Luca Van Assche (; born 11 May 2004) is a French professional

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player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 63, achieved on 23 October 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 335, achieved on 9 January 2023.

Career

Juniors

Van Assche won the 2021 French Open Boys' Singles title, defeating fellow countryman

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in the final.

2022: ATP, Major doubles debuts, Maiden Challenger title and top 150

In January 2022, ranked No. 445, Van Assche received a wildcard for the qualifying event at the 2022 Open Sud de France but lost to

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. He also made his ATP main draw doubles debut after receiving a wildcard into the main draw with

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where they defeated David Vega Hernandez and

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to win their first ATP tour level match. He also made his Grand Slam debut in doubles at the

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as a wildcard pair partnering also Gueymard Wayenburg. In October, Van Assche reached his first singles final on the

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, Portugal, entering the main draw as a qualifier and losing to

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in the finals. As a result he broke into the top 250. The following week, he made his ATP singles debut in

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after qualifying for the main draw. On 14 November 2022, he entered the top 200 at world No. 198, after reaching the final of the Brest Challenger losing to

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and the quarterfinals in

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. In December, Van Assche won his maiden Challenger title in

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defeating qualifier

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in the final. As a result he moved to No. 138 in the rankings, making him the youngest player in the top 150.

2023: Major debuts, Two Challenger titles, first ATP win

Van Assche received a wildcard into the

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main draw to make his Grand Slam tournament debut in singles, losing in the first round to 11th seed

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. He then competed in the Teréga Open Pau–Pyrénées Challenger 125 (indoor), defeating

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in the final in three hours and 56 minutes, which set a record for the longest ATP Challenger final and saving two match points. Following his second title win in Pau, he moved close to 40 positions up and reached the top 110 on 6 March 2023. 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. The following week he recorded his first ATP win at the Estoril Open over qualifier

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after entering into the main draw directly. He lost his next match to third seed

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. Van Assche recorded his first top-100 win over

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at the Srpska Open, before losing to world No.1

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in the second round. He recorded his first Grand Slam win at the

defeating

in the first round before losing to 29th seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the second round. Van Assche made his

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debut in July, losing to

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in the first round. At

, Van Assche recorded his first Grand Slam doubles win, playing along with fellow countryman

, defeating brothers

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and

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in the first round. In November, he qualified for the

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where wins over

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and

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were enough for Van Assche to advance from his group into the semifinals despite a defeat to

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. He lost in the last four to top seed

2024: Australian Open third round

At the

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, Van Assche reached the third round defeating James Duckworth and 25th seed

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, before losing to seventh seed

2025: Out of top 200

In May, while ranked 211, Van Assche reached his first Challenger final in more than two years at the 2025 Zagreb Open, losing to

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in the final.

Personal life

Van Assche has a Belgian father and an Italian mother, who later was naturalised French. He also has two sisters, Sofia and Elisa, a brother Paolo and cousins Gabriel and Tristan. He was raised in France, in

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and then

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. He studies mathematics at the

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Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles

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

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main draw matches and

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matches are considered:

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Van Assche, Luca 2004 births Living people Tennis players from Brussels People from Woluwe-Saint-Lambert French male tennis players Belgian male tennis players Belgian emigrants to France French people of Belgian descent French sportspeople of Italian descent Belgian people of Italian descent Tennis players from Paris Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles French Open junior champions 21st-century French sportsmen 21st-century Belgian sportsmen