Luca Van Assche

Luca Van Assche

Van Assche at the 2022 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux
Country (sports)	France
Residence	Paris, France
Born	(2004-05-11) 11 May 2004 (age 20) Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2021
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Yannick Quere
Prize money	$1,478,581
Singles
Career record	20–35
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 63 (23 October 2023)
Current ranking	No. 118 (29 July 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2024)
French Open	2R (2023)
Wimbledon	1R (2023, 2024)
US Open	1R (2023)
Doubles
Career record	3–8
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 335 (9 January 2023)
Current ranking	No. 871 (29 July 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (2022, 2023)
Wimbledon	2R (2023)
US Open	1R (2023)
Last updated on: 30 July 2024.

Luca Van Assche (born 11 May 2004) is a French professional tennis player. ^[1]

Van Assche has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 63 achieved on 23 October 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 344 achieved on 3 October 2022.

Career

Juniors

Van Assche won the 2021 French Open Boys' Singles title, defeating fellow countryman Arthur Fils in the final. ^[2]

2022: ATP, Major doubles debuts, Maiden Challenger title and top 150

In January 2022, ranked No. 445, Van Assche received a wildcard for the qualifying event at the 2022 Open Sud de France but lost to Roman Safiullin. ^[3] He also made his ATP main draw doubles debut after receiving a wildcard into the main draw with Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg where they defeated David Vega Hernandez and Denys Molchanov to win their first ATP tour level match. ^{[4] [5]} He also made his Grand Slam debut in doubles at the French Open as a wildcard pair partnering also Gueymard Wayenburg.

In October, Van Assche reached his first singles final on the ATP Challenger Tour in Lisbon, Portugal, entering the main draw as a qualifier and losing to Marco Cecchinato in the finals. ^[6] As a result he broke into the top 250. The following week, he made his ATP singles debut in Antwerp after qualifying for the main draw. ^[7]

On 14 November 2022, he entered the top 200 at world No. 198, after reaching the final of the Brest Challenger losing to Grégoire Barrère ^[8] and the quarterfinals in Roanne. In December, Van Assche won his maiden Challenger title in Maia defeating qualifier Maximilian Neuchrist in the final. ^[9] As a result he moved to No. 138 in the rankings, making him the youngest player in the top 150. ^{[10] [11]}

2023: Major and Masters debuts, Two Challengers 125 titles, first ATP win, top 65

Van Assche received a wildcard into the 2023 Australian Open main draw to make his Grand Slam debut in singles. ^[12]

He then competed in the Teréga Open Pau–Pyrénées Challenger 125 (indoor), defeating Ugo Humbert in the final in 3 hours and 56 minutes, which set a record for the longest ATP Challenger final and saving two match points. ^[13] Following his second title win in Pau, he moved close to 40 positions up and reached the top 110 on 6 March 2023. ^[14] Following his title at the 2023 Sanremo Challenger 125 (clay) he reached No. 91 on 3 April 2023 making him the youngest player in the top 100. ^{[15] [16]} The following week he recorded his first ATP win at the 2023 Estoril Open over qualifier Pedro Sousa after entering into the main draw directly. He recorded his first top-100 win over Stan Wawrinka at the 2023 Srpska Open. ^[17]

Van Assche recorded his first Grand Slam win at the 2023 French Open defeating Marco Cecchinato in the first round before losing to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the second round. He made his Wimbledon debut in July, losing to Aslan Karatsev in the first round. ^[18] At Wimbledon, Van Assche recorded his first Grand Slam doubles win, playing along with fellow countryman Arthur Fils, defeating brothers Stefanos Tsitsipas and Petros Tsitsipas in the first round. ^[19]

In November, he qualified for the 2023 Next Generation ATP Finals. ^{[20] [21]}

2024: Australian Open debut and third round, out of top 100

At the 2024 Australian Open he reached the third round defeating James Duckworth and 25th seed Lorenzo Musetti on his debut at this Major. ^[22]

