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Luca Van Assche

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Luca Van Assche
Van Assche at the 2022 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux
Country (sports) France
ResidenceParis, France
Born (2004-05-11) 11 May 2004 (age 21)
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro2021
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachSébastien Villette
Prize moneyUS $2,275,237
Singles
Career record23–40
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 63 (23 October 2023)
Current rankingNo. 100 (23 February 2026)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2024)
French Open2R (2023)
Wimbledon1R (2023, 2024)
US Open1R (2023)
Doubles
Career record3–8
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 335 (9 January 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (2022, 2023)
Wimbledon2R (2023)
US Open1R (2023)
Last updated on: 23 February 2026.

Luca Van Assche (French pronunciation: [lyka vanaʃ];[citation needed] born 11 May 2004) is a French professional tennis player.[1] He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 63, achieved on 23 October 2023 and a best doubles ranking of No. 335, reached on 9 January 2023.

Early life

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Van Assche was born in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium but his parents moved the whole family to Aix-en-Provence, France, where he was raised. Throughout his childhood, he also lived in Lyon and Paris. He started taking tennis lessons as a kid.

Career

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2021: Junior No. 1

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In 2021, Van Assche had remarkable results on ITF junior circuit. He won the boys' singles title at the 2021 French Open, defeating countryman Arthur Fils in the final.[2] He reached an ITF junior combined ranking of world No. 1 on 5 July 2021.[3]

2022: ATP & top 150 debuts

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In January, ranked No. 445, Van Assche received a wildcard for the qualifying event at the 2022 Open Sud de France but lost to Roman Safiullin.[4] 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 Hernández and Denys Molchanov to win their first ATP tour level match.[5][6] 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.[7] 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.[8]

On 14 November, he entered the top 200 at world No. 198, after reaching the final of the Brest Challenger losing to Grégoire Barrère[9] and the quarterfinals in Roanne.

In December, Van Assche won his maiden Challenger title in Maia defeating qualifier Maximilian Neuchrist in the final.[10] As a result he moved to No. 138 in the rankings, making him the youngest player in the top 150.[11][12]

2023: Major singles & top 100 debuts, first ATP win

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Van Assche received a wildcard into the 2023 Australian Open main draw to make his Grand Slam tournament debut in singles,[13] losing in the first round to 11th seed Cameron Norrie.[14]

Van Assche competed at the Teréga Open Pau–Pyrénées, a 125-level event, where he won his second Challenger title. In the final match, he defeated countryman Ugo Humbert in three hours and 56 minutes, which set a record for the longest ATP Challenger final.[15] As a result, he moved close to 40 positions up and reached the top 110 on 6 March 2023.[16] Following his third Challenger title at the 2023 Sanremo Challenger, Italy, he reached No. 91 on 3 April 2023 making him the youngest player in the top 100 that time.[17][18] The next week, he recorded his first ATP win at the Estoril Open over qualifier Pedro Sousa[19] after entering into the main draw directly. He lost his next match to third seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.[20]

Van Assche recorded his first top-100 win over Swiss Stan Wawrinka at the Srpska Open,[21] before losing to world No.1 Novak Djokovic in the second round.[22]

Van Assche recorded his first major win at the French Open defeating Marco Cecchinato[23] in the first round before losing to 29th seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the second round.[24] He made his Wimbledon debut in July, losing to Aslan Karatsev in the first round.[25] 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.[26]

In November, he qualified for the Next Generation ATP Finals[27][28] where wins over Abedallah Shelbayh[29] and Alex Michelsen[30] were enough for Van Assche to advance from his group into the semifinals despite a defeat to Hamad Medjedovic.[31] He lost in the last four to top seed Arthur Fils.[32]

2024: Australian Open third round

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At the Australian Open, Van Assche reached the third round defeating James Duckworth[33] and 25th seed Lorenzo Musetti,[34] before losing to seventh seed Stefanos Tsitsipas.[35] Later that season, he qualified for another edition of NextGen Finals, where he equalled his best result at the previous year, reaching the semifinals. He lost to eventual champion João Fonseca in straight sets.

2025: Challenger 125 title, back to top 150

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In May, ranked No. 211, Van Assche reached his first Challenger final in more than two years at the 2025 Zagreb Open, losing to Dino Prižmić in the final.[36] In October, Van Assche won his first Challenger title in more than two years at the Olbia Challenger 125, defeating Pablo Carreño Busta in the final.[37]

2026: Two Challenger 125 titles, back to top 100

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In February, Van Assche won his fifth title at the Quimper Open Bretagne Occidentale 125 Challenger.[38] In the same month, he won his second Challenger title of the year at the 2026 Play In Challenger in Lille, defeating Alexander Blockx in the final. He moved back in the top 100 as a result.[39][40]

Personal life

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Van Assche has a Belgian father and an Italian mother, who later was naturalised French. He also has two sisters, Sofia and Elisa.[41]

