Alessandro Giannessi and Benjamin Hassan will square off in the quarter of the Florianopolis Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on QUADRA 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alessandro Giannessi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alessandro Giannessi is the pick to win this match.
Alessandro Giannessi -> 1.6
Benjamin Hassan -> 2.27
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Prediction and head to head Alessandro Giannessi vs. Benjamin Hassan
There is no head to head record between Alessandro Giannessi and Benjamin Hassan since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Alessandro Giannessi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-21 | 0-5 | 12-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-33 | 3-5 | 33-27 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 20-30 | 2-1 | 18-28 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-27 | 0-2 | 31-20 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-14 | 0-1 | 10-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 253, Alessandro got to the quarter after beating Juan Bautista Otegui 6-2 6-3 and Pedro Boscardin Dias 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Giannessi had a good straight sets win against Boscardin Dias (6-4 6-4). During the match, Giannessi scored 67 points vs Boscardin Dias’s 59. Giannessi was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Giannessi scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Alessandro Giannessi lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Giannessi put 68% of his first serves in, winning 65% (31/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Boscardin Dias 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alessandro hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.
Giannessi has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (275-235). 17-8 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Giannessi has an aggregate 240-187 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Zadar Challenger where he overcame Sebastian Ofner in the final 6-4 5-7 7-6(6).
The Italian has an aggregate 19-11 win-loss record in 2023, 17-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Florianopolis Challenger
Giannessi has never competed in this tournament before.
Benjamin Hassan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-20 | 3-7 | 10-9 | 1-2 | 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 |
| 2020 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 295, the Lebanese reached the quarter after beating Luciano Darderi 5-7 6-4 6-4 and Pedro Sakamoto 4-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Sakamoto, Benjamin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Hassan scored 88 points vs Sakamoto’s 76. The Lebanese was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Hassan managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Benjamin Hassan lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Hassan put 62% of his first serves in, winning 74% (40/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. Hassan broke Sakamoto 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Benjamin has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Hassan’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Al Zahra and the Biel Challenger.
The Lebanese has a composed 15-9 win-loss record in 2023, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Giannessi | Hassan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 59 |
| Pts | 130-103 | 195-182 |
| Total Points | 233 | 377 |
| Winners | 55 | 67 |
| %Winners | 42% | 34% |
Both Giannessi and Hassan played 2 matches. At the moment, Benjamin Hassan dropped 2 sets while Alessandro Giannessi hasn’t lost a set so far. Giannessi has played 2 set(s) less than Hassan (4 vs 6). Therefore, Giannessi played 22 games less than Hassan. The Italian scored 55 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Hassan scored 67 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Giannessi | Hassan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 8 |
| 1st in | 81/117 | 96/188 |
| %1st in | 69% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 55/81 | 67/96 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 22/36 | 51/92 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 55% |
Giannessi managed to score 4 aces (2 per match). Hassan blasted 16 aces (8 per match). Giannessi won 68% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Hassan won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Giannessi | Hassan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 8 |
| Converted | 8/11 | 8/17 |
| % Converted | 73% | 47% |
| Conceded | 9 | 13 |
| Saved | 7 | 8 |
| % Saved | 78% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
The Italian broke his opponents 8 times with a 73% conversion rate. Giannessi surrendered his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Benjamin broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Hassan conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.
| Giannessi | ||||
| R1 Bautista |
R2 Boscardin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 | 37 | |
| pts | 63-44 | 67-59 | 130-103 | |
| Total points | 107 | 126 | 233 | |
| Winners | 24 | 31 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 46% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 33/46 | 48/71 | 81/117 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 68% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 31/48 | 55/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 65% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/13 | 12/23 | 22/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 52% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/5 | 8/11 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 80% | 73% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 8 | 9 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 6/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 75% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Hassan | ||||
| R1 Darderi |
R2 Sakamoto |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-4 6-4 | 4-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 27 | 59 | |
| pts | 107-106 | 88-76 | 195-182 | |
| Total points | 213 | 164 | 377 | |
| Winners | 27 | 40 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 25% | 45% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 9 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 42/101 | 54/87 | 96/188 | |
| % 1st in | 42% | 62% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 27/42 | 40/54 | 67/96 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 74% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 35/59 | 16/33 | 51/92 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 48% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/7 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 57% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 3/5 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 60% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
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