Luca Van Assche and Geoffrey Blancaneaux will play each other in the 2nd round of the Heilbronn Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:00 pm on HÖRTKORN CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luca Van Assche who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luca Van Assche is the pick to win this match.
Luca Van Assche -> 1.27
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 3.52
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Prediction and head to head Luca Van Assche vs. Geoffrey Blancaneaux
This will be the 4th time that Luca Van Assche and Geoffrey Blancaneaux clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Van Assche (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Blancaneaux won 4-6 6-2 6-0 in the 2nd round in the Quimper Challenger back in 2023.
Luca Van Assche
15 - 16win/loss
112
63
LLLWWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-35 | 15-15 | 8-10 | 8-8 | 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. 103, Luca reached the 2nd round after defeating Maxime Janvier 6-72 6-3 7-62.
In the 1st round against Janvier, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 6-3 7-62). During the match, Van Assche scored 115 points vs Janvier’s 101. Van Assche was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Van Assche scored 2 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Luca Van Assche lost the serve 8 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Van Assche put 57% of his first serves in, winning 63% (35/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (18/43) on the 2nd serve. Luca broke Janvier 9 times after converting 50% of his break points (9/18).
Van Assche has a winning match record in the last 5 years having won 57% of his matches (136-103). 3-5 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Van Assche has a composed72-45 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
Van Assche’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Phoenix Challenger.
Van Assche has a compiled 14-16 win-loss record in 2024, 3-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Heilbronn Challenger
Luca has never competed in this tournament before.
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
11 - 16win/loss
250
134
WWLWLLLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-29 | 6-5 | 13-18 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-37 | 7-10 | 14-18 | 8-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-38 | 17-10 | 14-15 | 8-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-31 | 8-6 | 17-19 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| 2020 | 23-17 | 11-3 | 5-9 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
Ranked no. 277, Geoffrey got to the 2nd round after beating Lasse Poertner 6-1 7-67.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Poertner (6-1 7-67). During the match Blancaneaux scored 72 points vs Poertner’s 58. Blancaneaux was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Blancaneaux bagged 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Geoffrey Blancaneaux lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Blancaneaux put 54% of his first serves in, winning 74% (26/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Poertner 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
His best result of the year was winning the title the New Delhi Challenger where he beat Chak Lam Coleman Wong in the final 6-4 6-2.
The French player has an aggregate 11-15 win-loss record in 2024, 5-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Van Assche | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 20 |
| Pts | 115-101 | 72-58 |
| Total Points | 216 | 130 |
| Winners | 35 | 26 |
| %Winners | 30% | 36% |
Both Van Assche and Blancaneaux played 1 match. At the moment, Luca Van Assche conceded 1 set while Geoffrey Blancaneaux hasn’t dropped a set so far. Van Assche has played 1 set more than Blancaneaux (3 vs 2). Therefore, Van Assche played 15 games more than Blancaneaux. Luca scored 35 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, The French player struck 26 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Van Assche | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 56/99 | 35/65 |
| %1st in | 57% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 35/56 | 26/35 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 18/43 | 15/30 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 50% |
Van Assche fired 2 aces . Blancaneaux made 2 aces . Van Assche won 63% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Blancaneaux won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Van Assche | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 4 |
| Converted | 9/18 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 50% | 44% |
| Conceded | 12 | 2 |
| Saved | 4 | 0 |
| % Saved | 33% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 2 |
The French player broke his opponent 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. Luca dropped his serve 8 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Geoffrey broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Van Assche | |||
| R1 Janvier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-72 6-3 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 115-101 | 115-101 | |
| Total points | 216 | 216 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 56/99 | 56/99 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 35/56 | 35/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/43 | 18/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 9 | 9 | |
| Converted | 9/18 | 9/18 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 4/12 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 8 | 8 | |
| Blancaneaux | |||
| R1 Poertner |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 72-58 | 72-58 | |
| Total points | 130 | 130 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 35/65 | 35/65 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 26/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/30 | 15/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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