Van Assche studies mathematics at the Paris Dauphine University.[42]

Grand Slam performance timeline

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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

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Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 3R A Q3 0 / 2 2–2 50%
French Open Q1 Q1 2R 1R Q3 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Wimbledon A A 1R 1R Q2 0 / 2 0–2 0%
US Open A A 1R Q2 Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0-0 0–0 1–4 2–3 0–0 0–0 0 / 7 3–7 30%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami Open A A A 2R A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Monte-Carlo Masters A A Q2 Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A A Q1 2R Q1 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Italian Open A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canadian Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Shanghai Masters NH 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Paris Masters Q1 A 1R A Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0-0 0–0 0–3 2–3 0–0 0–0 0 / 6 2–6 25%

ATP Challenger Tour finals

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Singles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner-ups)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (6–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–1)
Clay (2–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2022 Lisboa Belém Open, Portugal Challenger Clay Italy Marco Cecchinato 3–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2022 Brest Challenger, France Challenger Hard (i) France Grégoire Barrère 3–6, 3–6
Loss 0–3 Nov 2022 Copa Faulcombridge, Spain Challenger Clay Ukraine Oleksii Krutykh 2–6, 0–6
Win 1–3 Dec 2022 Maia Challenger, Portugal Challenger Clay (i) Austria Maximilian Neuchrist 3–6, 6–4, 6–0
Win 2–3 Feb 2023 Open Pau–Pyrénées, France Challenger Hard (i) France Ugo Humbert 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–6(8–6)
Win 3–3 Apr 2023 Sanremo Challenger, Italy Challenger Clay Peru Juan Pablo Varillas 6–1, 6–3
Loss 3–4 May 2025 Zagreb Open, Croatia Challenger Clay Croatia Dino Prižmić 2–6, ret.
Win 4–4 Oct 2025 Olbia Challenger, Italy Challenger Hard Spain Pablo Carreño Busta 7–6(7–5), 6–7(1–7), 6–2
Win 5–4 Jan 2026 Open Quimper Bretagne, France Challenger Hard (i) Switzerland Rémy Bertola 3–6, 6–1, 7–5
Win 6–4 Feb 2026 Play In Challenger, France Challenger Hard (i) Belgium Alexander Blockx 6–2, 6–4

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 1 (title)

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Legend
ITF WTT (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jan 2022 M15+H Bagnoles de l'Orne, France WTT Clay (i) France Corentin Denolly 7–5, 6–3

Doubles: 1 (title)

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

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 1 (title)

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

References

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  2. ^ "Tennis. Roland-Garros junior : Le Français Luca Van Assche sacré". www.vosgesmatin.fr.
  3. ^ Luca Van Assche Junior Results | ITF (itftennis.com)
  4. ^ "Début des qualifications ce dimanche" (in French).
  5. ^ "Open Sud de France : Gasquet a tout donné..." (in French).
  6. ^ "ENTRETIEN. Tennis. Challenger de Cherbourg 2022. Luca van Assche : « J'ai ma place sur le circuit »" (in French). 8 February 2024.
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  11. ^ "Van Assche, 18, Converts Hot Streak To First Challenger Title".
  12. ^ "Halys, Cachin, Shelton … Ils ont brillé sur le circuit Challenger en 2022, surveillez-les sur le circuit en 2023" (in French). December 2022.
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  14. ^ "Australian Open 2023 results: Emma Raducanu and Cameron Norrie through in Melbourne". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  15. ^ "Luca Van Assche Saves 2 MPs To Win Longest Challenger Final; Purcell Completes Hat-Trick | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
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  20. ^ "Portuguese Open: Davidovich Fokina beats 18-year-old Van Assche, plays Cecchinato in last eight". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
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  22. ^ "Banja Luka Open: Djokovic survives van Assche scare, reaches quarter-finals". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  23. ^ "Roland-Garros: Van Assche beats Cecchinato to make second round of home slam". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  24. ^ "Roland-Garros: Davidovich Fokina beats Van Assche to make third round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
  25. ^ "Luca van Assche chute face à Aslan Karatsev au premier tour de Wimbledon".
  26. ^ Sarkar, Pritha (9 July 2023). "Tsitsipas brothers ousted by French teenagers in first round". Reuters. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
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  28. ^ "#NextGenATP Qualifiers Use ATP Challenger Tour As Springboard". ATPTour. 27 November 2023.
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  30. ^ "Van Assche on verge of qualification for Next Gen semi-finals, beats Michelsen in epic". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
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  37. ^ "#NextGenATP alum Van Assche beats Carreno Busta to win Olbia Challenger". 20 October 2025.
  38. ^ "Luca Van Assche plots Top 100 return with fifth ATP Challenger title in Quimper". 2 February 2026.
  39. ^ "Luca Van Assche remporte le Challenger de Lille et va retrouver le Top 100". L'Équipe (in French). 22 February 2026. Retrieved 22 February 2026.
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