Pedro Martinez Portero and Benjamin Hassan will face off in the semifinal of the Girona Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:00 pm on PISTA CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pedro Martinez Portero who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pedro Martinez Portero is the pick to win this match.
Pedro Martinez Portero -> 1.58
Benjamin Hassan -> 2.25
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Prediction and head to head Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Benjamin Hassan
This will be the 2nd time that Pedro Martinez Portero and Benjamin Hassan square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Martinez Portero (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Martinez Portero won 7-6(6) 4-6 6-4 in the 1st round in the Braunschweig Challenger back in 2022.
Pedro Martinez Portero
13 - 6win/loss
43
39
LLLWLWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-31 | 7-9 | 27-13 | 2-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-35 | 6-9 | 33-25 | 5-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-30 | 7-12 | 13-13 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-25 | 4-5 | 21-13 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 35-13 | 6-5 | 29-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 88, Martinez Portero got to the semifinal after beating Vilius Gaubas 7-69 6-4, Marco Trungelliti 6-2 1-0 ret. and Jesper De Jong 7-64 3-6 6-2.
In the quarter, Martinez Portero defeated De Jong (7-64 3-6 6-2). During the match, Martinez Portero scored 90 points vs De Jong’s 89. Pedro was pretty aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about the service games, Martinez Portero wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 4 double faults. Pedro Martinez Portero lost the serve 4 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Martinez Portero put 74% of his first serves in, winning 66% (50/76) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (12/27) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke De Jong 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pedro has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 51% of the points he played.
Martinez Portero has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (395-248). 6-2 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Martinez Portero has a compiled 316-170 match record in the last years on clay.
The Spaniard’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Tenerife 1 Challenger.
Pedro has an overall 12-6 win-loss record in 2024, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Girona Challenger
Benjamin Hassan
8 - 11win/loss
218
143
LWWLWWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-39 | 8-12 | 20-16 | 9-9 | 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. 156, Hassan reached the semifinal after beating Billy Harris 6-3 6-3, Bernabe Zapata Miralles 6-3 6-2 and Cristian Garin 6-3 6-1.
In the quarter, The Lebanese had a good straight sets win against Garin (6-3 6-1). During the match Hassan scored 64 points vs Garin’s 48. The Lebanese was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Hassan recorded 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Benjamin Hassan conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Hassan put 53% of his first serves in, winning 79% (26/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. Benjamin broke Garin 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Benjamin hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
The Lebanese has an overall 8-10 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Girona Challenger
Hassan has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Martinez Portero | Hassan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 62 | 51 |
| Pts | 224-203 | 209-157 |
| Total Points | 427 | 366 |
| Winners | 115 | 75 |
| %Winners | 51% | 36% |
Both Martinez Portero and Hassan played 3 matches. At the moment, Pedro Martinez Portero conceded 1 set while Benjamin Hassan hasn’t conceded a set so far. Martinez Portero has played 2 sets more than Hassan (8 vs 6). Therefore, Martinez Portero played 11 games more than Hassan. Pedro scored 115 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, The Lebanese scored 75 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Martinez Portero | Hassan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 0.3 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 179/232 | 93/176 |
| %1st in | 77% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 115/179 | 75/93 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 26/53 | 46/83 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 55% |
Martinez Portero scored 1 ace (0.3 per match). Hassan also recorded 13 aces (4.3 per match). Martinez Portero won 64% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Hassan won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Martinez Portero | Hassan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 11 |
| Converted | 11/19 | 11/26 |
| % Converted | 58% | 42% |
| Conceded | 20 | 13 |
| Saved | 13 | 13 |
| % Saved | 65% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 0 |
Pedro broke his opponents 11 times with a 58% conversion rate. The Spaniard surrendered his serve 7 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded. Benjamin broke his opponents 11 times with a 42% conversion rate. Benjamin was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 13 break points.
| Martinez Portero | |||||
| R1 Gaubas |
R2 Trungelliti |
1/4 De Jong |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-69 6-4 | 6-2 1-0 ret. | 7-64 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 9 | 30 | 62 | |
| pts | 87-82 | 47-32 | 90-89 | 224-203 | |
| Total points | 169 | 79 | 179 | 427 | |
| Winners | 50 | 15 | 50 | 115 | |
| %Winners | 57% | 32% | 56% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 79/99 | 24/30 | 76/103 | 179/232 | |
| % 1st in | 80% | 80% | 74% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 50/79 | 15/24 | 50/76 | 115/179 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | 66% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 4/6 | 12/27 | 26/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 67% | 44% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 4/9 | 4/7 | 11/19 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 44% | 57% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 13 | 20 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 1/2 | 9/13 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 50% | 69% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| Hassan | |||||
| R1 Harris |
R2 Zapata Miralles |
1/4 Garin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 | 16 | 51 | |
| pts | 73-57 | 72-52 | 64-48 | 209-157 | |
| Total points | 130 | 124 | 112 | 366 | |
| Winners | 25 | 24 | 26 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 33% | 41% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 31/56 | 29/58 | 33/62 | 93/176 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 50% | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 24/29 | 26/33 | 75/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 83% | 79% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 16/29 | 14/29 | 46/83 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 55% | 48% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 4/10 | 4/5 | 11/26 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 40% | 80% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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