/27) on the 2nd serve. Kacper broke Onclin 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Zuk’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Australia.
The Pole has an aggregate 2-5 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cherbourg Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Van Assche | Zuk |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 31 |
| Pts | 67-43 | 95-82 |
| Total Points | 110 | 177 |
| Winners | 16 | 44 |
| %Winners | 24% | 46% |
Both Van Assche and Zuk played 1 match. At the moment, Kacper Zuk surrendered 1 set while Luca Van Assche hasn’t dropped a set so far. Van Assche has played 1 set(s) less than Zuk (2 vs 3). Therefore, Van Assche played 16 games less than Zuk. Van Assche scored 16 winners (24% of the total points). On the other side, The Pole blasted 44 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Van Assche | Zuk |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 17 |
| 1st in | 21/40 | 55/82 |
| %1st in | 53% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 16/21 | 44/55 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 9/27 |
| %2nd pts | 74% | 33% |
Van Assche made 3 aces . Zuk bagged 17 aces . Van Assche won 76% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 74% of the points. On the other side, Zuk won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 33% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Van Assche | Zuk |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 6/9 |
| % Converted | 38% | 67% |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
The French player broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Van Assche extremely effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Kacper broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Kacper conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.
| Van Assche | |||
| R1 Added |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 67-43 | 67-43 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 16 | 16 | |
| %Winners | 24% | 24% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 21/40 | 21/40 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 16/21 | 16/21 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 14/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 74% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Zuk | |||
| R1 Onclin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 95-82 | 95-82 | |
| Total points | 177 | 177 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 17 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 55/82 | 55/82 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 44/55 | 44/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/27 | 9/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 33% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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