Luca Van Assche and Javier Barranco Cosano will square off in the 2nd round of the Lyon Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:30 pm on COURT SOPRA STERIA. 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 -> 1.24
Javier Barranco Cosano -> 3.78
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Prediction and head to head Luca Van Assche vs. Javier Barranco Cosano
This will be the 2nd time that Luca Van Assche and Javier Barranco Cosano face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Van Assche (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Van Assche won 6-1 7-6(4) in the quarter in the Valencia Challenger back in 2022.
Luca Van Assche
17 - 17win/loss
101
63
LWWLWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-20 | 10-9 | 8-8 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 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. 105, Van Assche got to the 2nd round after defeating Arthur Gea 4-6 6-4 7-64.
In the 1st round against Gea, Van Assche recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 7-64). During the match, Van Assche scored 126 points vs Gea’s 120. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Regarding the service games, Van Assche scored 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Luca Van Assche lost the serve 5 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Van Assche put 57% of his first serves in, winning 69% (47/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (23/52) on the 2nd serve. Van Assche broke Gea 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Van Assche has a winning match record in the last 5 years having won 57% of his matches (139-104). 6-6 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Van Assche has an overall75-46 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
Luca’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Phoenix Challenger and the Heilbronn Challenger.
Van Assche has a composed 17-17 win-loss record in 2024, 6-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lyon Challenger
Javier Barranco Cosano
28 - 17win/loss
250
247
LLWWWLWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-19 | 6-3 | 22-15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-20 | 0-2 | 29-17 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-21 | 0-0 | 39-20 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-24 | 0-0 | 37-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 247 (career-high), Javier reached the 2nd round after beating Evgeny Karlovskiy 7-61 3-6 6-2, Lorenzo Giustino 6-3 2-1 ret. and Lucas Poullain 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round, Barranco Cosano had a good straight sets win against Poullain (6-4 6-1). During the match Barranco Cosano scored 69 points vs Poullain’s 45. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Barranco Cosano scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Javier Barranco Cosano was exceptionally effective on serve to win 74% (23/31) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Barranco Cosano broke Poullain 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Javier’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Antalya.
Javier has an overall 28-17 win-loss record in 2024, 22-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Van Assche | Barranco Cosano |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 59 |
| Pts | 126-120 | 224-179 |
| Total Points | 246 | 403 |
| Winners | 47 | 84 |
| %Winners | 37% | 38% |
Van Assche played 1 match while Barranco Cosano competed in 3 matches. Barranco Cosano started his run from the qualifications while Van Assche had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Luca Van Assche conceded 1 set, while Javier Barranco Cosano lost 1 set. Van Assche has played 5 set(s) less than Barranco Cosano (3 vs 8). Therefore, Van Assche played 26 games less than Barranco Cosano. Van Assche scored 47 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Barranco Cosano scored 84 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Van Assche | Barranco Cosano |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 68/120 | 127/195 |
| %1st in | 57% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 47/68 | 84/127 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 23/52 | 28/68 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 41% |
Van Assche managed to score 3 aces . Barranco Cosano made 6 aces (2 per match). Van Assche won 69% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Barranco Cosano won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Van Assche | Barranco Cosano |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 16 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 16/32 |
| % Converted | 38% | 50% |
| Conceded | 14 | 26 |
| Saved | 9 | 16 |
| % Saved | 64% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 10 |
The French player broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Van Assche conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Barranco Cosano broke his opponents 16 times with a 50% conversion rate. Barranco Cosano conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.
| Van Assche | |||
| R1 Gea |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 126-120 | 126-120 | |
| Total points | 246 | 246 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 68/120 | 68/120 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 47/68 | 47/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/52 | 23/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 9/14 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Barranco Cosano | |||||
| Q1 Karlovskiy |
Q3 Giustino |
R1 Poullain |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 3-6 6-2 | 6-3 2-1 ret. | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 12 | 17 | 59 | |
| pts | 101-94 | 54-40 | 69-45 | 224-179 | |
| Total points | 195 | 94 | 114 | 403 | |
| Winners | 41 | 20 | 23 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 37% | 33% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 62/99 | 34/47 | 31/49 | 127/195 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 72% | 63% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 41/62 | 20/34 | 23/31 | 84/127 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 59% | 74% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/37 | 6/13 | 11/18 | 28/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 30% | 46% | 61% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 4 | 5 | 16 | |
| Converted | 7/15 | 4/6 | 5/11 | 16/32 | |
| Converted % | 47% | 67% | 45% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 5 | 8 | 26 | |
| Saved | 6/13 | 3/5 | 7/8 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 46% | 60% | 88% | 194% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
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