Carlos Taberner and Luca Van Assche will face off in the quarter of the Sassuolo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 7:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 -> 1.65
Carlos Taberner -> 2.13
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Taberner vs. Luca Van Assche
There is no head to head record between Carlos Taberner and Luca Van Assche since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Carlos Taberner
24 - 13win/loss
107
85
LWLWLWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-16 | 1-2 | 28-13 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-36 | 0-3 | 46-31 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-23 | 3-4 | 22-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-33 | 1-2 | 29-27 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-25 | 3-4 | 33-15 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 130, the Spaniard got to the quarter after beating Jozef Kovalik 6-4 6-0 and Federico Bondioli 6-4 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Bondioli (6-4 6-1). During the match, Taberner scored 58 points vs Bondioli’s 35. The Spaniard was very aggressive to blast 14 winners.
Talking about the service games, Taberner scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Carlos Taberner was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (14/19) of his 1st serve and 68% (17/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Spaniard broke Bondioli 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Taberner hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 63% of the points he played.
Taberner has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (380-244). 23-11 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Taberner has a compiled 347-195 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Murcia Challenger where he defeated Jesper De Jong in the final 7-6(3) 4-6 6-2.
Carlos has a composed 24-13 win-loss record in 2025, 23-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sassuolo Challenger
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
Luca Van Assche
20 - 13win/loss
192
63
LLLWLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-17 | 0-1 | 14-11 | 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 got to the quarter after beating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-1 7-6(4) and Rei Sakamoto 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Van had a good straight sets win against Sakamoto (6-2 6-3). During the match Van scored 58 points vs Sakamoto’s 36. Luca was pretty aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Van blasted 2 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Luca Van Assche was extremely efficient on serve to win 79% (19/24) of his 1st serve and 100% (17/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Sakamoto 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
The French player best result of the season was getting to the final in the Zagreb Challenger.
Luca has a composed 20-13 win-loss record in 2025, 14-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sassuolo Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Taberner | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 37 |
| Pts | 114-68 | 127-84 |
| Total Points | 182 | 211 |
| Winners | 35 | 42 |
| %Winners | 31% | 33% |
Both Taberner and Van played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Taberner and Van have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Taberner played 4 games less than Van. The Spaniard scored 35 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, The French player scored 42 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Taberner | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 46/86 | 58/99 |
| %1st in | 53% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 35/46 | 42/58 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 27/40 | 34/41 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 83% |
Taberner fired 1 ace (0.5 per match). Van also blasted 3 aces (1.5 per match). Taberner won 76% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Van won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 83% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Taberner | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 7 |
| Converted | 10/20 | 7/14 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 60% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Taberner broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. Carlos surrendered his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Luca broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Van conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Taberner | ||||
| R1 Kovalik |
R2 Bondioli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 | 33 | |
| pts | 56-33 | 58-35 | 114-68 | |
| Total points | 89 | 93 | 182 | |
| Winners | 21 | 14 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 24% | 31% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 27/42 | 19/44 | 46/86 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 43% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | 14/19 | 35/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 74% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 17/25 | 27/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/12 | 10/20 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 42% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 2/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Van | ||||
| R1 Blancaneaux |
R2 Sakamoto |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-64 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 17 | 37 | |
| pts | 69-48 | 58-36 | 127-84 | |
| Total points | 117 | 94 | 211 | |
| Winners | 23 | 19 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 34/58 | 24/41 | 58/99 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 23/34 | 19/24 | 42/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 79% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/24 | 17/17 | 34/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 100% | 83% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/5 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 60% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 0/0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | – | 30% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
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