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 19)
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro2021
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachYannick Quere
Prize money$1,238,347
Singles
Career record17–28 (37.8%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 63 (23 October 2023)
Current rankingNo. 80 (18 March 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 3R (2024)
French Open 2R (2023)
Wimbledon 1R (2023)
US Open 1R (2023)
Doubles
Career record2–7 (22.2%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 335 (9 January 2023)
Current rankingNo. 576 (18 March 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open 1R (2022, 2023)
Wimbledon 2R (2023)
US Open 1R (2023)
Last updated on: 20 March 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. 65 achieved on 31 August 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 344 achieved on 3 October 2022. Van Assche is currently the fourth youngest player in the top 100, behind Jakub Menšík, Alex Michelsen and Arthur Fils.

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 2024, 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 Gregoire Barrere [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 & top 100, first ATP win

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

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 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 0 / 11–150%
Wimbledon A 1R 0 / 10–10%
US Open A 1R 0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–01–42–10 / 53–538%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters AA 1R 0 / 10–10%
Miami Open AA0 / 00–0 – 
Monte-Carlo Masters A Q2 0 / 00–0 – 
Madrid Open A Q1 0 / 00–0 – 
Italian Open A 1R 0 / 10–10%
Cincinnati Open A Q1 0 / 00–0 – 
Shanghai Masters A 1R 0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–00–20–10 / 30–30%

Junior Grand Slam titles

Singles: 1 (1 title)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win 2021 French Open Clay Flag of France.svg 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)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Jan 2022M15+H Bagnoles de l'Orne, FranceWorld Tennis TourClay (i) Flag of France.svg Corentin Denolly 7–5, 6–3
Loss1–1 Oct 2022 Lisbon, PortugalChallengerClay Flag of Italy.svg Marco Cecchinato 3–6, 3–6
Loss1–2 Oct 2022 Brest, FranceChallengerHard (i) Flag of France.svg Grégoire Barrère 3–6, 3–6
Loss1–3 Nov 2022 Valencia, SpainChallengerClay Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksii Krutykh 2–6, 0–6
Win2–3 Dec 2022 Maia, PortugalChallengerClay (i) Flag of Austria.svg Maximilian Neuchrist 3–6, 6–4, 6–0
Win3–3 Feb 2023 Pau, FranceChallengerHard (i) Flag of France.svg Ugo Humbert 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–6(8–6)
Win4–3 Apr 2023 Sanremo, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Peru.svg 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)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Jan 2022M15+H Bagnoles-de-l'Orne, FranceWorld Tennis TourClay (i) Flag of France.svg Corentin Denolly Flag of France.svg Ronan Joncour
Flag of France.svg 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:

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 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 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
Total2–625%1–4
(20%)		1–2
(33%)		0–0
( – )		* Statistics correct as of 19 January 2024.

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