Luca Van Assche and Jurij Rodionov will play each other in the 2nd round of the Roanne Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 9:30 pm on CENTRAL A. VACHERESSE. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luca Van Assche who should win in 3 sets.
Luca Van Assche -> 1.55
Jurij Rodionov -> 2.33
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Prediction and head to head Luca Van Assche vs. Jurij Rodionov
This will be the 2nd time that Luca Van Assche and Jurij Rodionov play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Van Assche (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Van Assche won 4-6 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in the Pau Challenger back in 2023.
Luca Van Assche
27 - 30win/loss
121
63
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-30 | 15-15 | 8-10 | 2-3 | 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. 121, Luca got to the 2nd round after defeating Titouan Droguet 7-6(4) 6-3.
In the 1st round, Luca had a good straight sets win against Droguet (7-64 6-3). During the match, Van Assche scored 72 points vs Droguet’s 70. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Van Assche recorded 5 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Luca Van Assche lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Van Assche put 70% of his first serves in, winning 61% (35/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 79% (19/24) on the 2nd serve. Luca broke Droguet twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Van Assche has a winning record in the last 5 years having won 56% of his matches (149-117). 2-3 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Van Assche has an aggregate48-37 win-loss record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
The French player best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Phoenix Challenger and the Heilbronn Challenger.
Luca has a composed 27-30 win-loss record in 2024, 2-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Roanne Challenger
Jurij Rodionov
20 - 26win/loss
198
87
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-26 | 7-7 | 6-12 | 7-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-33 | 3-6 | 15-13 | 21-11 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 45-31 | 5-5 | 16-11 | 21-11 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-28 | 2-4 | 2-7 | 13-13 | 3-3 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 25-16 | 5-1 | 7-6 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 198, Jurij reached the 2nd round after beating Calvin Hemery 3-6 7-5 7-6(5).
In the 1st round against Hemery, Rodionov recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 7-65).During the match Rodionov scored less points (4) than Hemery. In fact, the world no. 121 won 102 points vs Hemery’s. That means that Rodionov was more focused during the important points. Rodionov was pretty aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about serving, Rodionov fired 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Jurij Rodionov was pretty efficient on serve to win 75% (49/65) of his 1st serve and 60% (27/45) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Jurij broke Hemery twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Koblenz Challenger where he defeated Brandon Nakashima in the final 6-7(7) 6-1 6-2.
The Austrian has an aggregate 20-26 win-loss record in 2024, 7-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Van Assche | Rodionov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 34 |
| Pts | 72-70 | 102-106 |
| Total Points | 142 | 208 |
| Winners | 35 | 49 |
| %Winners | 49% | 48% |
Both Van Assche and Rodionov played 1 match. At the moment, Jurij Rodionov lost 1 set while Luca Van Assche hasn’t dropped a set so far. Van Assche has played 1 set(s) less than Rodionov (2 vs 3). Therefore, Van Assche played 12 games less than Rodionov. Luca scored 35 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Jurij struck 49 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Van Assche | Rodionov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 57/81 | 65/110 |
| %1st in | 70% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 35/57 | 49/65 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 19/24 | 27/45 |
| %2nd pts | 79% | 60% |
Van Assche made 5 aces . Rodionov made 4 aces . Van Assche won 61% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 79% of the points. On the other side, Rodionov won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Van Assche | Rodionov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 2 |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/5 |
| % Converted | 29% | 40% |
| Conceded | 4 | 10 |
| Saved | 3 | 8 |
| % Saved | 75% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Luca broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Luca dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Rodionov broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. The Austrian conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Van Assche | |||
| R1 Droguet | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 72-70 | 72-70 | |
| Total points | 142 | 142 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 57/81 | 57/81 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 35/57 | 35/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/24 | 19/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 79% | 79% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Rodionov | |||
| R1 Hemery | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-5 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 102-106 | 102-106 | |
| Total points | 208 | 208 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 65/110 | 65/110 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 49/65 | 49/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/45 | 27/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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