Luca Van Assche
Country (sports) | France |
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Residence | Paris, France |
Born | Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium | 11 May 2004
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $101,889 |
Singles | |
Career record | 0–1 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 197 (14 November 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 197 (14 November 2022) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | Q1 (2021, 2022) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 1-1 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 344 (3 October 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 358 (14 November 2022) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | 1R (2022) |
Last updated on: 31 October 2022. |
Luca Van Assche (born 11 May 2004) is a Belgian-born French tennis player.
Van Assche has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 197 achieved on 14 November 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 344 achieved on 3 October 2022.
Junior Career
Van Assche won the 2021 French Open Boys' Singles title, defeating fellow countryman Arthur Fils in the finals.[1]
Professional career
2022: ATP, Grand Slam and top 250 debuts
In January, Van Assche made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 Open Sud de France after receiving a wildcard into the doubles main draw with Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg.
He made his Grand Slam debut in doubles at the 2022 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. As a result he climbed close to 60 positions in the rankings into the top 250 at world No. 231 on 3 October 2022.
Personal Life
Van Assche has a Belgian father and an Italian mother.[2] He also has two sisters, Sofia and Elisa, and a brother Paolo.
Junior Grand Slam titles
Singles: 1 (1 title)
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 2021 | French Open | Clay | Arthur Fils | 6–4, 6–2 |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 2 (0–2)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2022 | Lisbon, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | Marco Cecchinato | 3–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Oct 2022 | Brest, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Grégoire Barrère | 3–6, 3–6 |
References
- ^ "Tennis. Roland-Garros junior : Le Français Luca Van Assche sacré". www.vosgesmatin.fr.
- ^ "Roland-Garros : La Belgique est encore présente dans le tournoi, chez les juniors". www.rtbf.be (in French).
External links
- 2004 births
- Living people
- French male tennis players
- People from Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
- Tennis players from Paris
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles
- French Open junior champions
- French people of Belgian descent
- French people of Italian descent
- Sportspeople from Brussels
- French tennis biography stubs