Benjamin Hassan and Tung-Lin Wu will square off in the 2nd round of the Kobe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on COURT C. 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 -> 1.666
Tung-Lin Wu -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Benjamin Hassan vs. Tung-Lin Wu
There is no head to head record between Benjamin Hassan and Tung-Lin Wu since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Benjamin Hassan
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 14-17 | 3-7 | 10-8 | 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. 149 (career-high), the Lebanese reached the 2nd round after defeating James McCabe 0-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round against McCabe, The Lebanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 6-3 6-2). During the match, Hassan scored 82 points vs McCabe’s 76. Benjamin was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hassan bagged 3 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Benjamin Hassan lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Hassan put 58% of his first serves in, winning 72% (33/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (12/34) on the 2nd serve. Hassan broke McCabe 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Hassan has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (241-154). 10-5 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Hassan has a compiled39-32 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
The Lebanese’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Grodzisk Mazowiecki Challenger and the Lisbon Challenger.
Hassan has an aggregate 57-32 win-loss record in 2023, 10-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Hassan has never competed in this tournament before.
Tung-Lin Wu
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 11-13 | 11-12 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 29-28 | 21-21 | 4-5 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
2022 | 34-24 | 26-14 | 6-3 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
2021 | 19-26 | 10-10 | 2-8 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 5-8 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 230, the Chinese reached the 2nd round after defeating Dane Sweeny 6-3 7-62.
In the 1st round, Wu had a good straight sets win against Sweeny (6-3 7-62). During the match Wu scored 79 points vs Sweeny’s 62. The Chinese was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Wu scored 4 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Tung-Lin Wu was extremely efficient on serve to win 80% (39/49) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Chinese broke Sweeny twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Tung-Lin’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger and the Tallahassee Challenger.
Tung-Lin has a composed 27-27 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Hassan | Wu |
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Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
Tot Games | 23 | 22 |
Pts | 82-76 | 79-62 |
Total Points | 158 | 141 |
Winners | 33 | 39 |
%Winners | 40% | 49% |
Both Hassan and Wu played 1 match. At the moment, Benjamin Hassan lost 1 set while Tung-Lin Wu hasn’t dropped a set so far. Hassan has played 1 set more than Wu (3 vs 2). Therefore, Hassan played 1 game more than Wu. The Lebanese scored 33 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Wu fired 39 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Hassan | Wu |
---|---|---|
Aces | 3 | 4 |
Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
1st in | 46/80 | 49/66 |
%1st in | 58% | 74% |
1st pts | 33/46 | 39/49 |
%1st pts | 72% | 80% |
2nd pts | 12/34 | 11/17 |
%2nd pts | 35% | 65% |
Hassan blasted 3 aces . Wu scored 4 aces . Hassan won 72% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 35% of the points. On the other side, Wu won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Hassan | Wu |
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Won | 5 | 2 |
Converted | 5/10 | 2/7 |
% Converted | 50% | 29% |
Conceded | 10 | 5 |
Saved | 6 | 5 |
% Saved | 60% | 100% |
Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
Benjamin broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Lebanese conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Chinese broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Wu was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.
Hassan | |||
R1 McCabe |
Total | ||
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Score | 0-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
pts | 82-76 | 82-76 | |
Total points | 158 | 158 | |
Winners | 33 | 33 | |
%Winners | 40% | 40% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 3 | 3 | |
Double Faults | 11 | 11 | |
1st in | 46/80 | 46/80 | |
% 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
1st pts | 33/46 | 33/46 | |
% 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
2nd pts | 12/34 | 12/34 | |
% 2nd pts | 35% | 35% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 5 | 5 | |
Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Wu | |||
R1 Sweeny |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 7-62 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
pts | 79-62 | 79-62 | |
Total points | 141 | 141 | |
Winners | 39 | 39 | |
%Winners | 49% | 49% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 4 | 4 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
1st in | 49/66 | 49/66 | |
% 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
1st pts | 39/49 | 39/49 | |
% 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
2nd pts | 11/17 | 11/17 | |
% 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 2 | 2 | |
Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Kobe Challenger
- Yan BaiBai – Kalin IvanovskiIvanovski (6-1 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
- August HolmgrenHolmgren – Moez EcharguiEchargui (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Andrew FentyFenty (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Jason JungJung – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Menelaos EfstathiouEfstathiou (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Benjamin HassanHassan – James McCabeMcCabe (0-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Giovanni FonioFonio (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-1 7-65) – See score progression
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Omar JasikaJasika (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Dane SweenySweeny (6-3 7-62) – See score progression
- Benjamin HassanHassan – James McCabeMcCabe (0-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jason JungJung – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Andrew FentyFenty (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- August HolmgrenHolmgren – Moez EcharguiEchargui (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-1 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Yan BaiBai – Kalin IvanovskiIvanovski (6-1 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Giovanni FonioFonio (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
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