Luca Van Assche and Ivan Gakhov will clash against each other in the qualifications of the ATP1000 Master in Monte-Carlo for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 12:30 pm on COURT 9. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luca Van Assche who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luca Van Assche is the pick to win this match.
Luca Van Assche -> 1.18
Ivan Gakhov -> 4.50
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Prediction and head to head Luca Van Assche vs. Ivan Gakhov
This will be the 4th time that Luca Van Assche and Ivan Gakhov square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Gakhov (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Van Assche won 6-1 6-2 in the quarter in the Maia Challenger back in 2022.
Luca Van Assche
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | 14-16 | 10-9 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 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. 91 (career-high), Luca got to the qualifications after defeating Attila Balazs 6-2 6-0.
In the qualifications, Van Assche had a good straight sets win against Balazs (6-2 6-0). During the match, Van Assche scored 60 points vs Balazs’s 35. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Van Assche fired 3 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Luca Van Assche conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 6 break points. Furthermore, Van Assche put 53% of his first serves in, winning 85% (23/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. Luca broke Balazs 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Van Assche has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 61% of his matches (103-65). 7-1 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Van Assche has an aggregate61-30 record in the last 4 years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Pau Challenger where he defeated Ugo Humbert in the final 7-6(5) 4-6 7-6(6) and the Sanremo Challenger where he beat Juan Pablo Varillas in the final 6-1 6-3.
Van Assche has an aggregate 15-8 win-loss record in 2023, 7-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
Ivan Gakhov
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 11-17 | 1-2 | 10-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 30-30 | 2-4 | 26-21 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2022 | 56-32 | 1-3 | 53-26 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 43-28 | 0-1 | 38-23 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 14-12 | 5-5 | 8-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 186 (career-high), Gakhov reached the qualifications after beating Adrian Mannarino 1-6 6-0 6-1.
In the qualifications against Mannarino, Gakhov recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-0 6-1). During the match Gakhov scored 72 points vs Mannarino’s 52. Gakhov was quite aggressive to blast 15 winners.
Talking about serving, Gakhov fired 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ivan Gakhov lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Gakhov put 46% of his first serves in, winning 60% (15/25) of the points behind his 1st serve and 72% (21/29) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Mannarino 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Girona Challenger where he overcame Gastao Elias in the final 5-7 6-4 ret..
The Russian has a composed 11-9 win-loss record in 2023, 7-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters
Gakhov has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Van Assche | Gakhov |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
Tot Games | 14 | 20 |
Pts | 60-35 | 72-52 |
Total Points | 95 | 124 |
Winners | 23 | 15 |
%Winners | 38% | 21% |
Both Van Assche and Gakhov played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ivan Gakhov dropped 1 set while Luca Van Assche hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Van Assche has played 1 set(s) less than Gakhov (2 vs 3). Therefore, Van Assche played 6 games less than Gakhov. The French player scored 23 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Gakhov managed to score 15 winners (21%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Van Assche | Gakhov |
---|---|---|
Aces | 3 | 3 |
Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
1st in | 27/51 | 25/54 |
%1st in | 53% | 46% |
1st pts | 23/27 | 15/25 |
%1st pts | 85% | 60% |
2nd pts | 11/24 | 21/29 |
%2nd pts | 46% | 72% |
Van Assche struck 3 aces . Gakhov managed to score 3 aces . Van Assche won 85% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Gakhov won 60% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 72% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Van Assche | Gakhov |
---|---|---|
Won | 5 | 5 |
Converted | 5/8 | 5/7 |
% Converted | 63% | 71% |
Conceded | 6 | 3 |
Saved | 6 | 1 |
% Saved | 100% | 33% |
Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Luca broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Van Assche pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 6 break points. Ivan broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
Van Assche | |||
Q1 Balazs |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-2 6-0 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
pts | 60-35 | 60-35 | |
Total points | 95 | 95 | |
Winners | 23 | 23 | |
%Winners | 38% | 38% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 3 | 3 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
1st in | 27/51 | 27/51 | |
% 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
1st pts | 23/27 | 23/27 | |
% 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
2nd pts | 11/24 | 11/24 | |
% 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 5 | 5 | |
Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
Saved | 6/6 | 6 | |
Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Gakhov | |||
Q1 Mannarino |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 1-6 6-0 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
pts | 72-52 | 72-52 | |
Total points | 124 | 124 | |
Winners | 15 | 15 | |
%Winners | 21% | 21% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 3 | 3 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
1st in | 25/54 | 25/54 | |
% 1st in | 46% | 46% | |
1st pts | 15/25 | 15/25 | |
% 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
2nd pts | 21/29 | 21/29 | |
% 2nd pts | 72% | 72% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 5 | 5 | |
Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
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