Luca Van Assche and Justin Engel will face off in the 2^nd round of the Villena Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:30 pm on PISTA CARLOS ALCARAZ. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.3
Justin Engel -> 3.26

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Prediction and head to head Luca Van Assche vs. Justin Engel

There is no head to head record between Luca Van Assche and Justin Engel since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Luca Van Assche

Ranked no. 111, the French player reached the 2^nd round after beating Daniel Merida Aguilar 6-3 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Merida Aguilar (6-3 6-3). During the match, Van Assche scored 61 points vs Merida Aguilar’s 44. Luca was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about the service games, Van Assche blasted 2 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Luca Van Assche lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Van Assche put 60% of his first serves in, winning 63% (22/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (9/23) on the 2nd serve. Van Assche broke Merida Aguilar 7 times after converting 70% of his break points (7/10).

Van Assche has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 56% of his matches (148-116). 15-14 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Van Assche has an overall19-24 record in the last 5 years on hard.

Van Assche’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Phoenix Challenger and the Heilbronn Challenger.

Van Assche has an overall 26-29 win-loss record in 2024, 15-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Villena Challenger

The French player has never competed in this tournament before.

Justin Engel

Ranked no. 529, the German reached the 2^nd round after beating Raul Brancaccio 6-1 6-4 and Rafael Jodar 6-3 6-3.

The German’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Villach,M15 Uslar,M15 Trier and M15 Cap d’Agde.

Engel has a compiled 33-13 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Van Assche	Engel
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	2	4
Tot Games	18	35
Pts	61-44	130-97
Total Points	105	227
Winners	22	46
%Winners	36%	35%

Van Assche played 1 match while Engel competed in 2 matches. Engel started his run from the qualifications while Van Assche had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Van Assche has played 2 set(s) less than Engel (2 vs 4). Therefore, Van Assche played 17 games less than Engel. Luca scored 22 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Engel scored 46 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Van Assche	Engel
Aces	2	18
Avg per match	2	9
1st in	35/58	55/108
%1st in	60%	51%
1st pts	22/35	46/55
%1st pts	63%	84%
2nd pts	9/23	26/53
%2nd pts	39%	49%

Van Assche blasted 2 aces . Engel fired 18 aces (9 per match). Van Assche won 63% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Engel won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Van Assche	Engel
Won	7	9
Converted	7/10	9/19
% Converted	70%	47%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	3	4
% Saved	43%	57%
Times Broken	4	3

The French player broke his opponent 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. Luca dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Justin broke his opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. Engel conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Van Assche
	R1 Merida Aguilar	Total
Score	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	61-44	61-44
Total points	105	105
Winners	22	22
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	7	7
1st in	35/58	35/58
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	22/35	22/35
% 1st pts	63%	63%
2nd pts	9/23	9/23
% 2nd pts	39%	39%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/10	7/10
Converted %	70%	70%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	3/7	3
Saved %	43%	43%
Times Broken	4	4

Engel
	Q1 Brancaccio	Q3 Soriano	Total
Score	6-1 6-4	w/o
Tot Set	2	–	2
Tot Games	17	–	17
pts	65-51	–	65-51
Total points	116	–	116
Winners	23	–	23
%Winners	35%	–	35%
SERVE
Aces	10	–	10
Double Faults	5	–	5
1st in	27/55	–	27/55
% 1st in	49%	–	49%
1st pts	23/27	–	23/27
% 1st pts	85%	–	85%
2nd pts	14/28	–	14/28
% 2nd pts	50%	–	50%
Breaks
Won	4	–	4
Converted	4/9	–	4/9
Converted %	44%	–	44%
Conceded	1	–	1
Saved	0/1	–	0
Saved %	0%	–	0%
Times Broken	1	–	1

Tennis Scores in Villena Challenger

• Constant LestienneLestienne – Jakub PaulPaul (3-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Lukas KleinKlein – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (7-6⁷ 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Christoph NegrituNegritu – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (6-1 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Mili PoljicakPoljicak (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Robin BertrandBertrand – Laurent LokoliLokoli (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (4-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Jiri VeselyVesely – Dali BlanchBlanch (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Cezar CretuCretu (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Jerome KymKym – Matteo GiganteGigante (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Jules MarieMarie – Benoit PairePaire (1-6 7-6² 6-4) – See score progression
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Nerman FaticFatic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (4-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Robin BertrandBertrand – Laurent LokoliLokoli (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Jiri VeselyVesely – Dali BlanchBlanch (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Mili PoljicakPoljicak (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Lukas KleinKlein – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (7-6(7) 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Christoph NegrituNegritu – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (6-1 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Constant LestienneLestienne – Jakub PaulPaul (3-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Justin EngelEngel – Rafael JodarJodar (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar (6-3 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jiri VeselyVesely – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Christoph NegrituNegritu – Constant LestienneLestienne (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Jules MarieMarie (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction