Andy Murray and Luca Van Assche will fight against each other in the quarter of the Aix En Provence Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:30 pm on COURT CREDIT AGRICOLE. 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.
Luca Van Assche -> 1.64
Andy Murray -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Andy Murray vs. Luca Van Assche
There is no head to head record between Andy Murray and Luca Van Assche since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Andy Murray
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-13 | 5-6 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-18 | 13-10 | 5-4 | 2-2 | 11-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-20 | 12-11 | 2-0 | 5-5 | 10-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-16 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 12-9 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-4 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 52, the Brit reached the quarter after defeating Gael Monfils 6-3 6-2 and Laurent Lokoli 6-4 5-7 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Brit defeated Lokoli (6-4 5-7 6-3). During the match, Murray scored 100 points vs Lokoli’s 91. Murray was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Murray scored 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Andy Murray was pretty efficient on serve to win 73% (36/49) of his 1st serve and 56% (23/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Andy broke Lokoli 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Murray has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Murray has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 74% of his matches (315-113). 2-2 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Murray has a compiled 59-16 match record in the last years on clay.
Andy’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Doha.
The Brit has an overall 10-7 win-loss record in 2023, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Aix En Provence Challenger
Murray has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 86 (career-high), Van reached the quarter after defeating Joao Sousa 6-4 6-72 6-1 and Adrian Mannarino 3-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Mannarino, Luca recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Van scored 91 points vs Mannarino’s 80. Luca was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Van scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 8 double faults. Luca Van Assche lost the serve 5 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Van put 49% of his first serves in, winning 61% (23/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (19/40) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Mannarino 7 times after converting 47% of his break points (7/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Pau Challenger where he overcame 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.
The French player has a compiled 18-11 win-loss record in 2023, 10-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Aix En Provence Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Murray | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 48 | 56 |
| Pts | 162-133 | 190-164 |
| Total Points | 295 | 354 |
| Winners | 60 | 60 |
| %Winners | 37% | 32% |
Both Murray and Van played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Andy Murray dropped 1 set, while Luca Van Assche dropped 2 sets. Murray has played 1 set(s) less than Van (5 vs 6). Therefore, Murray played 8 games less than Van. The Brit scored 60 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The French player managed to score 60 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Murray | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 79/141 | 94/180 |
| %1st in | 56% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 60/79 | 60/94 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 35/62 | 43/86 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 50% |
Murray scored 4 aces (2 per match). Van scored 5 aces (2.5 per match). Murray won 76% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Van won 64% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Murray | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 13 |
| Converted | 8/18 | 13/21 |
| % Converted | 44% | 62% |
| Conceded | 5 | 25 |
| Saved | 1 | 17 |
| % Saved | 20% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 8 |
The Brit broke his opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. Andy conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 20% of the break points that he conceded. Van broke his opponents 13 times with a 62% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.
| Murray | ||||
| R1 Monfils | R2 Lokoli | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 5-7 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 31 | 48 | |
| pts | 62-42 | 100-91 | 162-133 | |
| Total points | 104 | 191 | 295 | |
| Winners | 24 | 36 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 36% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 30/51 | 49/90 | 79/141 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 54% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 36/49 | 60/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 73% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 23/41 | 35/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/10 | 8/18 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 40% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 0/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 0% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Van | ||||
| R1 Sousa | R2 Mannarino | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-72 6-1 | 3-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 26 | 56 | |
| pts | 99-84 | 91-80 | 190-164 | |
| Total points | 183 | 171 | 354 | |
| Winners | 37 | 23 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 25% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 56/102 | 38/78 | 94/180 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 49% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 37/56 | 23/38 | 60/94 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 61% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/46 | 19/40 | 43/86 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 48% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
| Converted | 6/6 | 7/15 | 13/21 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 47% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 14 | 25 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 9/14 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 64% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
Tennis Scores in Aix En Provence Challenger
- Sander Gille/Joran VliegenGille/Joran Vliegen – Hugo Nys/Jan ZielinskiNys/Jan Zielinski (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
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