Luca Van Assche and Mili Poljicak will square off in the 2^nd round of the Monza Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, 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 -> 1.6
Mili Poljicak -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Luca Van Assche vs. Mili Poljicak

There is no head to head record between Luca Van Assche and Mili Poljicak since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Luca Van Assche

Ranked no. 188, Luca reached the 2^nd round after beating Andrea Picchione 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Picchione, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-6³ 6-4).During the match, Van Assche scored less points (8) than Picchione. In fact, the world no. 188 won 102 points vs Picchione’s. That means that Van Assche was more focused during the important points. Van Assche was pretty aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Regarding the service games, Van Assche scored just 1 ace and he committed only 4 double faults. Luca Van Assche lost the serve 6 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Van Assche put 77% of his first serves in, winning 56% (49/88) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Van Assche broke Picchione 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).

Van Assche has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 56% of his matches (164-130). 1-0 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Van Assche has a compiled78-50 match record in the last 6 years on clay.

Van Assche has a compiled 7-5 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Monza Challenger

Luca has never competed in this tournament before.

Mili Poljicak

Ranked no. 275 (career-high), Mili reached the 2^nd round after beating Fausto Tabacco 6-3 6-2, Jacopo Berrettini 6-3 6-4 and Thiago Seyboth Wild 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Seyboth Wild (6-3 6-4). During the match Poljicak scored 69 points vs Seyboth Wild’s 55. Poljicak was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Poljicak blasted 3 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mili Poljicak was quite effective on serve to win 80% (33/41) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Croatian broke Seyboth Wild twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).

Poljicak’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Porec.

The Croatian has an overall 15-9 win-loss record in 2025, 9-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Van Assche	Poljicak
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	3	6
Tot Games	32	55
Pts	102-110	210-170
Total Points	212	380
Winners	49	96
%Winners	48%	46%

Van Assche played 1 match while Poljicak competed in 3 matches. Poljicak started his run from the qualifications while Van Assche had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Luca Van Assche conceded 1 set while Mili Poljicak hasn’t lost a set so far. Van Assche has played 3 set(s) less than Poljicak (3 vs 6). Therefore, Van Assche played 23 games less than Poljicak. Van Assche scored 49 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Mili managed to score 96 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Van Assche	Poljicak
Aces	1	7
Avg per match	1	2.3
1st in	88/114	132/199
%1st in	77%	66%
1st pts	49/88	96/132
%1st pts	56%	73%
2nd pts	12/26	38/67
%2nd pts	46%	57%

Van Assche struck 1 ace . Poljicak also managed to score 7 aces (2.3 per match). Van Assche won 56% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Poljicak won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Van Assche	Poljicak
Won	6	8
Converted	6/12	8/30
% Converted	50%	27%
Conceded	16	12
Saved	10	11
% Saved	63%	92%
Times Broken	6	1

The French player broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Van Assche conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Poljicak broke his opponents 8 times with a 27% conversion rate. Poljicak conceded his serve once and he saved 92% of the break points that he conceded.

Van Assche
	R1 Picchione	Total
Score	3-6 7-63 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	32	32
pts	102-110	102-110
Total points	212	212
Winners	49	49
%Winners	48%	48%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	88/114	88/114
% 1st in	77%	77%
1st pts	49/88	49/88
% 1st pts	56%	56%
2nd pts	12/26	12/26
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/12	6/12
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	16	16
Saved	10/16	10
Saved %	63%	63%
Times Broken	6	6

Poljicak
	Q1 Tabacco	Q3 Berrettini	R1 Seyboth	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	6-3 6-4	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	17	19	19	55
pts	69-52	72-63	69-55	210-170
Total points	121	135	124	380
Winners	25	38	33	96
%Winners	36%	53%	48%	46%
SERVE
Aces	0	4	3	7
Double Faults	0	2	0	2
1st in	36/60	55/78	41/61	132/199
% 1st in	60%	71%	67%	66%
1st pts	25/36	38/55	33/41	96/132
% 1st pts	69%	69%	80%	73%
2nd pts	14/24	13/23	11/20	38/67
% 2nd pts	58%	57%	55%	57%
Breaks
Won	4	2	2	8
Converted	4/14	2/8	2/8	8/30
Converted %	29%	25%	25%	27%
Conceded	3	8	1	12
Saved	2/3	8/8	1/1	11
Saved %	67%	100%	100%	267%
Times Broken	1	0	0	1

Tennis Scores in Monza Challenger

• Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Radu AlbotAlbot (7-5 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Jacopo VasamiVasami – Paul JubbJubb (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Mika BrunoldBrunold (6-2 6-7⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Andrea PicchionePicchione (3-6 7-6³ 6-4) – See score progression
• Arthur GeaGea – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Filip MisolicMisolic – Sumit NagalNagal (6-2 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Martin LandaluceLandaluce – Remy BertolaBertola (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Raphael CollignonCollignon – Federico CinaCina (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Federico CoriaCoria – Daniel EvansEvans (4-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Mili PoljicakPoljicak – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (7-6⁶ 6-2) – See score progression
• Khumoun SultanovSultanov – Lukas KleinKlein (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Murkel DellienDellien (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Matteo GiganteGigante – Pietro Orlando FellinOrlando Fellin (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Matej DodigDodig (7-6⁶ 6-2) – See score progression
• Raphael CollignonCollignon – Federico CinaCina (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Federico CoriaCoria – Daniel EvansEvans (4-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Filip MisolicMisolic – Sumit NagalNagal (6-2 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Mika BrunoldBrunold (6-2 6-7(5) 6-3) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Radu AlbotAlbot (7-5 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Martin LandaluceLandaluce – Remy BertolaBertola (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Jacopo VasamiVasami – Paul JubbJubb (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Federico CoriaCoria – Filip MisolicMisolic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (0-0) – H2H and prediction