Luca Van Assche and Justin Engel will face off in the 2nd round of the Villena Challenger for the 1st 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.
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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
26 - 29win/loss
128
63
LLLLWWLWWL | 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, the French player reached the 2nd round after beating Daniel Merida Aguilar 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st 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
34 - 13win/loss
397
397
LLWLWWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-16 | 3-2 | 32-12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-12 | 0-0 | 11-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 529, the German reached the 2nd 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 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWWWLWW 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
