Luca Van Assche and Geoffrey Blancaneaux will face off in the 2nd round of the Lyon Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT SOPRA STERIA. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luca Van Assche is the pick to win this match.
Luca Van Assche -> 1.35
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 2.99
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Prediction and head to head Luca Van Assche vs. Geoffrey Blancaneaux
This will be the 5th time that Luca Van Assche and Geoffrey Blancaneaux play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Van Assche (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Van Assche won 3-6 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Heilbronn Challenger back in 2024.
Luca Van Assche
17 - 12win/loss
182
63
LWLWWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-15 | 0-1 | 14-9 | 6-4 | 1-1 | 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. 184, the French player got to the 2nd round after defeating Michael Vrbensky 1-6 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round against Vrbensky, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-1 6-4). During the match, Van Assche scored 82 points vs Vrbensky’s 73. Van Assche was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Van Assche managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Luca Van Assche lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Van Assche put 57% of his first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the 2nd serve. Van Assche broke Vrbensky 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Van Assche has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 56% of his matches (174-137). 11-7 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Van Assche has an aggregate88-57 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
Luca’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Zagreb Challenger.
The French player has a compiled 17-12 win-loss record in 2025, 11-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lyon Challenger
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
18 - 17win/loss
278
134
LLLWLWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-20 | 0-3 | 16-13 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-33 | 6-5 | 13-19 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-37 | 7-10 | 14-18 | 8-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-38 | 17-10 | 14-15 | 8-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-31 | 8-6 | 17-19 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 |
Ranked no. 278, the French player got to the 2nd round after beating Sumit Nagal 6-4 7-6(4).
In the 1st round, Geoffrey had a good straight sets win against Nagal (6-4 7-64). During the match Blancaneaux scored 82 points vs Nagal’s 75. Blancaneaux was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Blancaneaux bagged 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Geoffrey Blancaneaux lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Blancaneaux put 55% of his first serves in, winning 67% (28/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (15/34) on the 2nd serve. Geoffrey broke Nagal 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Brazzaville Challenger where he overcame Calvin Hemery in the final 6-3 6-4.
Blancaneaux has a composed 18-17 win-loss record in 2025, 16-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lyon Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Van Assche | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 23 |
| Pts | 82-73 | 82-75 |
| Total Points | 155 | 157 |
| Winners | 26 | 28 |
| %Winners | 32% | 34% |
Both Van Assche and Blancaneaux played 1 match. At the moment, Luca Van Assche dropped 1 set while Geoffrey Blancaneaux hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Van Assche has played 1 set more than Blancaneaux (3 vs 2). Therefore, Van Assche played 1 game more than Blancaneaux. Luca scored 26 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The French player managed to score 28 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Van Assche | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4 |
| 1st in | 37/65 | 42/76 |
| %1st in | 57% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 28/42 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 15/34 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 44% |
Van Assche struck 4 aces . Blancaneaux managed to score 4 aces . Van Assche won 70% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Blancaneaux won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Van Assche | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/14 | 5/14 |
| % Converted | 29% | 36% |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 40% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Luca broke his opponent 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. Luca lost his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Geoffrey broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Blancaneaux conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Van Assche | |||
| R1 Vrbensky |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 82-73 | 82-73 | |
| Total points | 155 | 155 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 37/65 | 37/65 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 26/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 17/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 4/14 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Blancaneaux | |||
| R1 Nagal |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 82-75 | 82-75 | |
| Total points | 157 | 157 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 42/76 | 42/76 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 28/42 | 28/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/34 | 15/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWLWWLWL Tennis Scores in Lyon Challenger
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Elmer MollerMoller (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Tom ParisParis (7-5 7-65) – See score progression
- Clement TaburTabur – Calvin HemeryHemery (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (1-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Matthew DellavedovaDellavedova (2-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Henri SquireSquire – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Arthur GeaGea – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Ray Ho/David Vega HernandezHo/David Vega Hernandez – Yanis Ghazouani Durand/Loann MassardGhazouani Durand/Loann Massard (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Lucas PoullainPoullain – Timo LegoutLegout (6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon (6-4 2-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Titouan DroguetDroguet (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar – Kyrian JacquetJacquet (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Sumit NagalNagal (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Lucas PoullainPoullain – Timo LegoutLegout (6-4 7-6(6)) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Matthew DellavedovaDellavedova (2-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Tom ParisParis (7-5 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Clement TaburTabur – Calvin HemeryHemery (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Adolfo Daniel VallejoDaniel Vallejo – Matteo MartineauMartineau (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Elmer MollerMoller (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Ivan GakhovGakhov (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lucas PoullainPoullain – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Clement TaburTabur – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
