Luca Van Assche and Edas Butvilas will fight against each other in the quarter of the Olbia Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on CLOTO ARENA. 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 -> 1.75
Edas Butvilas -> 2
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Prediction and head to head Luca Van Assche vs. Edas Butvilas
This will be the 2nd time that Luca Van Assche and Edas Butvilas clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Butvilas (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Butvilas won 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Porto Challenger back in July 2025.
Luca Van Assche
26 - 22win/loss
167
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. 238, Van Assche got to the quarter after defeating Stefano Travaglia 7-5 1-6 6-3 and Vit Kopriva 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Kopriva (6-3 6-2). During the match, Van Assche scored 59 points vs Kopriva’s 42. Luca was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Van Assche scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Luca Van Assche lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Van Assche put 72% of his first serves in, winning 68% (21/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (5/12) on the 2nd serve. Van Assche broke Kopriva 7 times after converting 78% of his break points (7/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Van Assche has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Van Assche has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 55% of his matches (183-147). 4-4 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Van Assche has a compiled23-29 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
Van Assche’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Zagreb Challenger.
Luca has a composed 26-22 win-loss record in 2025, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Olbia Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Edas Butvilas
29 - 27win/loss
261
201
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32-31 | 20-12 | 2-9 | 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. 300, the Lithuanian got to the quarter after beating Moez Echargui 6-4 6-2 and Arthur Gea 6-4 3-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Butvilas defeated Gea (6-4 3-6 6-3). During the match Butvilas scored 97 points vs Gea’s 86. Butvilas was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Butvilas scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Edas Butvilas lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Butvilas put 75% of his first serves in, winning 67% (45/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 73% (16/22) on the 2nd serve. The Lithuanian broke Gea twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Butvilas has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Hersonissos 1 Challenger where he defeated Stuart Parker in the final 6-3 6-3.
The Lithuanian has an overall 29-27 win-loss record in 2025, 20-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Van Assche | Butvilas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 45 | 46 |
| Pts | 151-129 | 156-132 |
| Total Points | 280 | 288 |
| Winners | 59 | 68 |
| %Winners | 39% | 44% |
Both Van Assche and Butvilas played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Luca Van Assche surrendered 1 set, while Edas Butvilas surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Van Assche and Butvilas have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Van Assche played 1 game less than Butvilas. The French player scored 59 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Edas blasted 68 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Van Assche | Butvilas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 84/134 | 101/140 |
| %1st in | 63% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 59/84 | 68/101 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 23/50 | 27/39 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 69% |
Van Assche struck 4 aces (2 per match). Butvilas managed to score 2 aces (1 per match). Van Assche won 70% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Butvilas won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Van Assche | Butvilas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 6 |
| Converted | 11/17 | 6/17 |
| % Converted | 65% | 35% |
| Conceded | 14 | 8 |
| Saved | 7 | 6 |
| % Saved | 50% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 2 |
The French player broke his opponents 11 times with a 65% conversion rate. The French player surrendered his serve 7 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Edas broke his opponents 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. Edas conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Van Assche | ||||
| R1 Travaglia | R2 Kopriva | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 1-6 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 17 | 45 | |
| pts | 92-87 | 59-42 | 151-129 | |
| Total points | 179 | 101 | 280 | |
| Winners | 38 | 21 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 36% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 53/91 | 31/43 | 84/134 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 72% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 38/53 | 21/31 | 59/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 68% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/38 | 5/12 | 23/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 42% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 7/9 | 11/17 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 78% | 65% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 5 | 14 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 2/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 40% | 48% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Butvilas | ||||
| R1 Echargui | R2 Gea | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 28 | 46 | |
| pts | 59-46 | 97-86 | 156-132 | |
| Total points | 105 | 183 | 288 | |
| Winners | 23 | 45 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 46% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/51 | 67/89 | 101/140 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 75% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 23/34 | 45/67 | 68/101 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 16/22 | 27/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 73% | 69% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 2/7 | 6/17 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 29% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 86% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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