Gijs Brouwer and Luca Van Assche will play each other in the 2nd round of the Pau Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. 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 Gijs Brouwer who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Gijs Brouwer is the pick to win this match.
Gijs Brouwer -> 1.86
Luca Van Assche -> 1.87

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Prediction and head to head Gijs Brouwer vs. Luca Van Assche

This will be the 2nd time that Gijs Brouwer and Luca Van Assche fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Brouwer (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they fought against each other, Brouwer won 6-2 6-1 in the 2nd round in M15+H Bressuire back in 2021.

Gijs Brouwer

Gijs Brouwer

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
341
High
114
LLLWLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 2-6 1-2 0-1 1-2 0-1 0-0
2024 31-27 14-12 6-5 4-5 7-5 0-0
2023 24-34 5-8 3-6 12-15 4-5 0-0
2022 47-27 12-5 13-5 14-12 8-5 0-0
2021 47-25 9-5 12-10 21-10 0-0 5-0

Ranked no. 114 (career-high), the Dutch got to the 2nd round after defeating Emilio Nava 6-3 6-1.

In the 1st round, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Nava (6-3 6-1). During the match, Brouwer scored 59 points vs Nava’s 38. The Dutch was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Brouwer made 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Gijs Brouwer was exceptionally effective on serve to win 78% (29/37) of his 1st serve and 55% (6/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Gijs broke Nava 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Brouwer has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (264-164). 7-5 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Brouwer has a composed68-50 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

Brouwer has a composed 7-7 win-loss record in 2023, 7-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Pau Challenger

Gijs has never competed in this tournament before.

Pau Challenger
Brouwer's Record

Luca Van Assche

Luca Van Assche

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
167
High
63
LWLWWLLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 32-26 7-4 15-12 9-9 1-1 0-0
2024 35-38 15-15 8-10 10-11 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

Ranked no. 149, Van got to the 2nd round after beating Li Tu 6-4 3-6 6-1.

In the 1st round, The French player defeated Tu (6-4 3-6 6-1). During the match Van scored 82 points vs Tu’s 69. Luca was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Van managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Luca Van Assche lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Van put 58% of his first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 74% (23/31) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Tu 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).

Van has an overall 4-7 win-loss record in 2023, 4-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Pau Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.

Pau Challenger
Van's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

G.Brouwer
L.Van Assche
1h:00
1h:00
Time on court​
!
1h:44
1h:44
1h:00
1h:00
Last match​
1h:44
1h:44
1
1
Match played
1
1
16
16
Games Played​
26
26
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
59
59
Total points​
82
82
59
59
Avg point​
82
82
29
29
Winners
30
30
29
29
Avg Winners​
30
30
49%
49%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
3
3
5
5
Avg Aces
3
3
1
1
Double Faults
3
3
1
1
Avg Double Faults
3
3
29/37
29/37
1st won total​
30/43
30/43
!
78%
78%
1st won %
70%
70%
6/11
6/11
2nd won total​
23/31
23/31
55%
55%
2nd won %
!
74%
74%
-- Break Points --
4/6
4/6
BP won
3/11
3/11
4/6
4/6
Avg BP won
3/11
3/11
!
67%
67%
Won
!
27%
27%
2
2
Conceded
4
4
2
2
Avg Conceded
4
4
0
0
Broken
1
1
!
0
0
Avg Broken
1
1
2
2
Saved
3
3

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Brouwer Van
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 16 26
Pts 59-38 82-69
Total Points 97 151
Winners 29 30
%Winners 49% 37%

Both Brouwer and Van played 1 match. At the moment, Luca Van Assche surrendered 1 set while Gijs Brouwer hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Brouwer has played 1 set(s) less than Van (2 vs 3). Therefore, Brouwer played 10 games less than Van. Brouwer scored 29 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Van managed to score 30 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Brouwer Van
Aces 5 3
Avg per match 5 3
1st in 37/48 43/74
%1st in 77% 58%
1st pts 29/37 30/43
%1st pts 78% 70%
2nd pts 6/11 23/31
%2nd pts 55% 74%

Brouwer recorded 5 aces . Van blasted 3 aces . Brouwer won 78% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Van won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 74% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Brouwer Van
Won 4 3
Converted 4/6 3/11
% Converted 67% 27%
Conceded 2 4
Saved 2 3
% Saved 100% 75%
Times Broken 0 1

Brouwer broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Dutch pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. The French player broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Van conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Brouwer
R1
Nava
Total
Score 6-3 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 16
pts 59-38 59-38
Total points 97 97
Winners 29 29
%Winners 49% 49%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 37/48 37/48
% 1st in 77% 77%
1st pts 29/37 29/37
% 1st pts 78% 78%
2nd pts 6/11 6/11
% 2nd pts 55% 55%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/6 4/6
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 2/2 2
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Van
R1
Tu
Total
Score 6-4 3-6 6-1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 26 26
pts 82-69 82-69
Total points 151 151
Winners 30 30
%Winners 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 43/74 43/74
% 1st in 58% 58%
1st pts 30/43 30/43
% 1st pts 70% 70%
2nd pts 23/31 23/31
% 2nd pts 74% 74%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/11 3/11
Converted % 27% 27%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 3/4 3
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 1 1

Tennis Scores in Pau Challenger

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