Luca Van Assche and Maxime Cressy will play each other in the qualifications of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:00 am on GRANDSTAND 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maxime Cressy who should win in 3 sets.
Maxime Cressy -> 1.87
Luca Van Assche -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Luca Van Assche vs. Maxime Cressy
This will be the 2nd time that Luca Van Assche and Maxime Cressy square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Cressy (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Cressy won 6-3 6-4 in the qualifications in Monte carlo back in 2022.
Luca Van Assche
| 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. 68, the French player will start his run in Doha after he played his last match in Rotterdam where he lost 6-3 6-3 to Brouwer in the qualifications on the 10th of February.
Van Assche has a compiled 6-5 win-loss record in 2024, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Van Assche has an overall 128-92 record. He has a negative 9-13 record on hard.
Previously in Doha
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Maxime Cressy
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-8 | 2-4 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-26 | 17-15 | 0-1 | 6-5 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-31 | 3-10 | 0-5 | 15-10 | 1-5 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 34-30 | 15-11 | 5-7 | 3-8 | 11-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-32 | 14-10 | 2-8 | 16-8 | 4-4 | 7-2 |
Ranked no. 170, the American will start his run in Doha after he played his last match in Rotterdam where he lost 7-6(3) 7-6(8)
to Auger-Aliassime in the 1st round on the 12th of February.Maxime has a composed 8-5 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, The American has an overall 223-166 record. He has a positive 99-72 record on hard.
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