Luca Van Assche and Matteo Martineau will play each other in the 2nd round of the Thionville Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.57
Matteo Martineau -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Luca Van Assche vs. Matteo Martineau
This will be the 3rd time that Luca Van Assche and Matteo Martineau clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Van Assche (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Van Assche won 7-6(3) 6-4 in the qualifications in Marseille back in February 2025.
Luca Van Assche
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-38 | 15-15 | 8-10 | 10-11 | 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 |
Ranked no. 157, Luca reached the 2nd round after beating Hugo Grenier 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Van Assche had a good straight sets win against Grenier (6-4 6-4). During the match, Van Assche scored 67 points vs Grenier’s 49. Luca was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Van Assche blasted 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Luca Van Assche was pretty effective on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The French player broke Grenier 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Van Assche has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 55% of his matches (162-130). 5-4 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Van Assche has an aggregate61-49 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Luca has an aggregate 5-5 win-loss record in 2025, 5-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Thionville Challenger
Van Assche has never competed in this tournament before.
Matteo Martineau
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-33 | 2-4 | 7-13 | 18-13 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-36 | 0-1 | 23-17 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 9-3 |
| 2022 | 36-31 | 2-1 | 23-20 | 11-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-26 | 4-4 | 27-15 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
Ranked no. 263, the French player got to the 2nd round after defeating Dan Added 6-7(5) 7-6(3) 6-3.
In the 1st round against Added, Martineau recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 7-63 6-3). During the match Martineau scored 120 points vs Added’s 112. Martineau was exceptionally aggressive to blast 45 winners.
About the serving games, Martineau fired 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Matteo Martineau lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Martineau put 56% of his first serves in, winning 78% (45/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (22/46) on the 2nd serve. Martineau broke Added 6 times after converting 35% of his break points (6/17).
Martineau’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Quimper Challenger.
Martineau has a compiled 9-7 win-loss record in 2025, 8-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Van Assche | Martineau |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 35 |
| Pts | 67-49 | 120-112 |
| Total Points | 116 | 232 |
| Winners | 25 | 45 |
| %Winners | 37% | 38% |
Both Van Assche and Martineau played 1 match. At the moment, Matteo Martineau lost 1 set while Luca Van Assche hasn’t conceded a set so far. Van Assche has played 1 set(s) less than Martineau (2 vs 3). Therefore, Van Assche played 15 games less than Martineau. Luca scored 25 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Matteo managed to score 45 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Van Assche | Martineau |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 7 |
| 1st in | 31/51 | 58/104 |
| %1st in | 61% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 45/58 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 22/46 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 48% |
Van Assche scored 2 aces . Martineau fired 7 aces . Van Assche won 81% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Martineau won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Van Assche | Martineau |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 6/17 |
| % Converted | 57% | 35% |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 |
| Saved | 1 | 5 |
| % Saved | 33% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Van Assche broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Luca surrendered his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Matteo broke his opponent 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. Martineau conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Van Assche | |||
| R1 Grenier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 67-49 | 67-49 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 31/51 | 31/51 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 25/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 12/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Martineau | |||
| R1 Added |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 120-112 | 120-112 | |
| Total points | 232 | 232 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 58/104 | 58/104 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 45/58 | 45/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/46 | 22/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/17 | 6/17 | |
| Converted % | 35% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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