Damir Dzumhur and Luca Van Assche will square off in the 2^nd round of the Brest Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luca Van Assche who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Luca Van Assche is the pick to win this match.
Luca Van Assche -> 1.86
Damir Dzumhur -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Damir Dzumhur vs. Luca Van Assche

There is no head to head record between Damir Dzumhur and Luca Van Assche since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Damir Dzumhur

Ranked no. 104, the Bosnian got to the 2^nd round after beating Abedallah Shelbayh 6-1 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Damir had a good straight sets win against Shelbayh (6-1 6-1). During the match, Dzumhur scored 57 points vs Shelbayh’s 33. The Bosnian was pretty aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Regarding the service games, Dzumhur recorded 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Damir Dzumhur was extremely effective on serve to win 78% (18/23) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Damir broke Shelbayh 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).

Dzumhur has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (353-283). 6-3 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Dzumhur has an aggregate 82-61 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Barletta Challenger where he overcame Harold Mayot in the final 6-1 6-3 and the Ostrava Challenger where he overcame Henri Squire in the final 6-2 4-6 7-5 and the Zagreb Challenger where he beat Luka Mikrut in the final 7-5 6-0 and the Santo Domingo Challenger where he defeated Andres Andrade in the final 6-4 6-4 and the Istanbul Challenger where he overcame Hamad Medjedovic in the final 6-4 6-2.

Damir has a compiled 41-25 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Brest Challenger

Dzumhur has never competed in this tournament before.

Luca Van Assche

Ranked no. 117, Van reached the 2^nd round after defeating Emilio Nava 6-3 7-5.

In the 1^st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Nava (6-3 7-5). During the match Van scored 72 points vs Nava’s 60. Luca was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about serving, Van scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Luca Van Assche conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Van put 79% of his first serves in, winning 77% (41/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (6/14) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Nava 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Luca’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Phoenix Challenger,the Heilbronn Challenger and the Roanne Challenger.

The French player has a composed 32-32 win-loss record in 2024, 7-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Dzumhur	Van
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	14	21
Pts	57-33	72-60
Total Points	90	132
Winners	18	41
%Winners	32%	57%

Both Dzumhur and Van played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Dzumhur and Van have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Dzumhur played 7 games less than Van. Damir scored 18 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The French player managed to score 41 winners (57%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Dzumhur	Van
Aces	2	1
Avg per match	2	1
1st in	23/48	53/67
%1st in	48%	79%
1st pts	18/23	41/53
%1st pts	78%	77%
2nd pts	13/25	6/14
%2nd pts	52%	43%

Dzumhur made 2 aces . Van blasted 1 ace . Dzumhur won 78% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Van won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Dzumhur	Van
Won	6	3
Converted	6/7	3/4
% Converted	86%	75%
Conceded	5	1
Saved	4	1
% Saved	80%	100%
Times Broken	1	0

Damir broke his opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. Damir surrendered his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Van broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The French player was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.

Dzumhur
	R1 Shelbayh	Total
Score	6-1 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	14	14
pts	57-33	57-33
Total points	90	90
Winners	18	18
%Winners	32%	32%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	23/48	23/48
% 1st in	48%	48%
1st pts	18/23	18/23
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	13/25	13/25
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/7	6/7
Converted %	86%	86%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	4/5	4
Saved %	80%	80%
Times Broken	1	1

Van
	R1 Nava	Total
Score	6-3 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	72-60	72-60
Total points	132	132
Winners	41	41
%Winners	57%	57%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	53/67	53/67
% 1st in	79%	79%
1st pts	41/53	41/53
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	6/14	6/14
% 2nd pts	43%	43%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/4
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Brest Challenger

• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Matteo MartineauMartineau – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-0 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Joao FonsecaFonseca – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Zsombor PirosPiros – Titouan DroguetDroguet (6-4 7-6⁹) – See score progression
• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Arthur GeaGea (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Raphael CollignonCollignon (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Billy HarrisHarris – Alexis GautierGautier (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg (5-7 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Jakub PaulPaul – Manuel GuinardGuinard (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Carlos TabernerTaberner (7-6⁴ 6-2) – See score progression
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Edas ButvilasButvilas (6-4 4-6 7-6³) – See score progression
• Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Emilio NavaNava (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Harold MayotMayot (2-6 6-3 7-6³) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Laslo DjereDjere – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Calvin HemeryHemery – Benjamin BonziBonzi (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Jakub PaulPaul (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Adrian AndreevAndreev – Benjamin HassanHassan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Matteo MartineauMartineau (0-0) – H2H and prediction