Luca Van Assche and Alexandre Muller will square off in the quarter of the Sanremo Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 10:30 am on CENTRALE. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luca Van Assche is the pick to win this match.
Luca Van Assche -> 1.62
Alexandre Muller -> 2.23
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Prediction and head to head Luca Van Assche vs. Alexandre Muller
This will be the 4th time that Luca Van Assche and Alexandre Muller play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Muller (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Van Assche won 6-4 7-5 in the quarter in the Lisbon Challenger back in 2022.
Luca Van Assche
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 108 (career-high), the French player reached the quarter after defeating Ryan Peniston 2-6 6-3 6-2 and Giovanni Fonio 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Van Assche had a good straight sets win against Fonio (6-3 6-3). During the match, Van Assche scored 64 points vs Fonio’s 54. Luca was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Van Assche blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Luca Van Assche lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Van Assche put 60% of his first serves in, winning 68% (26/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. The French player was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Fonio 5 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Van Assche has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 60% of his matches (98-64). 2-0 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Van Assche has an overall56-29 win-loss record in the last 4 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Pau Challenger where he overcame Ugo Humbert in the final 7-6(5) 4-6 7-6(6).
Van Assche has a compiled 10-7 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sanremo Challenger
Luca has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexandre Muller
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-32 | 11-14 | 20-12 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-33 | 20-13 | 18-12 | 7-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-31 | 6-6 | 27-20 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-31 | 6-7 | 16-15 | 5-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-13 | 3-2 | 15-9 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 129 (career-high), the French player got to the quarter after beating Kaichi Uchida 1-6 6-3 6-3 and Alexander Shevchenko 7-5 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Alexandre had a good straight sets win against Shevchenko (7-5 6-2). During the match Muller scored 71 points vs Shevchenko’s 56. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Muller fired 2 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alexandre Muller lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Muller put 75% of his first serves in, winning 72% (33/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (7/15) on the 2nd serve. Alexandre broke Shevchenko 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alexandre has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Muller’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Waco Challenger.
Alexandre has an overall 19-9 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sanremo Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Van Assche | Muller |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 45 |
| Pts | 153-132 | 163-139 |
| Total Points | 285 | 302 |
| Winners | 54 | 68 |
| %Winners | 35% | 42% |
Both Van Assche and Muller played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Luca Van Assche lost 1 set, while Alexandre Muller conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Van Assche and Muller have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Van Assche played 2 games less than Muller. Van Assche scored 54 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The French player recorded 68 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Van Assche | Muller |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4 |
| 1st in | 84/148 | 97/131 |
| %1st in | 57% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 54/84 | 68/97 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 36/64 | 19/34 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 56% |
Van Assche scored 4 aces (2 per match). Muller scored 8 aces (4 per match). Van Assche won 64% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Muller won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Van Assche | Muller |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 8 |
| Converted | 9/11 | 8/23 |
| % Converted | 82% | 35% |
| Conceded | 15 | 10 |
| Saved | 10 | 6 |
| % Saved | 67% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 4 |
Van Assche broke his opponents 9 times with a 82% conversion rate. Luca lost his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 8 times with a 35% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Van Assche | ||||
| R1 Peniston |
R2 Fonio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 18 | 43 | |
| pts | 89-78 | 64-54 | 153-132 | |
| Total points | 167 | 118 | 285 | |
| Winners | 28 | 26 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 41% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 46/85 | 38/63 | 84/148 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 60% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 28/46 | 26/38 | 54/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 68% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/39 | 11/25 | 36/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 44% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 5/5 | 9/11 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 100% | 82% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 10 | 15 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 8/10 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 80% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Muller | ||||
| R1 Uchida |
R2 Shevchenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-3 6-3 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 20 | 45 | |
| pts | 92-83 | 71-56 | 163-139 | |
| Total points | 175 | 127 | 302 | |
| Winners | 35 | 33 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 46% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 51/70 | 46/61 | 97/131 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 75% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 35/51 | 33/46 | 68/97 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 72% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 7/15 | 19/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 47% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 5/12 | 8/23 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 42% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 2/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
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