Luca Van Assche and Giovanni Fonio will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Sanremo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on CENTRALE. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.44
Giovanni Fonio -> 2.64
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Prediction and head to head Luca Van Assche vs. Giovanni Fonio
There is no head to head record between Luca Van Assche and Giovanni Fonio since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Luca Van Assche
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-21 | 10-9 | 8-8 | 1-2 | 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 |
| 2020 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 108 (career-high), Luca got to the 2nd round after defeating Ryan Peniston 2-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round against Peniston, Luca recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-2). During the match, Van Assche scored 89 points vs Peniston’s 78. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Van Assche blasted 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Luca Van Assche lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Van Assche put 54% of his first serves in, winning 61% (28/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (25/39) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Peniston 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Van Assche has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 60% of his matches (97-64). 1-0 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Van Assche has an aggregate55-29 match record in the last 4 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Pau Challenger where he defeated Ugo Humbert in the final 7-6(5) 4-6 7-6(6).
Luca has a compiled 9-7 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sanremo Challenger
Van Assche has never competed in this tournament before.
Giovanni Fonio
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-20 | 9-7 | 16-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-39 | 22-12 | 28-26 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-29 | 0-0 | 40-28 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-22 | 0-0 | 40-20 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-7 | 8-3 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 328 (career-high), Giovanni reached the 2nd round after beating Elliot Benchetrit 6-2 3-6 6-4, Moez Echargui 7-67 6-3 and Gianmarco Ferrari 6-1 7-62.
In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Ferrari (6-1 7-62). During the match Fonio scored 77 points vs Ferrari’s 55. Giovanni was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Fonio fired 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Giovanni Fonio was very effective on serve to win 84% (36/43) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Ferrari 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
The Italian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger and M25 Loule.
Giovanni has a composed 22-9 win-loss record in 2023, 5-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sanremo Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Van Assche | Fonio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 69 |
| Pts | 89-78 | 250-213 |
| Total Points | 167 | 463 |
| Winners | 28 | 108 |
| %Winners | 31% | 43% |
Van Assche played 1 match while Fonio competed in 3 matches. Fonio 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 dropped 1 set, while Giovanni Fonio dropped 1 set. Van Assche has played 4 set(s) less than Fonio (3 vs 7). Therefore, Van Assche played 44 games less than Fonio. The French player scored 28 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Fonio struck 108 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Van Assche | Fonio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4.7 |
| 1st in | 46/85 | 149/228 |
| %1st in | 54% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 28/46 | 108/149 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 25/39 | 46/79 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 58% |
Van Assche struck 2 aces . Fonio managed to score 14 aces (4.7 per match). Van Assche won 61% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Fonio won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Van Assche | Fonio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 9 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 9/20 |
| % Converted | 67% | 45% |
| Conceded | 5 | 14 |
| Saved | 2 | 11 |
| % Saved | 40% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Van Assche broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Luca lost his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Fonio broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
| Van Assche | |||
| R1 Peniston |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 89-78 | 89-78 | |
| Total points | 167 | 167 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 46/85 | 46/85 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 28/46 | 28/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/39 | 25/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Fonio | |||||
| Q1 Benchetrit |
Q3 Echargui |
R1 Ferrari |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 6-4 | 7-67 6-3 | 6-1 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 22 | 20 | 69 | |
| pts | 96-94 | 77-64 | 77-55 | 250-213 | |
| Total points | 190 | 141 | 132 | 463 | |
| Winners | 41 | 31 | 36 | 108 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 40% | 47% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 62/100 | 44/65 | 43/63 | 149/228 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 68% | 68% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 41/62 | 31/44 | 36/43 | 108/149 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 70% | 84% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/38 | 12/21 | 11/20 | 46/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 57% | 55% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/7 | 3/7 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 43% | 43% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 2 | 4 | 14 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 0/2 | 4/4 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 0% | 100% | 188% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWLWWLWW Tennis Scores in Sanremo Challenger
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- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Gianluca MagerMager – Luca NardiNardi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Billy HarrisHarris (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-4 7-61) – See score progression
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (5-7 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Manuel GuinardGuinard (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Pavel KotovKotov (4-6 7-5 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Edoardo LavagnoLavagno – Valentin VacherotVacherot (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Kaichi UchidaUchida (1-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Ryan PenistonPeniston (2-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Matteo GiganteGigante (7-67 6-4) – See score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Zsombor PirosPiros (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Edoardo LavagnoLavagno – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Gianluca MagerMager (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Vit KoprivaKopriva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
