Stefanos Tsitsipas and Luca Van Assche will clash against each other in the 3^rd round of the Australian Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:00 pm on Rod Laver Arena. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.24
Luca Van Assche -> 4.1

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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Luca Van Assche

There is no head to head record between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Luca Van Assche since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Stefanos Tsitsipas

3 - 1win/loss

Hard

3-1

I Hard

0-0

Rank
12

High
3

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	38-18	12-10	22-6	2-0	2-2	0-0
2023	51-24	19-9	17-5	11-6	4-4	0-0
2022	61-24	18-8	17-4	18-9	8-3	0-0
2021	55-19	26-8	23-5	6-5	0-1	0-0
2020	29-14	11-6	11-3	7-5	0-0	0-0

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Ranked no. 7, Tsitsipas reached the 3^rd round after defeating Zizou Bergs 5-7 6-1 6-1 6-3 and Jordan Thompson 4-6 7-6⁶ 6-2 7-6⁴.

In the 2^nd round against Thompson, Tsitsipas recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-6⁶ 6-2 7-6⁴). During the match, Tsitsipas scored 143 points vs Thompson’s 133. Tsitsipas was very aggressive to blast 58 winners.

Talking about the service games, Tsitsipas scored 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Stefanos Tsitsipas was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 75% (58/77) of his 1st serve and 64% (47/74) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Greek broke Thompson 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Tsitsipas has lost 2 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Tsitsipas has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 69% of his matches (447-204). 3-1 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tsitsipas has an overall 171-86 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Tsitsipas has an overall 3-1 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Australian Open

Tsitsipas's Record

Luca Van Assche

Luca Van Assche

5 - 2win/loss

Hard

5-2

I Hard

0-0

Rank
121

High
63

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	26-30	15-15	8-10	1-3	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

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Ranked no. 79, Luca reached the 3^rd round after defeating James Duckworth 6-7² 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-3 and Lorenzo Musetti 6-3 3-6 6-7⁵ 6-3 6-0.

In the 2^nd round, The French player had a tough win against Musetti to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (6-3 3-6 6-7⁵ 6-3 6-0). During the match Van scored 154 points vs Musetti’s 132. Luca was exceptionally aggressive to blast 57 winners.

Talking about serving, Van scored 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Luca Van Assche was quite efficient on serve to win 76% (57/75) of his 1st serve and 60% (35/58) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Van broke Musetti 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Van has conceded 4 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Luca has an aggregate 5-2 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

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

Australian Open

Van's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Tsitsipas and Van played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Stefanos Tsitsipas dropped 2 sets, while Luca Van Assche lost 4 sets. Tsitsipas has played 2 set(s) less than Van (8 vs 10). Therefore, Tsitsipas played 16 games less than Van. Tsitsipas scored 106 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The French player blasted 116 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Tsitsipas recorded 23 aces (11.5 per match). Van recorded 20 aces (10 per match). Tsitsipas won 74% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Van won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Tsitsipas broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. Stefanos lost his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Van broke his opponents 12 times with a 48% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

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Stefanos
Tsitsipas

1:0

Luca
Van Assche

Rank

12

High

3

1Hard0

Rank

121

High

63

Win Loss

Tsitsipas

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2024 2023 2022

37 - 18

25 - 30

12-10

Hard

15-15

1-0

I Hard

0-3

22-6

Clay

8-10

2-2

Grass

2-2

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

• Casper RuudRuud – Max PurcellPurcell (6-3 6-7⁵ 6-3 3-6 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Ben SheltonShelton – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-4 6-1 3-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Tomas MachacMachac – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Quentin HalysHalys (6-4 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-4 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-3 3-6 6-7⁵ 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-3 4-6 7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (7-5 2-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (7-6⁵ 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-4 6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-4 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Taylor FritzFritz – Hugo GastonGaston (6-0 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-2 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-3 6-3 1-6 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – Pavel KotovKotov (7-5 6-3 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-3 6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Jordan ThompsonThompson (4-6 7-6⁶ 6-2 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Casper RuudRuud – Max PurcellPurcell (6-3 6-7(5) 6-3 3-6 7-6(7)) – See score progression

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