Luca Van Assche
Belgian-born French tennis player
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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.
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| Country (sports) | France |
|---|---|
| Residence | Paris, France |
| Born | 11 May 2004 Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Turned pro | 2021 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Sébastien Villette |
| Prize money | US $2,275,237 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 23–40 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 63 (23 October 2023) |
| Current ranking | No. 106 (16 March 2026) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2024) |
| French Open | 2R (2023) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2023, 2024) |
| US Open | 1R (2023) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 3–8 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 335 (9 January 2023) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| French Open | 1R (2022, 2023) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2023) |
| US Open | 1R (2023) |
| Last updated on: 20 March 2026. | |
Early life
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
2021: Junior No. 1
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
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
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 at 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
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
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
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. As a result, he moved back in the top 100 on 23 February 2026.[39][40]
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.[41]
Van Assche studies mathematics at the Paris Dauphine University.[42]
Grand Slam performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Singles
| 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 | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | 2R | A | Q2 | 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
Singles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2022 | Lisboa Belém Open, Portugal | Challenger | Clay |  Marco Cecchinato |
3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Oct 2022 | Brest Challenger, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Grégoire Barrère |
3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Nov 2022 | Copa Faulcombridge, Spain | Challenger | Clay |  Oleksii Krutykh |
2–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 1–3 | Dec 2022 | Maia Challenger, Portugal | Challenger | Clay (i) |  Maximilian Neuchrist |
3–6, 6–4, 6–0 |
| Win | 2–3 | Feb 2023 | Open Pau–Pyrénées, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Ugo Humbert |
7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–6(8–6) |
| Win | 3–3 | Apr 2023 | Sanremo Challenger, Italy | Challenger | Clay |  Juan Pablo Varillas |
6–1, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3–4 | May 2025 | Zagreb Open, Croatia | Challenger | Clay |  Dino Prižmić |
2–6, ret. |
| Win | 4–4 | Oct 2025 | Olbia Challenger, Italy | Challenger | Hard |  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) |  Rémy Bertola |
3–6, 6–1, 7–5 |
| Win | 6–4 | Feb 2026 | Play In Challenger, France | Challenger | Hard (i) |  Alexander Blockx |
6–2, 6–4 |
ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 1 (title)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Jan 2022 | M15+H Bagnoles de l'Orne, France | WTT | Clay (i) | Corentin Denolly |
7–5, 6–3 |
Doubles: 1 (title)
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| 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) | Corentin Denolly |
Ronan Joncour Mandresy Rakotomalala |
6–3, 6–4 |
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (title)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 2021 | French Open | Clay | Arthur Fils |
6–4, 6–2 |
