Luca Van Assche and Edas Butvilas will face off in the 2nd round of the Porto Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on EUPAGO. 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.
Luca Van Assche -> 1.67
Edas Butvilas -> 2.1
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Prediction and head to head Luca Van Assche vs. Edas Butvilas
There is no head to head record between Luca Van Assche and Edas Butvilas since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Luca Van Assche
23 - 18win/loss
165
63
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32-26 | 7-4 | 15-12 | 9-9 | 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. 183, Van Assche reached the 2nd round after defeating Adria Soriano Barrera 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Soriano Barrera (6-2 6-3). During the match, Van Assche scored 63 points vs Soriano Barrera’s 43. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Van Assche recorded 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Luca Van Assche was pretty efficient on serve to win 79% (22/28) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Van Assche broke Soriano Barrera 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Van Assche has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 56% of his matches (180-143). 1-1 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Van Assche has an overall20-26 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
Van Assche’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Zagreb Challenger.
The French player has a composed 23-18 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
Luca has never competed in this tournament before.
Edas Butvilas
20 - 19win/loss
273
201
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32-32 | 20-12 | 2-10 | 10-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 54-26 | 28-12 | 26-11 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-23 | 14-9 | 9-9 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 4-10 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 227, the Lithuanian reached the 2nd round after defeating Denis Yevseyev 6-2 7-6(6).
In the 1st round, Butvilas had a good straight sets win against Yevseyev (6-2 7-66). During the match Butvilas scored 78 points vs Yevseyev’s 68. Butvilas was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Butvilas bagged 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Edas Butvilas lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Butvilas put 62% of his first serves in, winning 73% (32/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Edas broke Yevseyev 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
His best result of the season was winning the title the Hersonissos 1 Challenger where he defeated Stuart Parker in the final 6-3 6-3.
Edas has a composed 20-19 win-loss record in 2025, 12-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Van Assche | Butvilas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 |
| Pts | 63-43 | 78-68 |
| Total Points | 106 | 146 |
| Winners | 22 | 32 |
| %Winners | 35% | 41% |
Both Van Assche and Butvilas played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Van Assche and Butvilas have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Van Assche played 4 games less than Butvilas. Luca scored 22 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Edas made 32 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Van Assche | Butvilas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4 |
| 1st in | 28/45 | 44/71 |
| %1st in | 62% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 32/44 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 13/27 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 48% |
Van Assche fired 2 aces . Butvilas struck 4 aces . Van Assche won 79% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Butvilas won 73% 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 | Butvilas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 50% | 40% |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Van Assche broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Luca lost his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Lithuanian broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Butvilas conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Van Assche | |||
| R1 Soriano Barrera | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 63-43 | 63-43 | |
| Total points | 106 | 106 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 28/45 | 28/45 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 22/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 9/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Butvilas | |||
| R1 Yevseyev | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 78-68 | 78-68 | |
| Total points | 146 | 146 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 44/71 | 44/71 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 32/44 | 32/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 13/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Porto Challenger
- Elias YmerYmer – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-3 3-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Martin LandaluceLandaluce (4-6 7-64 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Henrique RochaRocha – Eliakim CoulibalyCoulibaly (7-6(6) 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Matias SotoSoto (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Moez EcharguiEchargui (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elias YmerYmer – Hugo GrenierGrenier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – George LoffhagenLoffhagen (0-0) – H2H and prediction