Mikael Ymer and Luca Van Assche will square off in the 2nd round of the Bordeaux Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.48
Mikael Ymer -> 2.52
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Prediction and head to head Mikael Ymer vs. Luca Van Assche
There is no head to head record between Mikael Ymer and Luca Van Assche since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Mikael Ymer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 24-18 | 6-7 | 3-3 | 11-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-25 | 9-6 | 3-8 | 17-9 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-24 | 9-5 | 10-7 | 5-9 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-11 | 6-6 | 2-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 54-20 | 13-4 | 20-7 | 17-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 52, Ymer reached the 2nd round after defeating Hamad Medjedovic 2-6 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round against Medjedovic, Mikael recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 7-5).During the match, Ymer scored less points (3) than Medjedovic. In fact, the world no. 52 won 98 points vs Medjedovic’s. That means that Ymer was more focused during the important points. Ymer was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ymer scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Mikael Ymer lost the serve 4 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Ymer put 71% of his first serves in, winning 59% (48/82) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. The Swede broke Medjedovic 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Ymer has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (272-160). 1-0 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ymer has a compiled 98-63 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Ymer’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Neuve Challenger.
Mikael has an aggregate 18-11 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bordeaux Challenger
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. 85 (career-high), Van got to the 2nd round after beating Harold Mayot 6-2 4-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Van defeated Mayot (6-2 4-6 6-3). During the match Van scored 91 points vs Mayot’s 81. Van was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Van scored 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Luca Van Assche lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Van put 59% of his first serves in, winning 67% (37/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (18/39) on the 2nd serve. Van broke Mayot 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Pau Challenger where he beat Ugo Humbert in the final 7-6(5) 4-6 7-6(6) and the Sanremo Challenger where he overcame Juan Pablo Varillas in the final 6-1 6-3.
Van has an overall 19-13 win-loss record in 2023, 11-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bordeaux 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 | Ymer | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 27 |
| Pts | 98-101 | 91-81 |
| Total Points | 199 | 172 |
| Winners | 48 | 37 |
| %Winners | 49% | 41% |
Both Ymer and Van played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Mikael Ymer surrendered 1 set, while Luca Van Assche surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Ymer and Van have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Ymer played 2 games more than Van. Mikael scored 48 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Van scored 37 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ymer | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 82/116 | 55/94 |
| %1st in | 71% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 48/82 | 37/55 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 18/39 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 46% |
Ymer managed to score 1 ace . Van also fired 2 aces . Ymer won 59% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Van won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ymer | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 44% | 50% |
| Conceded | 16 | 12 |
| Saved | 12 | 8 |
| % Saved | 75% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Mikael broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Swede dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Van broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Luca conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ymer | |||
| R1 Medjedovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 98-101 | 98-101 | |
| Total points | 199 | 199 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 82/116 | 82/116 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 48/82 | 48/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 17/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 16 | 16 | |
| Saved | 12/16 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Van | |||
| R1 Mayot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 91-81 | 91-81 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 55/94 | 55/94 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 37/55 | 37/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/39 | 18/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 8/12 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
LLWWLWLWWL Tennis Scores in Bordeaux Challenger
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Benoit PairePaire (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Harold MayotMayot (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Mikael YmerYmer – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (2-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Elias YmerYmer (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-1 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Mathias BourgueBourgue (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Arthur FilsFils (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Ryan PenistonPeniston (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
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- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Richard GasquetGasquet (1-2) – H2H and prediction
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