Luca Van Assche

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Luca Van Assche
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Van Assche at the 2022 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux
Country (sports)Flag of France.svg  France
Residence Paris, France
Born (2004-05-11) 11 May 2004 (age 20)
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro2021
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachYannick Quere
Prize money$1,647,672
Singles
Career record22–39
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 63 (23 October 2023)
Current rankingNo. 128 (11 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 3R (2024)
French Open 2R (2023)
Wimbledon 1R (2023, 2024)
US Open 1R (2023)
Doubles
Career record3–8
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 335 (9 January 2023)
Current rankingNo. 848 (11 November 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open 1R (2022, 2023)
Wimbledon 2R (2023)
US Open 1R (2023)
Last updated on: 30 November 2024.

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

Contents

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 debuts, Two Challenger titles, first ATP win

Van Assche received a wildcard into the 2023 Australian Open main draw to make his Grand Slam tournament debut in singles, [12] losing in the first round to 11th seed Cameron Norrie. [13]

He then competed in the Teréga Open Pau–Pyrénées Challenger 125 (indoor), defeating Ugo Humbert in the final in three hours and 56 minutes, which set a record for the longest ATP Challenger final and saving two match points. [14] Following his second title win in Pau, he moved close to 40 positions up and reached the top 110 on 6 March 2023. [15] 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. [16] [17] The following week he recorded his first ATP win at the Estoril Open over qualifier Pedro Sousa [18] after entering into the main draw directly. He lost his next match to third seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. [19]

Van Assche recorded his first top-100 win over Stan Wawrinka at the Srpska Open, [20] before losing to world No.1 Novak Djokovic in the second round. [21]

He recorded his first Grand Slam win at the French Open defeating Marco Cecchinato [22] in the first round before losing to 29th seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the second round. [23] Van Assche made his Wimbledon debut in July, losing to Aslan Karatsev in the first round. [24] 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. [25]

In November, he qualified for the Next Generation ATP Finals [26] [27] where wins over Abedallah Shelbayh [28] and Alex Michelsen [29] were enough for Van Assche to advance from his group into the semifinals despite a defeat to Hamad Medjedovic. [30] He lost in the last four to top seed Arthur Fils. [31]

2024: Australian Open third round

At the Australian Open, Van Assche reached the third round defeating James Duckworth [32] and 25th seed Lorenzo Musetti, [33] before losing to seventh seed Stefanos Tsitsipas. [34]

Personal life

Van Assche has a Belgian father and an Italian mother, who later was naturalised French. [35] 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. [36] He studies mathematics at the Paris Dauphine University. [37]

Grand Slam performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(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 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 3R 0 / 22–250%
French Open Q1 2R 1R 0 / 21–233%
Wimbledon A 1R 1R 0 / 20–20%
US Open A 1R Q2 0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–01–42–30 / 73–730%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters AA 1R 0 / 10–10%
Miami Open AA 2R 0 / 11–150%
Monte-Carlo Masters A Q2 Q1 0 / 00–0 – 
Madrid Open A Q1 2R 0 / 11–150%
Italian Open A 1R A0 / 10–10%
Cincinnati Open A Q1 A0 / 00–0 – 
Shanghai Masters A 1R 0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–00–21–20 / 41–420%

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:

PlayerRecordWin %HardClayGrassLast match
Number 1 ranked players
Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic 0–10%–0–1–Lost (7–6(7–4), 3–6, 2–6) at 2023 Banja Luka
Number 2 ranked players
Flag of Norway.svg Casper Ruud 0–10%0–1––Lost (6–7(5–7), 6–1, 1–6) at 2024 Miami
Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Zverev 0–10%–0–1–Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2023 Hamburg
Number 3 ranked players
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Stan Wawrinka 2–0100%1–01–0–Won (3–6, 7–6(8–6), ret.) at 2023 Metz
Flag of Greece.svg Stefanos Tsitsipas 0–10%0–1––Lost (3–6, 0–6, 4–6) at 2024 Australian Open
Number 8 ranked players
Flag of Russia.svg Karen Khachanov 0–10%0–1––Lost (2–6, 3–6) at 2024 Dubai
Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Schwartzman 0–10%0–1––Lost (7–5, 3–6, 2–6) at 2023 Shanghai
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cameron Norrie 0–20%0–2––Lost (3–6, 7–6(8–6), 1–6) at 2024 Auckland
Number 9 ranked players
Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Fognini 0–10%––0–1Lost (1–6, 3–6, 5–7) at 2024 Wimbledon
Number 10 ranked players
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denis Shapovalov 0–10%–0–1–Lost (3–6, 4–6, 4–6) at 2024 French Open
Total2–1017%1–6
(14%)		1–3
(25%)		0–1
(0%)		* Statistics correct as of 22 July 2024.

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (3–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Oct 2022 Lisbon, PortugalChallengerClay Flag of Italy.svg Marco Cecchinato 3–6, 3–6
Loss0–2 Oct 2022 Brest, FranceChallengerHard (i) Flag of France.svg Grégoire Barrère 3–6, 3–6
Loss0–3 Nov 2022 Valencia, SpainChallengerClay Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksii Krutykh 2–6, 0–6
Win1–3 Dec 2022 Maia, PortugalChallengerClay (i) Flag of Austria.svg Maximilian Neuchrist 3–6, 6–4, 6–0
Win2–3 Feb 2023 Pau, FranceChallengerHard (i) Flag of France.svg Ugo Humbert 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–6(8–6)
Win3–3 Apr 2023 Sanremo, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Peru.svg Juan Pablo Varillas 6–1, 6–3

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
ITF WTT (1–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Jan 2022M15+H Bagnoles de l'Orne, FranceWTTClay (i) Flag of France.svg Corentin Denolly 7–5, 6–3

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
ITF WTT (1–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Jan 2022M15+H Bagnoles-de-l'Orne, FranceWTTClay (i) Flag of France.svg Corentin Denolly Flag of France.svg Ronan Joncour
Flag of France.svg Mandresy Rakotomalala		6–3, 6–4

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win 2021 French Open Clay Flag of France.svg Arthur Fils 6–4, 6–2

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