Luca Van Assche and Gabriel Diallo will face off in the 2nd round of the Cary Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on STADIUM. 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 Gabriel Diallo who should win in 3 sets.
Gabriel Diallo -> 1.72
Luca Van Assche -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Luca Van Assche vs. Gabriel Diallo
There is no head to head record between Luca Van Assche and Gabriel Diallo since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Luca Van Assche
24 - 26win/loss
128
63
| 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. 111, Van Assche got to the 2nd round after beating Benjamin Bonzi 0-6 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round against Bonzi, Luca recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 7-5 6-4).During the match, Van Assche scored less points (5) than Bonzi. In fact, the world no. 111 won 81 points vs Bonzi’s. That means that Van Assche was more focused during the important points. Luca was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Van Assche struck 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Luca Van Assche lost the serve 5 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Van Assche put 53% of his first serves in, winning 66% (29/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (19/39) on the 2nd serve. Luca broke Bonzi 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Van Assche has a winning record in the last 5 years having won 57% of his matches (146-112). 13-11 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Van Assche has a composed17-21 record in the last 5 years on hard.
Luca’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Phoenix Challenger and the Heilbronn Challenger.
Luca has a composed 24-25 win-loss record in 2024, 13-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cary Challenger
Van Assche has never competed in this tournament before.
Gabriel Diallo
30 - 18win/loss
86
86
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49-26 | 30-12 | 7-6 | 9-4 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-28 | 8-11 | 2-2 | 24-10 | 5-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-10 | 17-6 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-4 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 155, Gabriel got to the 2nd
round after beating Eliot Spizzirri 7-6(3) 7-6(1), Shintaro Mochizuki 7-6(4) 6-2 and Chak Lam Coleman Wong 6-2 1-6 6-2.In the 1st round, Diallo defeated Lam Coleman Wong (6-2 1-6 6-2). During the match Diallo scored 80 points vs Lam Coleman Wong’s 71. Diallo was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Diallo made 9 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Gabriel Diallo lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Diallo put 65% of his first serves in, winning 67% (33/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Gabriel broke Lam Coleman Wong 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Chicago Challenger where he beat Bu Yunchaokete in the final 6-3 7-6(3).
The Canadian has a composed 29-18 win-loss record in 2024, 16-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Van Assche | Diallo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 70 |
| Pts | 81-86 | 234-199 |
| Total Points | 167 | 433 |
| Winners | 29 | 97 |
| %Winners | 36% | 41% |
Van Assche played 1 match while Diallo competed in 3 matches. Diallo 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 dropped 1 set, while Gabriel Diallo lost 1 set. Van Assche has played 4 set(s) less than Diallo (3 vs 7). Therefore, Van Assche played 42 games less than Diallo. Luca scored 29 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Diallo made 97 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Van Assche | Diallo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 28 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 9.3 |
| 1st in | 44/83 | 129/210 |
| %1st in | 53% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 29/44 | 97/129 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 19/39 | 47/81 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 58% |
Van Assche recorded 5 aces . Diallo managed to score 28 aces (9.3 per match). Van Assche won 66% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Diallo won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Van Assche | Diallo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 8 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 8/24 |
| % Converted | 57% | 33% |
| Conceded | 9 | 13 |
| Saved | 4 | 8 |
| % Saved | 44% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 |
Luca broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Van Assche surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded. Gabriel broke his opponents 8 times with a 33% conversion rate. Gabriel conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.
| Van Assche | |||
| R1 Bonzi | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 0-6 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 81-86 | 81-86 | |
| Total points | 167 | 167 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 44/83 | 44/83 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 29/44 | 29/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/39 | 19/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/9 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 44% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Diallo | |||||
| Q1 Spizzirri | Q3 Mochizuki | R1 Lam Coleman Wong | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 7-61 | 7-64 6-2 | 6-2 1-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 21 | 23 | 70 | |
| pts | 83-71 | 71-57 | 80-71 | 234-199 | |
| Total points | 154 | 128 | 151 | 433 | |
| Winners | 36 | 28 | 33 | 97 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 9 | 9 | 28 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 46/75 | 34/60 | 49/75 | 129/210 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 57% | 65% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 36/46 | 28/34 | 33/49 | 97/129 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 82% | 67% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/29 | 15/26 | 12/26 | 47/81 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 58% | 46% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 1/5 | 3/8 | 4/11 | 8/24 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 38% | 36% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 2/3 | 2/5 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 67% | 40% | 187% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
Tennis Scores in Cary Challenger
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- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Terence AtmaneAtmane (6-4 3-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- David GoffinGoffin – Ethan QuinnQuinn (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Billy HarrisHarris (0-0) – H2H and prediction