Luca Van Assche and Rei Sakamoto will face off in the 2nd round of the Sassuolo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on COURT 4. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luca Van Assche is the pick to win this match.
Luca Van Assche -> 1.33
Rei Sakamoto -> 3.1
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Prediction and head to head Luca Van Assche vs. Rei Sakamoto
There is no head to head record between Luca Van Assche and Rei Sakamoto since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Luca Van Assche
20 - 13win/loss
192
63
WLLLWLWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22-17 | 0-1 | 15-11 | 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. 186, Van Assche reached the 2nd round after beating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-1 7-6(4).
In the 1st round, Van Assche had a good straight sets win against Blancaneaux (6-1 7-64). During the match, Van Assche scored 69 points vs Blancaneaux’s 48. Van Assche was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Van Assche scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Luca Van Assche lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Van Assche put 59% of his first serves in, winning 68% (23/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 71% (17/24) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Blancaneaux 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Van Assche has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 56% of his matches (176-138). 13-8 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Van Assche has a composed90-58 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
The French player best result of the year was reaching the final in the Zagreb Challenger.
Luca has a compiled 19-13 win-loss record in 2025, 13-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sassuolo Challenger
Rei Sakamoto
16 - 13win/loss
206
206
LWWWWWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22-14 | 17-9 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 20-16 | 12-11 | 6-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 7-11 | 1-4 | 5-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-6 | 5-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 294, Rei got to the 2nd round after defeating Alvaro Guillen Meza 1-6 6-3 7-6(6).
In the 1st round against Guillen Meza, Sakamoto recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 7-66).During the match Sakamoto scored less points (1) than Guillen Meza. In fact, the world no. 186 won 112 points vs Guillen Meza’s. That means that Sakamoto was more focused during the important points. Sakamoto was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Sakamoto managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Rei Sakamoto lost the serve 4 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Sakamoto put 64% of his first serves in, winning 66% (45/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (18/38) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Guillen Meza 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Sakamoto’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger.
Rei has an overall 16-12 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sassuolo Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Van Assche | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 29 |
| Pts | 69-48 | 112-113 |
| Total Points | 117 | 225 |
| Winners | 23 | 45 |
| %Winners | 33% | 40% |
Both Van Assche and Sakamoto played 1 match. At the moment, Rei Sakamoto conceded 1 set while Luca Van Assche hasn’t dropped a set so far. Van Assche has played 1 set(s) less than Sakamoto (2 vs 3). Therefore, Van Assche played 9 games less than Sakamoto. Luca scored 23 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Sakamoto blasted 45 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Van Assche | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 6 |
| 1st in | 34/58 | 68/106 |
| %1st in | 59% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 23/34 | 45/68 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 17/24 | 18/38 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 47% |
Van Assche recorded 1 ace . Sakamoto also struck 6 aces . Van Assche won 68% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Sakamoto won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Van Assche | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/9 |
| % Converted | 44% | 33% |
| Conceded | 5 | 13 |
| Saved | 3 | 9 |
| % Saved | 60% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Van Assche broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Van Assche dropped his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Rei broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Sakamoto conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Van Assche | |||
| R1 Blancaneaux |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 69-48 | 69-48 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 34/58 | 34/58 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 23/34 | 23/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/24 | 17/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Sakamoto | |||
| R1 Guillen |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-3 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 112-113 | 112-113 | |
| Total points | 225 | 225 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 68/106 | 68/106 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 45/68 | 45/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/38 | 18/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 9/13 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 69% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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