Matteo Gigante and Benjamin Hassan will play each other in the 2nd round of the Braga Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matteo Gigante who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matteo Gigante is the pick to win this match.
Matteo Gigante -> 1.64
Benjamin Hassan -> 2.16
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Prediction and head to head Matteo Gigante vs. Benjamin Hassan
There is no head to head record between Matteo Gigante and Benjamin Hassan since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Matteo Gigante
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-13 | 18-3 | 9-7 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-29 | 10-5 | 19-18 | 1-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-20 | 9-1 | 27-15 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-15 | 2-2 | 16-7 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-9 | 1-1 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 185, Matteo got to the 2nd round after beating Edoardo Lavagno 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Matteo had a good straight sets win against Lavagno (6-3 6-4). During the match, Gigante scored 67 points vs Lavagno’s 57. Gigante was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gigante managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Matteo Gigante lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Gigante put 55% of his first serves in, winning 62% (21/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Gigante broke Lavagno 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Gigante has a winning record in the last 5 years having won 58% of his matches (101-72). 19-16 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gigante has a compiled70-46 record in the last 5 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Tenerife 3 Challenger where he overcame Stefano Travaglia in the final 6-3 6-2 and the Cordenons Challenger where he beat Lukas Neumayer in the final 6-0 6-2.
Matteo has an overall 32-25 win-loss record in 2023, 19-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braga Challenger
Matteo has never competed in this tournament before.
Benjamin Hassan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-21 | 3-7 | 12-10 | 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. 208, Hassan reached the 2nd round after defeating Timo Stodder 6-4 4-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Benjamin defeated Stodder (6-4 4-6 6-4). During the match Hassan scored 96 points vs Stodder’s 89. Hassan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Hassan managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Benjamin Hassan lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Hassan put 42% of his first serves in, winning 58% (22/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (32/53) on the 2nd serve. Benjamin broke Stodder 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Benjamin’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Grodzisk Mazowiecki Challenger.
Benjamin has an overall 43-26 win-loss record in 2023, 29-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gigante | Hassan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 30 |
| Pts | 67-57 | 96-89 |
| Total Points | 124 | 185 |
| Winners | 21 | 22 |
| %Winners | 31% | 23% |
Both Gigante and Hassan played 1 match. At the moment, Benjamin Hassan lost 1 set while Matteo Gigante hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Gigante has played 1 set(s) less than Hassan (2 vs 3). Therefore, Gigante played 11 games less than Hassan. The Italian scored 21 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Benjamin made 22 winners (23%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gigante | Hassan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 5 |
| 1st in | 34/62 | 38/91 |
| %1st in | 55% | 42% |
| 1st pts | 21/34 | 22/38 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 58% |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 32/53 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 60% |
Gigante made 4 aces . Hassan struck 5 aces . Gigante won 62% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Hassan won 58% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gigante | Hassan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 45% | 50% |
| Conceded | 8 | 6 |
| Saved | 5 | 2 |
| % Saved | 63% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Gigante broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Italian lost his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. The Lebanese broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Hassan conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gigante | |||
| R1 Lavagno |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 67-57 | 67-57 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 34/62 | 34/62 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 21/34 | 21/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 14/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Hassan | |||
| R1 Stodder |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 96-89 | 96-89 | |
| Total points | 185 | 185 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 23% | 23% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 38/91 | 38/91 | |
| % 1st in | 42% | 42% | |
| 1st pts | 22/38 | 22/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 32/53 | 32/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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