Luca Van Assche and Vit Kopriva will square off in the semifinal of the Sanremo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on CENTRALE. 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 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 -> 1.53
Vit Kopriva -> 2.42
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Prediction and head to head Luca Van Assche vs. Vit Kopriva
There is no head to head record between Luca Van Assche and Vit Kopriva since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
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), Luca reached the semifinal after defeating Ryan Peniston 2-6 6-3 6-2, Giovanni Fonio 6-3 6-3 and Alexandre Muller 6-2 6-1.
In the quarter, Luca had a good straight sets win against Muller (6-2 6-1). During the match, Van Assche scored 66 points vs Muller’s 49. Luca was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Van Assche scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 7 double faults. Luca Van Assche lost the serve once and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Van Assche put 51% of his first serves in, winning 78% (28/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 32% (11/34) on the 2nd serve. Van Assche broke Muller 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Van Assche has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Van Assche has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 61% of his matches (99-64). 3-0 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Van Assche has an aggregate57-29 record in the last 4 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Pau Challenger where he overcame Ugo Humbert in the final 7-6(5) 4-6 7-6(6).
The French player has a composed 11-7 win-loss record in 2023, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sanremo Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Vit Kopriva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-27 | 13-9 | 21-16 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-27 | 1-4 | 34-21 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-28 | 7-5 | 30-18 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-26 | 1-3 | 32-21 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 24-15 | 0-0 | 17-11 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 165, the Czech reached the semifinal after defeating Marco Cecchinato 6-4 6-4, Flavio Cobolli 6-3 6-1 and Gianluca Mager 6-4 6-3.
In the quarter, Kopriva had a good straight sets win against Mager (6-4 6-3). During the match Kopriva scored 70 points vs Mager’s 50. Kopriva was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Kopriva made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Vit Kopriva lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kopriva put 51% of his first serves in, winning 66% (19/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (19/28) on the 2nd serve. Kopriva broke Mager 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kopriva hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Kopriva’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Antalya Challenger.
Vit has an aggregate 7-6 win-loss record in 2023, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Van Assche | Kopriva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 58 | 55 |
| Pts | 219-181 | 205-149 |
| Total Points | 400 | 354 |
| Winners | 82 | 64 |
| %Winners | 37% | 31% |
Both Van Assche and Kopriva played 3 matches. At the moment, Luca Van Assche conceded 1 set while Vit Kopriva hasn’t conceded a set so far. Van Assche has played 1 set more than Kopriva (7 vs 6). Therefore, Van Assche played 3 games more than Kopriva. Luca scored 82 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Kopriva fired 64 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Van Assche | Kopriva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 120/218 | 95/175 |
| %1st in | 55% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 82/120 | 64/95 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 47/98 | 56/80 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 70% |
Van Assche blasted 5 aces (1.7 per match). Kopriva recorded 5 aces (1.7 per match). Van Assche won 68% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Kopriva won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Van Assche | Kopriva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 11 |
| Converted | 15/20 | 11/33 |
| % Converted | 75% | 33% |
| Conceded | 25 | 10 |
| Saved | 19 | 7 |
| % Saved | 76% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 3 |
Van Assche broke his opponents 15 times with a 75% conversion rate. Luca lost his serve 6 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded. Kopriva broke his opponents 11 times with a 33% conversion rate. Kopriva conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Van Assche | |||||
| R1 Peniston |
R2 Fonio |
1/4 Muller |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 6-3 | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 18 | 15 | 58 | |
| pts | 89-78 | 64-54 | 66-49 | 219-181 | |
| Total points | 167 | 118 | 115 | 400 | |
| Winners | 28 | 26 | 28 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 41% | 42% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 46/85 | 38/63 | 36/70 | 120/218 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 60% | 51% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 28/46 | 26/38 | 28/36 | 82/120 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 68% | 78% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/39 | 11/25 | 11/34 | 47/98 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 44% | 32% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 5/5 | 6/9 | 15/20 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 100% | 67% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 10 | 10 | 25 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 8/10 | 9/10 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 80% | 90% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Kopriva | |||||
| R1 Cecchinato |
R2 Cobolli |
1/4 Mager |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 6-1 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 16 | 19 | 55 | |
| pts | 79-64 | 56-35 | 70-50 | 205-149 | |
| Total points | 143 | 91 | 120 | 354 | |
| Winners | 29 | 16 | 19 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 29% | 27% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 43/74 | 23/44 | 29/57 | 95/175 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 52% | 51% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 29/43 | 16/23 | 19/29 | 64/95 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 70% | 66% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/31 | 17/21 | 19/28 | 56/80 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 81% | 68% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 4/8 | 4/13 | 11/33 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 50% | 31% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 | 5 | 10 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 0/0 | 3/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 80% | – | 60% | 47% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWWLWLL Tennis Scores in Sanremo Challenger
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Zsombor PirosPiros (6-1 6-72 7-64) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Gianluca MagerMager (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Marco Bortolotti/Sergio Martos GornesBortolotti/Sergio Martos Gornes – Nicolas Barrientos/Ariel BeharBarrientos/Ariel Behar (7-63 7-67) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (0-0) – H2H and prediction
