Luca Van Assche and Mikhail Kukushkin will play each other in the 2nd round of the Lyon Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luca Van Assche who should win in 3 sets.
Luca Van Assche -> 1.4
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 2.68
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Prediction and head to head Luca Van Assche vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
There is no head to head record between Luca Van Assche and Mikhail Kukushkin since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Luca Van Assche
32 - 26win/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. 168, the French player reached the 2nd round after defeating Gauthier Onclin 6-3 6-0.
In the 1st round, Luca had a good straight sets win against Onclin (6-3 6-0). During the match, Van Assche scored 67 points vs Onclin’s 44. Van Assche was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Van Assche blasted 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Luca Van Assche lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Van Assche put 61% of his first serves in, winning 74% (23/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Luca broke Onclin 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Van Assche has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 56% of his matches (189-150). 9-8 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Van Assche has a compiled65-53 match record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Olbia Challenger where he beat Pablo Carreno-Busta in the final 7-6(5) 6-7(1) 6-2.
Luca has a composed 32-25 win-loss record in 2025, 9-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lyon Challenger
Van Assche has never competed in this tournament before.
Mikhail Kukushkin
24 - 26win/loss
294
39
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-27 | 11-13 | 3-2 | 9-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 52-32 | 24-10 | 10-9 | 12-9 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-24 | 17-11 | 3-5 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-28 | 18-11 | 0-2 | 13-11 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-24 | 8-9 | 0-6 | 2-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 317, Kukushkin reached the 2nd round after defeating Gilles Arnaud Bailly 6-1 6-3, Marat Sharipov 6-4 6-4 and Billy Harris 7-6(2) 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Harris (7-62 7-5). During the match Kukushkin scored 74 points vs Harris’s 62. The Kazakhstani was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Kukushkin recorded 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mikhail Kukushkin was extremely efficient on serve to win 83% (34/41) of his 1st serve and 87% (20/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Kazakhstani broke Harris once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
Mikhail has a compiled 23-26 win-loss record in 2025, 8-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lyon Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Van Assche | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 61 |
| Pts | 67-44 | 202-157 |
| Total Points | 111 | 359 |
| Winners | 23 | 85 |
| %Winners | 34% | 42% |
Van Assche played 1 match while Kukushkin competed in 3 matches. Kukushkin started his run from the qualifications while Van Assche had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Van Assche has played 4 set(s) less than Kukushkin (2 vs 6). Therefore, Van Assche played 46 games less than Kukushkin. The French player scored 23 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani fired 85 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Van Assche | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 6.3 |
| 1st in | 31/51 | 106/163 |
| %1st in | 61% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 23/31 | 85/106 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 9/20 | 44/57 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 77% |
Van Assche blasted 7 aces . Kukushkin fired 19 aces (6.3 per match). Van Assche won 74% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Kukushkin won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 77% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Van Assche | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 7 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 7/19 |
| % Converted | 50% | 37% |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 75% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The French player broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. The French player lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Kazakhstani broke his opponents 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Van Assche | |||
| R1 Onclin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 67-44 | 67-44 | |
| Total points | 111 | 111 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 31/51 | 31/51 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 23/31 | 23/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/20 | 9/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kukushkin | |||||
| Q1 Arnaud | Q3 Sharipov | R1 Harris | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | 7-62 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 | 25 | 61 | |
| pts | 61-39 | 67-56 | 74-62 | 202-157 | |
| Total points | 100 | 123 | 136 | 359 | |
| Winners | 23 | 28 | 34 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 42% | 46% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 11 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 26/42 | 39/57 | 41/64 | 106/163 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 68% | 64% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 23/26 | 28/39 | 34/41 | 85/106 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 72% | 83% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 14/18 | 20/23 | 44/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 78% | 87% | 77% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 2/3 | 1/5 | 7/19 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 67% | 20% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | – | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Lyon Challenger
- Mark LajalLajal – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (3-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Matej DodigDodig – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (7-5 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Szymon Kielan/Szymon WalkowKielan/Szymon Walkow – Mario Mansilla Diez/Bruno Pujol NavarroMansilla Diez/Bruno Pujol Navarro (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Sascha Gueymard WayenburgGueymard Wayenburg (6-2 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Dan AddedAdded – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Billy HarrisHarris (7-62 7-5) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Francesco PassaroPassaro (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Titouan DroguetDroguet (6-74 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-75 7-61 6-4) – See score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Jan KumstatKumstat (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Arjun Kadhe/N. Vijay Sundar PrashanthKadhe/N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth – Alexander Donski/Denys MolchanovDonski/Denys Molchanov (7-5 7-65) – See score progression
- Tomasz BerkietaBerkieta – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Arthur FeryFery – Luka PavlovicPavlovic (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Tom ParisParis – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Laslo DjereDjere – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (6-4 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Arthur GeaGea (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Laslo DjereDjere – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Vit KoprivaKopriva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction