Cristian Garin and Luca Van Assche will face off in the qualifications of the ASB Classic for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 5:00 pm on Court 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Cristian Garin who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Cristian Garin is the pick to win this match.
Cristian Garin -> 1.74
Luca Van Assche -> 2.02

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Prediction and head to head Cristian Garin vs. Luca Van Assche

There is no head to head record

between Cristian Garin and Luca Van Assche since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Cristian Garin

Cristian Garin

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Rank
80
High
17
WWWWWLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 49-22 6-6 39-13 1-1 3-2 0-0
2024 21-24 3-6 13-14 1-1 4-3 0-0
2023 41-25 22-12 18-12 1-1 0-0 0-0
2022 18-23 4-5 9-11 1-4 4-3 0-0
2021 21-18 2-6 15-9 1-2 3-1 0-0

Ranked no. 82, the Chilean will start his run in Auckland after he played his last match in the Brasilia Challenger where he lost 6-4 7-5 to Rodriguez in the quarter on the 24th of November.

This will be the first match of the year on hard.

Talking about his overall career, Garin has an overall 389-254 record. He has a positive 70-62 record on hard.

Previously in Auckland

Garin has never competed in this tournament before.

Auckland
Garin's Record

Luca Van Assche

Luca Van Assche

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Rank
165
High
63
LWLWWLLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 32-26 7-4 15-12 9-9 1-1 0-0
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

Ranked no. 90, Luca will start his run in Auckland after he played his last match in Brisbane where he lost 6-3 6-2 to Shevchenko in the 1st round on the 31st of December.

The French player has a composed 0-1 win-loss record in 2024, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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In terms of his career, Van has an overall 122-88 record. He has a negative 4-11 record on hard.

Previously in Auckland

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.

Auckland
Van's Record

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