Luca Van Assche and Clement Chidekh will play each other in the quarter of the Lille Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luca Van Assche is the pick to win this match.
Luca Van Assche -> 1.56
Clement Chidekh -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Luca Van Assche vs. Clement Chidekh
This will be the 2nd time that Luca Van Assche and Clement Chidekh square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Chidekh (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Chidekh won 6-4 4-6 7-5 in the qualifications in Marseille back in 2025.
Luca Van Assche
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 43-21 | 13-9 | 18-10 | 12-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 130, the French player reached the quarter after beating Leandro Riedi 3-6 7-6(2) 6-4 and Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Luca had a good straight sets win against Kukushkin (6-3 6-2). During the match, Van Assche scored 61 points vs Kukushkin’s 43. Luca was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Van Assche scored 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Luca Van Assche lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Van Assche put 65% of his first serves in, winning 84% (31/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. Luca broke Kukushkin 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Luca has dropped 1 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.
ATP Lille Challenger - Luca Van Assche's projected path
Van Assche has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 56% of his matches (200-154). 9-1 on indoor hard courts in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Van Assche has a composed74-55 match record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Quimper Challenger where he overcame Remy Bertola in the final 3-6 6-1 7-5.
The French player has an aggregate 11-3 win-loss record in 2026, 9-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lille Challenger
Clement Chidekh
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 44-23 | 13-8 | 1-3 | 24-7 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 46-35 | 31-15 | 0-2 | 15-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 64-26 | 17-7 | 7-6 | 39-11 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-17 | 11-9 | 0-0 | 24-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-9 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 205, Clement got to the quarter after beating Jacob Fearnley 6-3 2-6 6-2 and Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg 7-6(5) 7-6(4).
In the 2nd round, Chidekh had a good straight sets win against Gueymard Wayenburg (7-65 7-64). During the match Chidekh scored 87 points vs Gueymard Wayenburg’s 80. Clement was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Chidekh couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Clement Chidekh lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Chidekh put 68% of his first serves in, winning 67% (40/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (18/28) on the 2nd serve. Chidekh broke Gueymard Wayenburg twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Clement has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
ATP Lille Challenger - Clement Chidekh's projected path
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Nottingham 1 Challenger where he overcame Johannus Monday in the final 5-7 6-2 7-6(5) and the Glasgow Challenger where he defeated Mikhail Kukushkin in the final 5-7 6-1 4-0 ret..
The French player has a composed 13-2 win-loss record in 2026, 13-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lille Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2025. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Van Assche | Chidekh |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 51 |
| Pts | 163-141 | 174-159 |
| Total Points | 304 | 333 |
| Winners | 80 | 73 |
| %Winners | 49% | 42% |
Both Van Assche and Chidekh played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Luca Van Assche surrendered 1 set, while Clement Chidekh conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Van Assche and Chidekh have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Van Assche played 2 games less than Chidekh. The French player scored 80 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Chidekh scored 73 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Van Assche | Chidekh |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1 |
| 1st in | 102/166 | 113/170 |
| %1st in | 61% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 80/102 | 73/113 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 31/64 | 36/57 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 63% |
Van Assche made 8 aces (4 per match). Chidekh struck 2 aces (1 per match). Van Assche won 78% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Chidekh won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Van Assche | Chidekh |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/15 |
| % Converted | 55% | 40% |
| Conceded | 16 | 12 |
| Saved | 13 | 7 |
| % Saved | 81% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Luca broke his opponents 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. The French player surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.
| Van Assche | ||||
| R1 Riedi |
R2 Kukushkin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-62 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 17 | 49 | |
| pts | 102-98 | 61-43 | 163-141 | |
| Total points | 200 | 104 | 304 | |
| Winners | 49 | 31 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 51% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 65/109 | 37/57 | 102/166 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 65% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 49/65 | 31/37 | 80/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 84% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/44 | 8/20 | 31/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 40% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 4/7 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 57% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 3 | 16 | |
| Saved | 11/13 | 2/3 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 85% | 67% | 76% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Chidekh | ||||
| R1 Fearnley |
R2 Gueymard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 2-6 6-2 | 7-65 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 26 | 51 | |
| pts | 87-79 | 87-80 | 174-159 | |
| Total points | 166 | 167 | 333 | |
| Winners | 33 | 40 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 46% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 53/82 | 60/88 | 113/170 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 68% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 33/53 | 40/60 | 73/113 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 67% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/29 | 18/28 | 36/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 64% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 2/5 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 2/4 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 50% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
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