Benjamin Hassan and Blake Ellis will square off in the 2nd round of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 8. 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 Benjamin Hassan who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Benjamin Hassan is the pick to win this match.
Benjamin Hassan -> 1.31
Blake Ellis -> 3.22
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Prediction and head to head Benjamin Hassan vs. Blake Ellis
There is no head to head record between Benjamin Hassan and Blake Ellis since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Benjamin Hassan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-19 | 3-7 | 10-9 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 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. 150 (career-high), Benjamin reached the 2nd round after defeating Hiroki Moriya 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Benjamin had a good straight sets win against Moriya (6-4 6-4). During the match, Hassan scored 62 points vs Moriya’s 53. The Lebanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hassan scored 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Benjamin Hassan lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Hassan put 69% of his first serves in, winning 76% (32/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 32% (6/19) on the 2nd serve. Benjamin broke Moriya 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Hassan has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (239-153). 10-5 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hassan has a composed43-23 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Hassan’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Grodzisk Mazowiecki Challenger and the Lisbon Challenger.
Hassan has an overall 55-31 win-loss record in 2023, 10-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Hassan has never competed in this tournament before.
Blake Ellis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-15 | 14-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-29 | 43-25 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-11 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-14 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 11-6 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 415, the Australian reached the 2nd round after defeating Jie Cui 6-1 6-4, Rio Noguchi 6-4 0-6 7-5 and James Kent Trotter 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Ellis had a good straight sets win against Kent Trotter (6-4 6-3). During the match Ellis scored 68 points vs Kent Trotter’s 52. Blake was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Ellis made 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Blake Ellis was quite effective on serve to win 76% (31/41) of his 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Kent Trotter twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Blake’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Mysuru and M25 Darwin.
Blake has an overall 46-26 win-loss record in 2023, 39-23 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hassan | Ellis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 64 |
| Pts | 62-53 | 211-198 |
| Total Points | 115 | 409 |
| Winners | 32 | 92 |
| %Winners | 52% | 44% |
Hassan played 1 match while Ellis competed in 3 matches. Ellis started his run from the qualifications while Hassan had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Blake Ellis conceded 1 set while Benjamin Hassan hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Hassan has played 5 set(s) less than Ellis (2 vs 7). Therefore, Hassan played 44 games less than Ellis. Hassan scored 32 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian bagged 92 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hassan | Ellis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 6 |
| 1st in | 42/61 | 129/220 |
| %1st in | 69% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 32/42 | 92/129 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 6/19 | 47/91 |
| %2nd pts | 32% | 52% |
Hassan made 8 aces . Ellis blasted 18 aces (6 per match). Hassan won 76% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 32% of the points. On the other side, Ellis won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hassan | Ellis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 9 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 9/19 |
| % Converted | 80% | 47% |
| Conceded | 6 | 22 |
| Saved | 4 | 17 |
| % Saved | 67% | 77% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
Hassan broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Hassan surrendered his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Ellis broke his opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hassan | |||
| R1 Moriya |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 62-53 | 62-53 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 42/61 | 42/61 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 32/42 | 32/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/19 | 6/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 32% | 32% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Ellis | |||||
| Q1 Cui |
Q3 Noguchi |
R1 Kent |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-4 0-6 7-5 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 28 | 19 | 64 | |
| pts | 61-48 | 82-98 | 68-52 | 211-198 | |
| Total points | 109 | 180 | 120 | 409 | |
| Winners | 26 | 35 | 31 | 92 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | 46% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 8 | 4 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 37/58 | 51/95 | 41/67 | 129/220 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 54% | 61% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 35/51 | 31/41 | 92/129 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 69% | 76% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 19/44 | 17/26 | 47/91 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 43% | 65% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/5 | 2/7 | 9/19 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 60% | 29% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 12 | 4 | 22 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 8/12 | 4/4 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 67% | 100% | 250% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
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