H2H, prediction of Lorenzo Musetti vs Luca Van Assche at the Australian Open with odds, preview, pick | 17th January 2024

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Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Musetti vs. Luca Van Assche

Lorenzo Musetti and Luca Van Assche will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on Court 7. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lorenzo Musetti who should win in 4 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Lorenzo Musetti is the pick to win this match.
Lorenzo Musetti -> 1.38
Luca Van Assche -> 3.05

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Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Musetti vs. Luca Van Assche

There is no head to head record between Lorenzo Musetti and Luca Van Assche since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Lorenzo Musetti

Lorenzo Musetti
Lorenzo Musetti

3 - 2win/loss

Hard
3-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
29
High
15
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 12-15 6-7 5-6 1-2 0-0 0-0
2023 32-29 10-10 16-11 0-5 6-3 0-0
2022 44-30 11-10 21-7 12-10 0-3 0-0
2021 36-31 9-8 17-12 10-10 0-1 0-0
2020 30-15 6-4 20-6 4-5 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 28, Musetti got to the 2nd round after defeating Benjamin Bonzi 7-63 7-64 4-6 6-2.

In the 1st round, Lorenzo had a good straight sets win against Bonzi (7-63 7-64 4-6 6-2). During the match, Musetti and Bonzi scored the same amount of points (138). However, the world no. 28 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Musetti was quite aggressive to blast 62 winners.

Talking about the service games, Musetti recorded 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Lorenzo Musetti lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Musetti put 60% of his first serves in, winning 70% (62/89) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (31/60) on the 2nd serve. Musetti broke Bonzi 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Musetti has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (177-133). 3-2 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Musetti has an overall40-36 match record in the last 7 years on hard.

Lorenzo has a composed 3-2 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Musetti
Australian Open
Musetti's Record

Luca Van Assche

Luca Van Assche
Luca Van Assche

4 - 2win/loss

Hard
4-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
97
High
63
LWLWLLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 13-15 10-9 2-4 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. 79, Van reached the 2nd round after beating James Duckworth 6-72 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-3.

In the 1st round, Luca had a tough win against Duckworth to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (6-72 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-3). During the match Van scored 153 points vs Duckworth’s 138. Luca was quite aggressive to blast 59 winners.

About the serving games, Van scored 11 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Luca Van Assche was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 88% (59/67) of his 1st serve and 58% (39/67) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Van broke Duckworth 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Luca has a composed 4-2 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.

Van
Australian Open
Van's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

L.Musetti
L.Van Assche
3h:34
3h:34
Time on court​
3h:32
3h:32
!
3h:34
3h:34
Last match​
!
3h:32
3h:32
1
1
Match played
1
1
44
44
Games Played​
49
49
4
4
Set played​​
5
5
138
138
Total points​
153
153
138
138
Avg point​
153
153
62
62
Winners
59
59
62
62
Avg Winners​
59
59
45%
45%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
11
11
7
7
Avg Aces
!
11
11
4
4
Double Faults
6
6
4
4
Avg Double Faults
!
6
6
62/89
62/89
1st won total​
59/67
59/67
70%
70%
1st won %
!
88%
88%
31/60
31/60
2nd won total​
39/67
39/67
52%
52%
2nd won %
58%
58%
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
BP won
5/13
5/13
5/10
5/10
Avg BP won
5/13
5/13
50%
50%
Won
38%
38%
7
7
Conceded
2
2
7
7
Avg Conceded
2
2
4
4
Broken
2
2
4
4
Avg Broken
2
2
3
3
Saved
0
0

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Musetti Van
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 4 5
Tot Games 44 49
Pts 138-138 153-138
Total Points 276 291
Winners 62 59
%Winners 45% 39%

Both Musetti and Van played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Lorenzo Musetti lost 1 set, while Luca Van Assche lost 2 sets. Musetti has played 1 set(s) less than Van (4 vs 5). Therefore, Musetti played 5 games less than Van. Lorenzo scored 62 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Van struck 59 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Musetti Van
Aces 7 11
Avg per match 7 11
1st in 89/149 67/134
%1st in 60% 50%
1st pts 62/89 59/67
%1st pts 70% 88%
2nd pts 31/60 39/67
%2nd pts 52% 58%

Musetti struck 7 aces . Van blasted 11 aces . Musetti won 70% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Van won 88% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Musetti Van
Won 5 5
Converted 5/10 5/13
% Converted 50% 38%
Conceded 7 2
Saved 3 0
% Saved 43% 0%
Times Broken 4 2

Musetti broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Musetti surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Musetti
R1
Bonzi
Total
Score 7-63 7-64 4-6 6-2
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 44 44
pts 138-138 138-138
Total points 276 276
Winners 62 62
%Winners 45% 45%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 89/149 89/149
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 62/89 62/89
% 1st pts 70% 70%
2nd pts 31/60 31/60
% 2nd pts 52% 52%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/10 5/10
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 7 7
Saved 3/7 3
Saved % 43% 43%
Times Broken 4 4
Van
R1
Duckworth
Total
Score 6-72 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 5 5
Tot Games 49 49
pts 153-138 153-138
Total points 291 291
Winners 59 59
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 11 11
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 67/134 67/134
% 1st in 50% 50%
1st pts 59/67 59/67
% 1st pts 88% 88%
2nd pts 39/67 39/67
% 2nd pts 58% 58%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/13 5/13
Converted % 38% 38%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 0/2 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 2 2

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Musetti
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Van Assche
LWLWLLLWLW
2024 2023 2022
12 - 15
12 - 15
6-7
Hard
10-9
1-2
I Hard
0-2
5-6
Clay
2-4

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