Luca Van Assche

Luca Van Assche
	Van Assche at the 2022 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux
Country (sports)	France
Residence	Paris, France
Born	11 May 2004 (age 20); Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$109,680
Singles
Career record	0–1
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 176 (28 November 2022)
Current ranking	No. 176 (28 November 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	Q1 (2021, 2022)
Doubles
Career record	1-2
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 344 (3 October 2022)
Current ranking	No. 365 (28 November 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (2022)
	Last updated on: 14 November 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. 176 achieved on 28 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 200 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.

He reached the top 200 at world No. 198 on 14 November 2022 after reaching the final of the Brest Challenger and the quarterfinal in Roanne.

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
Win	2021	French Open	Clay	Arthur Fils	6–4, 6–2

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 3 (0–3)

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

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
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
Loss	0–3	Nov 2022	Valencia, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Oleksii Krutykh	2–6, 0–6