Ivan Gakhov and Benjamin Hassan will face off in the 2nd round of the Lisbon Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:30 am on COURT LISBOA . In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ivan Gakhov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ivan Gakhov is the pick to win this match.
Ivan Gakhov -> 1.72
Benjamin Hassan -> 2.00
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Prediction and head to head Ivan Gakhov vs. Benjamin Hassan
This will be the 2nd time that Ivan Gakhov and Benjamin Hassan play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gakhov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Gakhov won 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in the Tulln Challenger back in September 2023.
Ivan Gakhov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-14 | 1-2 | 8-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-30 | 2-4 | 26-21 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 56-32 | 1-3 | 53-26 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-28 | 0-1 | 38-23 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 5-5 | 8-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 165, Ivan got to the 2nd round after beating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Ivan had a good straight sets win against Blancaneaux (6-4 6-2). During the match, Gakhov scored 71 points vs Blancaneaux’s 58. Ivan was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gakhov recorded 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Ivan Gakhov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Gakhov put 65% of his first serves in, winning 64% (23/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Blancaneaux 6 times after converting 38% of his break points (6/16).
Gakhov has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (378-228). 25-18 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gakhov has a compiled331-177 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Girona Challenger where he overcame Gastao Elias in the final 5-7 6-4 ret. and the Troisdorf Challenger where he beat Frederico Ferreira Silva in the final 6-2 5-7 6-3.
Gakhov has an overall 29-26 win-loss record in 2023, 25-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lisbon Challenger
Gakhov 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. 208, Benjamin reached the 2nd round after defeating Francesco Forti 3-6 6-1 6-3.
In the 1st round against Forti, Benjamin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-3). During the match Hassan scored 75 points vs Forti’s 66. The Lebanese was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Hassan scored 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Benjamin Hassan lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Hassan put 58% of his first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (19/27) on the 2nd serve. Benjamin broke Forti 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Benjamin’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Grodzisk Mazowiecki Challenger.
Hassan has a compiled 46-27 win-loss record in 2023, 32-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gakhov | Hassan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 25 |
| Pts | 71-58 | 75-66 |
| Total Points | 129 | 141 |
| Winners | 23 | 26 |
| %Winners | 32% | 35% |
Both Gakhov and Hassan played 1 match. At the moment, Benjamin Hassan conceded 1 set while Ivan Gakhov hasn’t conceded a set so far. Gakhov has played 1 set(s) less than Hassan (2 vs 3). Therefore, Gakhov played 7 games less than Hassan. The Russian scored 23 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Hassan managed to score 26 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gakhov | Hassan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 36/55 | 37/64 |
| %1st in | 65% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 23/36 | 26/37 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 19/27 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 70% |
Gakhov bagged 3 aces . Hassan struck 5 aces . Gakhov won 64% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Hassan won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gakhov | Hassan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/16 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 38% | 57% |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Gakhov broke his opponent 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Russian surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Lebanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Lebanese conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gakhov | |||
| R1 Blancaneaux |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 71-58 | 71-58 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 36/55 | 36/55 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 23/36 | 23/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 9/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/16 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Hassan | |||
| R1 Forti |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 75-66 | 75-66 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 37/64 | 37/64 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 26/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/27 | 19/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLLWWLWL Tennis Scores in Lisbon Challenger
- Luka MikrutMikrut – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (1-6 6-2 7-61) – See score progression
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Francesco FortiForti (3-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Calvin HemeryHemery – Alexander WeisWeis (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Gilles Arnaud BaillyArnaud Bailly – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Gastao EliasElias – Nerman FaticFatic (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Edoardo LavagnoLavagno – Mate ValkuszValkusz (3-6 7-64 ret.) – See score progression
- Pedro SousaSousa – Titouan DroguetDroguet (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (6-4 5-7 6-0) – See score progression
- Joao SousaSousa – Henrique RochaRocha (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Timofey SkatovSkatov (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Matteo GiganteGigante (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Gastao EliasElias (4-0) – H2H and prediction
- Joao SousaSousa – Pedro SousaSousa (4-0) – H2H and prediction
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Ivan GakhovGakhov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Edoardo LavagnoLavagno – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (0-1) – H2H and prediction
