Luca Van Assche and Geoffrey Blancaneaux will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Heilbronn Challenger for the 4^th 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 4^th 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 2^nd round in the Quimper Challenger back in 2023.

Luca Van Assche

Ranked no. 103, Luca reached the 2^nd round after defeating Maxime Janvier 6-7² 6-3 7-6².

In the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 277, Geoffrey got to the 2^nd round after beating Lasse Poertner 6-1 7-6⁷.

In the 1^st 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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