Arthur Rinderknech and Luca Van Assche will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Pau Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. 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 Arthur Rinderknech who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Arthur Rinderknech is the pick to win this match.
Arthur Rinderknech -> 1.571
Luca Van Assche -> 2.33

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Prediction and head to head Arthur Rinderknech vs. Luca Van Assche

There is no head to head record between Arthur Rinderknech and Luca Van Assche since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Arthur Rinderknech

Ranked no. 72, Arthur reached the semifinal after beating Ugo Blanchet 7-5 7-6⁷, Valentin Royer 6-2 7-6⁰ and Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4 6-4.

In the quarter, Arthur had a good straight sets win against Struff (6-4 6-4). During the match, Rinderknech scored 74 points vs Struff’s 64. Arthur was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about the service games, Rinderknech scored 12 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Arthur Rinderknech conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Rinderknech put 65% of his first serves in, winning 77% (34/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Struff twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The French player hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.

Rinderknech has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (231-127). 4-3 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rinderknech has a compiled75-41 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

Rinderknech has an overall 5-6 win-loss record in 2023, 4-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Pau Challenger

The French player has never competed in this tournament before.

Luca Van Assche

Ranked no. 149, the French player got to the semifinal after defeating Li Tu 6-4 3-6 6-1, Gijs Brouwer 3-6 6-3 7-6¹ and Jurij Rodionov 4-6 6-3 6-3.

In the quarter against Rodionov, Van recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-3). During the match Van scored 87 points vs Rodionov’s 80. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.

About the serving games, Van scored 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Luca Van Assche lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Van put 64% of his first serves in, winning 68% (39/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (14/32) on the 2nd serve. Luca broke Rodionov 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Van has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

The French player has a compiled 6-7 win-loss record in 2023, 6-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Pau Challenger

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

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Rinderknech	Van
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	6	9
Tot Games	66	85
Pts	230-187	268-240
Total Points	417	508
Winners	108	108
%Winners	47%	40%

Both Rinderknech and Van played 3 matches. At the moment, Luca Van Assche dropped 3 sets while Arthur Rinderknech hasn’t dropped a set so far. Rinderknech has played 3 set(s) less than Van (6 vs 9). Therefore, Rinderknech played 19 games less than Van. Arthur scored 108 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Van managed to score 108 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Rinderknech	Van
Aces	32	16
Avg per match	10.7	5.3
1st in	136/199	152/255
%1st in	68%	60%
1st pts	108/136	108/152
%1st pts	79%	71%
2nd pts	36/63	62/103
%2nd pts	57%	60%

Rinderknech blasted 32 aces (10.7 per match). Van scored 16 aces (5.3 per match). Rinderknech won 79% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Van won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Rinderknech	Van
Won	6	10
Converted	6/19	10/22
% Converted	32%	45%
Conceded	5	19
Saved	4	13
% Saved	80%	68%
Times Broken	1	6

The French player broke his opponents 6 times with a 32% conversion rate. Rinderknech conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Luca broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. Luca conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.

Rinderknech
	R1 Blanchet	R2 Royer	1/4 Struff	Total
Score	7-5 7-67	6-2 7-60	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	25	21	20	66
pts	87-75	69-48	74-64	230-187
Total points	162	117	138	417
Winners	39	35	34	108
%Winners	45%	51%	46%	47%
SERVE
Aces	13	7	12	32
Double Faults	3	2	3	8
1st in	54/78	38/53	44/68	136/199
% 1st in	69%	72%	65%	68%
1st pts	39/54	35/38	34/44	108/136
% 1st pts	72%	92%	77%	79%
2nd pts	15/24	9/15	12/24	36/63
% 2nd pts	63%	60%	50%	57%
Breaks
Won	2	2	2	6
Converted	2/6	2/6	2/7	6/19
Converted %	33%	33%	29%	32%
Conceded	3	0	2	5
Saved	2/3	0/0	2/2	4
Saved %	67%	–	100%	56%
Times Broken	1	0	0	1

Van
	R1 Tu	R2 Brouwer	1/4 Rodionov	Total
Score	6-4 3-6 6-1	3-6 6-3 7-61	4-6 6-3 6-3
Tot Set	3	3	3	9
Tot Games	26	31	28	85
pts	82-69	99-91	87-80	268-240
Total points	151	190	167	508
Winners	30	39	39	108
%Winners	37%	39%	45%	40%
SERVE
Aces	3	4	9	16
Double Faults	3	0	5	8
1st in	43/74	52/92	57/89	152/255
% 1st in	58%	57%	64%	60%
1st pts	30/43	39/52	39/57	108/152
% 1st pts	70%	75%	68%	71%
2nd pts	23/31	25/40	14/32	62/103
% 2nd pts	74%	63%	44%	60%
Breaks
Won	3	2	5	10
Converted	3/11	2/5	5/6	10/22
Converted %	27%	40%	83%	45%
Conceded	4	5	10	19
Saved	3/4	3/5	7/10	13
Saved %	75%	60%	70%	68%
Times Broken	1	2	3	6

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