Henri Laaksonen and Benjamin Hassan will play each other in the 2nd round of the Hamburg Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Henri Laaksonen who should win in 2 sets.
Henri Laaksonen -> 1.37
Benjamin Hassan -> 2.99
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Prediction and head to head Henri Laaksonen vs. Benjamin Hassan
This will be the 4th time that Henri Laaksonen and Benjamin Hassan clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Laaksonen (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Hassan won 6-4 6-3 in the qualifications in Geneva back in May 2022.
Henri Laaksonen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-23 | 1-2 | 9-16 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-35 | 5-12 | 5-11 | 12-9 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-25 | 8-5 | 19-10 | 17-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-15 | 1-3 | 9-6 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 182, the Swiss got to the 2nd round after defeating Alexey Vatutin 6-4 2-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, Laaksonen defeated Vatutin (6-4 2-6 6-2). During the match, Laaksonen scored 79 points vs Vatutin’s 74. Henri was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Laaksonen fired 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Henri Laaksonen lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Laaksonen put 68% of his first serves in, winning 76% (41/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Vatutin 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Laaksonen has winning record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (356-297). 5-6 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Laaksonen has a composed 110-74 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Henri’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Braunschweig Challenger.
Henri has a composed 15-32 win-loss record in 2022, 5-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hamburg Challenger
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. 303, Hassan got to the 2nd round after defeating Evgeny Karlovskiy 6-3 3-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Benjamin defeated Karlovskiy (6-3 3-6 6-4). During the match Hassan scored 89 points vs Karlovskiy’s 83. Hassan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Hassan recorded 8 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Benjamin Hassan was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 80% (40/50) of his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Benjamin broke Karlovskiy twice after converting 15% of his break points (2/13).
The Lebanese’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Manacor and the Troyes Challenger.
Hassan has an overall 35-25 win-loss record in 2022, 8-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Laaksonen | Hassan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 28 |
| Pts | 79-74 | 89-83 |
| Total Points | 153 | 172 |
| Winners | 41 | 40 |
| %Winners | 52% | 45% |
Both Laaksonen and Hassan played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Henri Laaksonen lost 1 set, while Benjamin Hassan surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Laaksonen and Hassan have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Laaksonen played 2 games less than Hassan. The Swiss scored 41 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, The Lebanese bagged 40 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Laaksonen | Hassan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 8 |
| 1st in | 54/79 | 50/80 |
| %1st in | 68% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 41/54 | 40/50 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 17/30 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 57% |
Laaksonen scored 5 aces . Hassan fired 8 aces . Laaksonen won 76% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Hassan won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Laaksonen | Hassan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 2/13 |
| % Converted | 50% | 15% |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Laaksonen broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Laaksonen conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Lebanese broke his opponent twice with a 15% conversion rate. Hassan conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Laaksonen | |||
| R1 Vatutin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 79-74 | 79-74 | |
| Total points | 153 | 153 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 54/79 | 54/79 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 41/54 | 41/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 12/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Hassan | |||
| R1 Karlovskiy | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 89-83 | 89-83 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 50/80 | 50/80 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 40/50 | 40/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 17/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/13 | 2/13 | |
| Converted % | 15% | 15% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Tennis Scores in Hamburg Challenger
- Jelle SelsSels – Nicola KuhnKuhn (4-6 6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matteo MartineauMartineau – Marko TopoTopo (4-6 6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (6-2 7-610) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Andrew PaulsonPaulson (6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Robin HaaseHaase – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Julian LenzLenz – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo MartineauMartineau – Jelle SelsSels (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Alexander RitschardRitschard (1-1) – H2H and prediction