H2H, prediction of Luca Van Assche vs Denis Kudla in Phoenix Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 15th March 2024

PREVIEW. Phoenix Challenger. Van Assche and Kudla will play each other in the quarter of the Phoenix Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Friday the 15th of March

Prediction and head to head Luca Van Assche vs. Denis Kudla

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.

See updated oddsAs 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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Soccer Tonic Predictions

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

Luca Van Assche
Luca Van Assche

10 - 9win/loss

Hard
9-7
I Hard
1-2
Rank
128
High
63
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 33-36 15-15 8-10 8-9 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.

Van Assche
Phoenix Challenger
Van Assche's Record

Denis Kudla

Denis Kudla
Denis Kudla

10 - 6win/loss

Hard
5-3
I Hard
5-3
Rank
263
High
53
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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.

Kudla
Phoenix Challenger
Kudla's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

L.Van Assche
D.Kudla
2h:40
2h:40
Time on court​
3h:22
3h:22
!
0h:22
0h:22
Last match​
1h:20
1h:20
2
2
Match played
2
2
33
33
Games Played​
42
42
5
5
Set played​​
5
5
112
112
Total points​
174
174
56
56
Avg point​
87
87
42
42
Winners
60
60
21
21
Avg Winners​
30
30
38%
38%
Ratio winners
34%
34%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
8
8
1.5
1.5
Avg Aces
4
4
5
5
Double Faults
3
3
2.5
2.5
Avg Double Faults
1.5
1.5
42/64
42/64
1st won total​
60/90
60/90
66%
66%
1st won %
67%
67%
18/32
18/32
2nd won total​
39/76
39/76
56%
56%
2nd won %
51%
51%
-- Break Points --
6/21
6/21
BP won
10/20
10/20
3/10.5
3/10.5
Avg BP won
5/10
5/10
!
29%
29%
Won
50%
50%
7
7
Conceded
19
19
3.5
3.5
Avg Conceded
9.5
9.5
4
4
Broken
4
4
2
2
Avg Broken
2
2
3
3
Saved
15
15

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

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Van Assche
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Kudla
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2024 2023 2022
32 - 36
23 - 23
15-15
Hard
9-7
7-9
I Hard
7-7
8-10
Clay
6-6
2-2
Grass
1-3
See Updated Draw
Soccer Tonic Predictions
Bonus

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