Nicolas Alvarez Varona and Benjamin Hassan will play each other in the qualifications of the Forli 4 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on GENCOM. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Benjamin Hassan who should win in 3 sets.
Benjamin Hassan -> 1.44
Nicolas Alvarez Varona -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Alvarez Varona vs. Benjamin Hassan
There is no head to head record between Nicolas Alvarez Varona and Benjamin Hassan since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Nicolas Alvarez Varona
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30-24 | 13-7 | 17-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-26 | 4-3 | 36-19 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 9-9 | 3-2 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-34 | 3-7 | 13-19 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-26 | 11-8 | 29-17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 307 (career-high), the Spaniard reached the qualifications after defeating Matteo Viola 5-7 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications against Viola, Alvarez Varona recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-3). During the match, Alvarez Varona scored 104 points vs Viola’s 101. The Spaniard was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Alvarez Varona fired 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Nicolas Alvarez Varona lost the serve 4 times. Furthermore, Alvarez Varona put 67% of his first serves in, winning 61% (38/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (16/30) on the 2nd serve. Alvarez Varona broke Viola 6 times after converting 38% of his break points (6/16).
Alvarez Varona has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (128-82). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Alvarez Varona has a compiled1-1 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
Nicolas has a compiled 1-0 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Forli 4 Challenger
Nicolas has never competed in this tournament before.
Benjamin Hassan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27-34 | 13-11 | 11-14 | 1-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-39 | 8-12 | 20-16 | 9-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 57-33 | 11-6 | 35-20 | 10-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 7-3 | 21-16 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 21-23 | 2-2 | 17-16 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 348, the German got to the qualifications after beating Timofey Skatov 7-66 6-3.
In the qualifications, Hassan had a good straight sets win against Skatov (7-66 6-3). During the match Hassan scored 78 points vs Skatov’s 64. Hassan was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Hassan managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Benjamin Hassan was extremely effective on serve to win 78% (32/41) of his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Hassan broke Skatov twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Hassan’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Manacor.
The German has a composed 7-2 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Alvarez Varona | Hassan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 22 |
| Pts | 104-101 | 78-64 |
| Total Points | 205 | 142 |
| Winners | 38 | 32 |
| %Winners | 37% | 41% |
Both Alvarez Varona and Hassan played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Nicolas Alvarez Varona conceded 1 set while Benjamin Hassan hasn’t conceded a set so far. Alvarez Varona has played 1 set more than Hassan (3 vs 2). Therefore, Alvarez Varona played 9 games more than Hassan. Alvarez Varona scored 38 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The German fired 32 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Alvarez Varona | Hassan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4 |
| 1st in | 62/92 | 41/68 |
| %1st in | 67% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 38/62 | 32/41 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 16/30 | 16/27 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 59% |
Alvarez Varona blasted 6 aces . Hassan recorded 4 aces . Alvarez Varona won 61% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Hassan won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Alvarez Varona | Hassan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 2 |
| Converted | 6/16 | 2/7 |
| % Converted | 38% | 29% |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
The Spaniard broke his opponent 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Nicolas surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Benjamin broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Alvarez Varona | |||
| Q1 Viola | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 104-101 | 104-101 | |
| Total points | 205 | 205 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 62/92 | 62/92 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 38/62 | 38/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/30 | 16/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/16 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 0/4 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Hassan | |||
| Q1 Skatov | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 78-64 | 78-64 | |
| Total points | 142 | 142 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 41/68 | 41/68 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 32/41 | 32/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 16/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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