Yosuke Watanuki and Benjamin Hassan will face off in the qualifications of the Boss Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:30 pm on COLOSSEUM. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yosuke Watanuki who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yosuke Watanuki is the pick to win this match.
Yosuke Watanuki -> 1.33
Benjamin Hassan -> 3.125
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Prediction and head to head Yosuke Watanuki vs. Benjamin Hassan
There is no head to head record between Yosuke Watanuki and Benjamin Hassan since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Yosuke Watanuki
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-23 | 29-12 | 7-5 | 1-2 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-22 | 19-11 | 6-4 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-17 | 8-9 | 2-3 | 6-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-7 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 126, Yousuke reached the qualifications after defeating Henri Squire 4-6 7-5 6-3.
In the qualifications against Squire, Watanuki recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-3). During the match, Watanuki scored 91 points vs Squire’s 84. Yousuke was very aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Regarding the service games, Watanuki submerged his opponent with 21 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Yosuke Watanuki was extremely effective on serve to win 84% (47/56) of his 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Japanese broke Squire twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Watanuki has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (197-124). 1-0 on grass in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Watanuki has a compiled5-4 record in the last 9 years on grass.
The Japanese’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Canberra Challenger and the Monterrey Challenger.
The Japanese has a compiled 21-11 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Stuttgart
Watanuki has never competed in this tournament before.
Benjamin Hassan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-15 | 3-7 | 9-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 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. 284, the Lebanese reached the qualifications after beating Roman Safiullin 7-65 6-4.
In the qualifications, Hassan had a good straight sets win against Safiullin (7-65 6-4). During the match Hassan scored 67 points vs Safiullin’s 61. Benjamin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Hassan scored 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Benjamin Hassan lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Hassan put 69% of his first serves in, winning 84% (38/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. Benjamin broke Safiullin twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Hassan’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Al Zahra,the Biel Challenger and the Florianopolis Challenger.
The Lebanese has a compiled 22-16 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Watanuki | Hassan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 23 |
| Pts | 91-84 | 67-61 |
| Total Points | 175 | 128 |
| Winners | 47 | 38 |
| %Winners | 52% | 57% |
Both Watanuki and Hassan played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Yosuke Watanuki surrendered 1 set while Benjamin Hassan hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Watanuki has played 1 set more than Hassan (3 vs 2). Therefore, Watanuki played 8 games more than Hassan. Yousuke scored 47 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Benjamin bagged 38 winners (57%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Watanuki | Hassan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 21 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 21 | 7 |
| 1st in | 56/92 | 45/65 |
| %1st in | 61% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 47/56 | 38/45 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 20/36 | 8/20 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 40% |
Watanuki blasted 21 aces . Hassan scored 7 aces . Watanuki won 84% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Hassan won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Watanuki | Hassan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 2 |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/3 |
| % Converted | 25% | 67% |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 |
| Saved | 6 | 2 |
| % Saved | 86% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Japanese broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. Yousuke conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Hassan broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. The Lebanese conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Watanuki | |||
| Q1 Squire |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 91-84 | 91-84 | |
| Total points | 175 | 175 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 21 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 56/92 | 56/92 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 47/56 | 47/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/36 | 20/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Hassan | |||
| Q1 Safiullin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 67-61 | 67-61 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 57% | 57% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 45/65 | 45/65 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 38/45 | 38/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/20 | 8/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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