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ATP Challenger Tour · Round of 32 · Villena

Luca Van AsschevsDaniel Merida

October 1, 2024H Hard

Match Result

Final score & match stats

#100Luca Van Assche[2]

#83Daniel Merida[Q]

AsscheMerida

1st Serve %57%60%

1st Serve Won48%63%

2nd Serve Won20%39%

Serve Pts Won36%53%

BP Saved3/103/7

Return Pts Won47%64%

Total Pts Won42%58%

Aces12

Double Faults67

Archetype Matchup

Playing styles and historical archetype record

Assche

⚙️ Grinder

Relentless consistencyDeep court positioningHigh rally toleranceMental fortitude

Merida

🏃 Pusher

Extreme retrievalLow error rateFrustrates opponentsDefensive baseline play

Matchup analysis

The ⚙️ Grinder archetype wins about 63% vs 🏃 Pusher across 581 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Luca Van Assche here.

Grinder players often use relentless consistency and deep court positioning to pressure the pusher's extreme retrieval. On Hard, that can swing with conditions.

Player ROI

Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days

Metric	Assche	Merida
W-L	10–7	11–7
Avg odds	1.70	1.90
ROI %	-7.8%	+1.9%
Units P/L	-1.33u	+0.34u

Head-to-Head

Prior meetings and scores · 2 career meetings

Assche

Merida

Jun 13, 2025

Lyon

C Clay · Quarterfinals

Merida

Oct 1, 2024

Villena

H Hard · Round of 32

Assche

Full head-to-head & rivalry stats

Common Opponents

Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months

Assche has a higher win rate against shared opponents (83% vs Merida's 67%).

Opponent	Assche	Merida
Hugo Grenier	W 61 62	L 46 67
Pablo Llamas Ruiz	L 36 06	W 61 62
Vilius Gaubas	W 64 62 26 75	L 16 46
Maks Kasnikowski	W 62 64	W 64 63
Stefano Travaglia	W 75 16 63	W 61 36 75
Titouan Droguet	W 64 64	W 64 36 64

Mechanics

Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days

Stat	Assche	Merida
Serve
1st Serve In %	59.1%	65.7%
1st Serve Pts Won %	62.2%	66.7%
2nd Serve Pts Won %	45.6%	45.9%
Aces / Match	2.7	2
Double Faults / Match	3	3.2
Break Points Saved %	41.7%	53.9%
Return
1st Return Pts Won %	32%	30.6%
2nd Return Pts Won %	51.3%	53.5%
BP Converted %	36%	39.4%
Rally
Winners / Match	20.3	25.1
Unforced Errors / Match	28	28.4
Net Pts Won %	72.7%	72.6%
Total Pts Won %	47.4%	48.8%
Surface (Hard)
Hard Win %	0%	0%

Recent Form

Last five matches per player

Assche

WWWWL

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Jun 20

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Jun 18

Daniel Rincon

Emilia-Romagna Tennis Cup · Semifinals

Jun 17

Nikolas Sanchez Izquierdo

Emilia-Romagna Tennis Cup · Round of 32

Jun 15

Nikolas Sanchez Izquierdo

Open Sopra Steria de Lyon · Round of 16

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Jun 11

Merida

LLWWW

Martin Damm

HSBC Championships · 1st Round Qualifying

Jun 13

Henrique Rocha

Internazionali di Tennis Città di Perugia | G.I.MA. Tennis Cup · Final

7⁷6⁵

Jun 7

Andrea Pellegrino

Internazionali di Tennis Città di Perugia | G.I.MA. Tennis Cup · Semifinals

Jun 6

Pablo Llamas Ruiz

Internazionali di Tennis Città di Perugia | G.I.MA. Tennis Cup · Quarterfinals

Jun 5

Liam Broady

Internazionali di Tennis Città di Perugia | G.I.MA. Tennis Cup · Round of 16

Jun 3