Luca Van Assche and Denis Kudla will face off in the quarter of the Phoenix Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 -> 1.68
Denis Kudla -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Luca Van Assche vs. Denis Kudla
There is no head to head record between Luca Van Assche and Denis Kudla since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Luca Van Assche
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 86, Van Assche reached the quarter after beating Cristian Garin 2-6 6-4 6-4 and Constant Lestienne 4-1 ret..
In the 2nd round against Lestienne, the French player had a free pass after Lestienne retired on a 4-1 . scoreline.
Van Assche has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 58% of his matches (131-96). 8-7 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Van Assche has a compiled12-17 record in the last 5 years on hard.
Luca has a compiled 9-9 win-loss record in 2024, 8-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
Van Assche has never competed in this tournament before.
Denis Kudla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-23 | 9-7 | 6-6 | 7-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 13-17 | 1-3 | 11-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-33 | 21-19 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-27 | 20-14 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 12-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-9 | 13-6 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 179, Denis reached the quarter after defeating Roman Safiullin 6-3 3-6 6-1 and Daniel Elahi Galan 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Denis had a good straight sets win against Elahi Galan Riveros (6-2 6-3). During the match Kudla scored 70 points vs Elahi Galan Riveros’s 50. Denis was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Kudla bagged 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Denis Kudla lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kudla put 61% of his first serves in, winning 70% (23/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Elahi Galan Riveros 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Kudla’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Cleveland Challenger.
Kudla has a composed 10-5 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Van Assche | Kudla |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 42 |
| Pts | 112-96 | 174-140 |
| Total Points | 208 | 314 |
| Winners | 42 | 60 |
| %Winners | 38% | 34% |
Both Van Assche and Kudla played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Luca Van Assche dropped 1 set, while Denis Kudla conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Van Assche and Kudla have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Van Assche played 9 games less than Kudla. Luca scored 42 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The American scored 60 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Van Assche | Kudla |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 64/96 | 90/166 |
| %1st in | 67% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 42/64 | 60/90 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 18/32 | 39/76 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 51% |
Van Assche blasted 3 aces (1.5 per match). Kudla made 8 aces (4 per match). Van Assche won 66% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Kudla won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Van Assche | Kudla |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 10 |
| Converted | 6/21 | 10/20 |
| % Converted | 29% | 50% |
| Conceded | 7 | 19 |
| Saved | 3 | 15 |
| % Saved | 43% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Van Assche broke his opponents 6 times with a 29% conversion rate. The French player surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Kudla broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
| Van Assche | ||||
| R1 Garin |
R2 Lestienne |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-4 6-4 | 4-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 5 | 33 | |
| pts | 91-87 | 21-9 | 112-96 | |
| Total points | 178 | 30 | 208 | |
| Winners | 34 | 8 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 56/85 | 8/11 | 64/96 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 73% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 34/56 | 8/8 | 42/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 100% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 2/3 | 18/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 67% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/17 | 2/4 | 6/21 | |
| Converted % | 24% | 50% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 0/0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | – | 22% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Kudla | ||||
| R1 Safiullin |
R2 Elahi Galan Riveros |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-1 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 17 | 42 | |
| pts | 104-90 | 70-50 | 174-140 | |
| Total points | 194 | 120 | 314 | |
| Winners | 37 | 23 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 33% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 57/112 | 33/54 | 90/166 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 61% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 37/57 | 23/33 | 60/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 70% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/55 | 11/21 | 39/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 52% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/11 | 10/20 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 45% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 6 | 19 | |
| Saved | 10/13 | 5/6 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 77% | 83% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
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