Luca Van Assche and Maks Kasnikowski will clash against each other in the quarter of the Heilbronn Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 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 -> 1.33
Maks Kasnikowski -> 3.08
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Prediction and head to head Luca Van Assche vs. Maks Kasnikowski
There is no head to head record between Luca Van Assche and Maks Kasnikowski since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Luca Van Assche
15 - 16win/loss
128
63
LWLWLLLLWW | 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. 103, Luca reached the quarter after defeating Maxime Janvier 6-72 6-3 7-62 and Geoffrey Blancaneaux 3-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Blancaneaux, Luca recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-2). During the match, Van Assche scored 101 points vs Blancaneaux’s 91. Luca was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Van Assche scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 8 double faults. Luca Van Assche lost the serve 4 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Van Assche put 56% of his first serves in, winning 72% (39/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (15/42) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Blancaneaux 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player has dropped 2 set in this competition to win 53% of the points he played.
Van Assche has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 57% of his matches (137-103). 4-5 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Van Assche has a composed73-45 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
Luca’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Phoenix Challenger.
The French player has a composed 15-16 win-loss record in 2024, 4-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Heilbronn Challenger
Van Assche has never competed in this tournament before.
Maks Kasnikowski
25 - 14win/loss
182
168
LWLLWWLLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-28 | 6-8 | 22-13 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-25 | 13-6 | 22-14 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-19 | 16-7 | 20-10 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-11 | 7-5 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 264, Kasnikowski got to the quarter after beating Sebastian Fanselow 4-6 6-4 6-1 and Daniel Altmaier 6-2 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Kasnikowski had a good straight sets win against Altmaier (6-2 7-5). During the match Kasnikowski scored 81 points vs Altmaier’s 59. Maks was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Kasnikowski recorded 2 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Maks Kasnikowski lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kasnikowski put 60% of his first serves in, winning 82% (31/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. Maks broke Altmaier 4 times after converting 27% of his break points (4/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Pole has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Oeiras 1 Challenger where he overcame Gastao Elias in the final 7-6(1) 4-6 6-3.
Maks has an aggregate 25-14 win-loss record in 2024, 13-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Van Assche | Kasnikowski |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 61 | 47 |
| Pts | 216-192 | 177-144 |
| Total Points | 408 | 321 |
| Winners | 74 | 62 |
| %Winners | 34% | 35% |
Both Van Assche and Kasnikowski played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Luca Van Assche surrendered 2 sets, while Maks Kasnikowski conceded 1 set. Van Assche has played 1 set more than Kasnikowski (6 vs 5). Therefore, Van Assche played 14 games more than Kasnikowski. Van Assche scored 74 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Maks recorded 62 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Van Assche | Kasnikowski |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 110/195 | 82/151 |
| %1st in | 56% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 74/110 | 62/82 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 33/85 | 31/69 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 45% |
Van Assche struck 3 aces (1.5 per match). Kasnikowski scored 8 aces (4 per match). Van Assche won 67% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Kasnikowski won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Van Assche | Kasnikowski |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 11 |
| Converted | 15/31 | 11/23 |
| % Converted | 48% | 48% |
| Conceded | 28 | 16 |
| Saved | 16 | 10 |
| % Saved | 57% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 12 | 6 |
Van Assche broke his opponents 15 times with a 48% conversion rate. Van Assche conceded his serve 12 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Kasnikowski broke his opponents 11 times with a 48% conversion rate. Kasnikowski conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Van Assche | ||||
| R1 Janvier |
R2 Blancaneaux |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-72 6-3 7-62 | 3-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 26 | 61 | |
| pts | 115-101 | 101-91 | 216-192 | |
| Total points | 216 | 192 | 408 | |
| Winners | 35 | 39 | 74 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 39% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | 16 | |
| 1st in | 56/99 | 54/96 | 110/195 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 35/56 | 39/54 | 74/110 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 72% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/43 | 15/42 | 33/85 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 36% | 39% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 9 | 6 | 15 | |
| Converted | 9/18 | 6/13 | 15/31 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 46% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 16 | 28 | |
| Saved | 4/12 | 12/16 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 75% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| Kasnikowski | ||||
| R1 Fanselow |
R2 Altmaier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 6-1 | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 20 | 47 | |
| pts | 96-85 | 81-59 | 177-144 | |
| Total points | 181 | 140 | 321 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 38% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 44/88 | 38/63 | 82/151 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 60% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 31/44 | 31/38 | 62/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 82% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/44 | 12/25 | 31/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 48% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 7/8 | 4/15 | 11/23 | |
| Converted % | 88% | 27% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 6 | 16 | |
| Saved | 5/10 | 5/6 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 83% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
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