Benjamin Hassan and Oriol Roca Batalla will face off in the semifinal of the Braga Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday 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 Benjamin Hassan who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Benjamin Hassan is the pick to win this match.
Benjamin Hassan -> 1.8
Oriol Roca Batalla -> 1.96

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Prediction and head to head Benjamin Hassan vs. Oriol Roca Batalla

There is no head to head record between Benjamin Hassan and Oriol Roca Batalla since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Benjamin Hassan

Ranked no. 208, Benjamin reached the semifinal after defeating Timo Stodder 6-4 4-6 6-4, Matteo Gigante 6-4 1-6 6-1 and Pablo Llamas Ruiz 7-6¹ 6-0.

In the quarter, Benjamin had a good straight sets win against Llamas Ruiz (7-6¹ 6-0). During the match, Hassan scored 76 points vs Llamas Ruiz’s 51. Hassan was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Regarding the service games, Hassan bagged 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Benjamin Hassan lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Hassan put 45% of his first serves in, winning 74% (25/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (19/41) on the 2nd serve. The Lebanese broke Llamas Ruiz 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Lebanese has lost 2 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.

Hassan has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (229-148). 31-18 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hassan has a composed141-87 record in the last 8 years on clay.

Benjamin’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Grodzisk Mazowiecki Challenger.

Hassan has an overall 45-26 win-loss record in 2023, 31-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Braga Challenger

Hassan has never competed in this tournament before.

Oriol Roca Batalla

Ranked no. 267, Roca Batalla got to the semifinal after beating Fabio Coelho 6-0 6-2, Giovanni Fonio 6-3 6-7⁴ 6-1, Ivan Gakhov 6-3 6-3, Gerard Campana Lee 6-2 6-2 and Jaime Faria 6-4 6-1.

In the quarter, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Faria (6-4 6-1). During the match Roca Batalla scored 67 points vs Faria’s 43. Oriol was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.

About the serving games, Roca Batalla couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Oriol Roca Batalla lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Roca Batalla put 59% of his first serves in, winning 63% (24/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Faria 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Roca Batalla started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.

Oriol’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Torello and the Augsburg Challenger.

Oriol has an overall 37-32 win-loss record in 2023, 29-28 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Braga Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2019. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Hassan	Roca Batalla
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	8	11
Tot Games	73	94
Pts	252-218	355-251
Total Points	470	606
Winners	82	123
%Winners	33%	35%

Hassan played 3 matches while Roca Batalla competed in 5 matches. Roca Batalla started his run from the qualifications while Hassan had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Benjamin Hassan lost 2 sets, while Oriol Roca Batalla lost 1 set. Hassan has played 3 set(s) less than Roca Batalla (8 vs 11). Therefore, Hassan played 21 games less than Roca Batalla. Benjamin scored 82 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard made 123 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Hassan	Roca Batalla
Aces	22	7
Avg per match	7.3	1.4
1st in	115/251	176/295
%1st in	46%	60%
1st pts	82/115	123/176
%1st pts	71%	70%
2nd pts	67/136	64/119
%2nd pts	49%	54%

Hassan fired 22 aces (7.3 per match). Roca Batalla scored 7 aces (1.4 per match). Hassan won 71% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Roca Batalla won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Hassan	Roca Batalla
Won	15	28
Converted	15/26	28/45
% Converted	58%	62%
Conceded	21	28
Saved	11	20
% Saved	52%	71%
Times Broken	10	8

Hassan broke his opponents 15 times with a 58% conversion rate. Hassan dropped his serve 10 times and he saved 52% of the break points that he conceded. Oriol broke his opponents 28 times with a 62% conversion rate. Roca Batalla conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Hassan
	R1 Stodder	R2 Gigante	1/4 Llamas	Total
Score	6-4 4-6 6-4	6-4 1-6 6-1	7-61 6-0
Tot Set	3	3	2	8
Tot Games	30	24	19	73
pts	96-89	80-78	76-51	252-218
Total points	185	158	127	470
Winners	22	35	25	82
%Winners	23%	44%	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	5	8	9	22
Double Faults	6	5	5	16
1st in	38/91	43/85	34/75	115/251
% 1st in	42%	51%	45%	46%
1st pts	22/38	35/43	25/34	82/115
% 1st pts	58%	81%	74%	71%
2nd pts	32/53	16/42	19/41	67/136
% 2nd pts	60%	38%	46%	49%
Breaks
Won	5	4	6	15
Converted	5/10	4/8	6/8	15/26
Converted %	50%	50%	75%	58%
Conceded	6	7	8	21
Saved	2/6	4/7	5/8	11
Saved %	33%	57%	63%	51%
Times Broken	4	3	3	10

Roca Batalla
	Q1 Coelho	Q3 Fonio	R1 Gakhov	R2 Campana Lee	1/4 Faria	Total
Score	6-0 6-2	6-3 6-74 6-1	6-3 6-3	6-2 6-2	6-4 6-1
Tot Set	2	3	2	2	2	11
Tot Games	14	29	18	16	17	94
pts	58-34	107-94	65-43	58-37	67-43	355-251
Total points	92	201	108	95	110	606
Winners	15	39	30	15	24	123
%Winners	26%	36%	46%	26%	36%	35%
SERVE
Aces	0	1	2	4	0	7
Double Faults	3	2	1	2	2	10
1st in	21/43	56/92	36/50	25/46	38/64	176/295
% 1st in	49%	61%	72%	54%	59%	60%
1st pts	15/21	39/56	30/36	15/25	24/38	123/176
% 1st pts	71%	70%	83%	60%	63%	70%
2nd pts	12/22	14/36	9/14	13/21	16/26	64/119
% 2nd pts	55%	39%	64%	62%	62%	54%
Breaks
Won	6	8	3	6	5	28
Converted	6/9	8/15	3/4	6/8	5/9	28/45
Converted %	67%	53%	75%	75%	56%	62%
Conceded	3	9	3	3	10	28
Saved	2/3	6/9	3/3	1/3	8/10	20
Saved %	67%	67%	100%	33%	80%	116%
Times Broken	1	3	0	2	2	8

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