Personal life

Van Assche has a Belgian father and an Italian mother, who later was naturalised French. ^[23] He also has two sisters, Sofia and Elisa, a brother Paolo and cousins Gabriel and Tristan. He was raised in France, in Aix-en-Provence, Lyon and then Paris. ^[24] He studies mathematics at the Paris Dauphine University. ^[25]

Grand Slam performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Tournament	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	3R	0 / 2	2–2	50%
French Open	Q1	2R	1R	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Wimbledon	A	1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2	0%
US Open	A	1R	Q2	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	1–4	2–3	0 / 7	3–7	30%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Miami Open	A	A	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	Q2	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Madrid Open	A	Q1	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Italian Open	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Cincinnati Open	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Shanghai Masters	A	1R		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–2	1–2	0 / 4	1–4	20%

Junior Grand Slam titles

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	2021	French Open	Clay	Arthur Fils	6–4, 6–2

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 7 (4–3)

Legend ATP Challenger (3–3) ITF Futures (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (3–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2022	M15+H Bagnoles de l'Orne, France	World Tennis Tour	Clay (i)	Corentin Denolly	7–5, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Oct 2022	Lisbon, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Marco Cecchinato	3–6, 3–6
Loss	1–2	Oct 2022	Brest, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Grégoire Barrère	3–6, 3–6
Loss	1–3	Nov 2022	Valencia, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Oleksii Krutykh	2–6, 0–6
Win	2–3	Dec 2022	Maia, Portugal	Challenger	Clay (i)	Maximilian Neuchrist	3–6, 6–4, 6–0
Win	3–3	Feb 2023	Pau, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Ugo Humbert	7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–6(8–6)
Win	4–3	Apr 2023	Sanremo, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Juan Pablo Varillas	6–1, 6–3

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) ITF Futures Tour/World Tennis Tour (1–0)

Titles by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2022	M15+H Bagnoles-de-l'Orne, France	World Tennis Tour	Clay (i)	Corentin Denolly	Ronan Joncour Mandresy Rakotomalala	6–3, 6–4

Record against other players

Van Assche's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches and Davis Cup matches are considered:

Player	Record	Win %	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last match
Number 1 ranked players
Novak Djokovic	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (7–6(7–4), 3–6, 2–6) at 2023 Banja Luka
Number 2 ranked players
Casper Ruud	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (6–7(5–7), 6–1, 1–6) at 2024 Miami
Alexander Zverev	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2023 Hamburg
Number 3 ranked players
Stan Wawrinka	2–0	100%	1–0	1–0	–	Won (3–6, 7–6(8–6), ret.) at 2023 Metz
Stefanos Tsitsipas	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (3–6, 0–6, 4–6) at 2024 Australian Open
Number 8 ranked players
Karen Khachanov	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (2–6, 3–6) at 2024 Dubai
Diego Schwartzman	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (7–5, 3–6, 2–6) at 2023 Shanghai
Cameron Norrie	0–2	0%	0–2	–	–	Lost (3–6, 7–6(8–6), 1–6) at 2024 Auckland
Number 9 ranked players
Fabio Fognini	0–1	0%	–	–	0–1	Lost (1–6, 3–6, 5–7) at 2024 Wimbledon
Number 10 ranked players
Denis Shapovalov	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (3–6, 4–6, 4–6) at 2024 French Open
Total	2–10	17%	1–6 (14%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	* Statistics correct as of 22 July 2024 [update] .

References

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16. "Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: Van Assche Breaks the Top 100 in Sanremo". 3 April 2023.
17. "Van Assche Beats Wawrinka in Banja Luka, Sets Djokovic Meeting | ATP Tour | Tennis".
18. "Luca van Assche chute face à Aslan Karatsev au premier tour de Wimbledon".
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24. "ITW - Luca Van Assche : "Federer mon modèle, Nadal mon inspiration"". www.tennisactu.net (in French).
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External links

• Luca Van Assche at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Luca Van Assche at the International Tennis Federation