Otto Virtanen and Benjamin Hassan will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Brest Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Otto Virtanen who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Otto Virtanen is the pick to win this match.
Otto Virtanen -> 1.48
Benjamin Hassan -> 2.5

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Prediction and head to head Otto Virtanen vs. Benjamin Hassan

There is no head to head record between Otto Virtanen and Benjamin Hassan since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Otto Virtanen

Ranked no. 114, Virtanen got to the semifinal after beating Arthur Gea 3-6 7-5 6-3, Matteo Martineau 6-3 6-2 and Luca Van Assche 7-6(1) 6-4.

In the quarter, Virtanen had a good straight sets win against Van Assche (7-6¹ 6-4). During the match, Virtanen scored 81 points vs Van Assche’s 73. The Finn was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Regarding the service games, Virtanen struck 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Otto Virtanen lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Virtanen put 64% of his first serves in, winning 71% (36/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. The Finn broke Van Assche 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Otto has dropped 1 set in this event to win 53% of the points he played.

Virtanen has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (201-134). 20-5 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Virtanen has an overall115-46 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Pau Challenger where he overcame Leandro Riedi in the final 7-5 7-5 and the Lugano Challenger where he overcame Daniel Masur in the final 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(3).

Otto has an overall 39-26 win-loss record in 2024, 20-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Brest Challenger

Benjamin Hassan

Ranked no. 246, Benjamin reached the semifinal after defeating Tristan Lamasine 6-4 6-2, Adrian Andreev 7-5 4-6 6-4, Martin Landaluce 6-2 6-7(2) 6-2 and Jakub Paul 6-4 6-3.

In the quarter, The Lebanese had a good straight sets win against Paul (6-4 6-3). During the match Hassan scored 69 points vs Paul’s 60. Benjamin was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Hassan blasted 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Benjamin Hassan was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (24/34) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Hassan broke Paul 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Benjamin started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Hassan’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Girona Challenger and the Bonn Challenger.

The Lebanese has a compiled 31-33 win-loss record in 2024, 7-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Brest Challenger

Benjamin has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Virtanen	Hassan
Match played	3	4
Tot Set	7	10
Tot Games	70	98
Pts	248-217	354-309
Total Points	465	663
Winners	104	141
%Winners	42%	40%

Virtanen played 3 matches while Hassan competed in 4 matches. Hassan started his run from the qualifications while Virtanen had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Otto Virtanen dropped 1 set, while Benjamin Hassan surrendered 2 sets. Virtanen has played 3 set(s) less than Hassan (7 vs 10). Therefore, Virtanen played 28 games less than Hassan. The Finn scored 104 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Lebanese scored 141 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Virtanen	Hassan
Aces	25	32
Avg per match	8.3	8
1st in	145/245	208/345
%1st in	59%	60%
1st pts	104/145	141/208
%1st pts	72%	68%
2nd pts	49/100	77/137
%2nd pts	49%	56%

Virtanen bagged 25 aces (8.3 per match). Hassan blasted 32 aces (8 per match). Virtanen won 72% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Hassan won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Virtanen	Hassan
Won	13	17
Converted	13/28	17/39
% Converted	46%	44%
Conceded	25	38
Saved	17	32
% Saved	68%	84%
Times Broken	8	6

The Finn broke his opponents 13 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Finn conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded. The Lebanese broke his opponents 17 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Lebanese conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 84% of the break points that he conceded.

Virtanen
	R1 Gea	R2 Martineau	1/4 Van	Total
Score	3-6 7-5 6-3	6-3 6-2	7-61 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	30	17	23	70
pts	98-94	69-50	81-73	248-217
Total points	192	119	154	465
Winners	35	33	36	104
%Winners	36%	48%	44%	42%
SERVE
Aces	5	10	10	25
Double Faults	3	2	1	6
1st in	51/100	43/65	51/80	145/245
% 1st in	51%	66%	64%	59%
1st pts	35/51	33/43	36/51	104/145
% 1st pts	69%	77%	71%	72%
2nd pts	23/49	12/22	14/29	49/100
% 2nd pts	47%	55%	48%	49%
Breaks
Won	6	3	4	13
Converted	6/10	3/9	4/9	13/28
Converted %	60%	33%	44%	46%
Conceded	9	6	10	25
Saved	4/9	6/6	7/10	17
Saved %	44%	100%	70%	71%
Times Broken	5	0	3	8

Hassan
	Q1 Lamasine	Q3 Hans	R1 Andreev	R2 Landaluce	1/4 Paul	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	6-4 6-2	7-5 4-6 6-4	6-2 6-72 6-2	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	3	3	2	12
Tot Games	18	18	32	29	19	116
pts	60-43	–	106-103	119-103	69-60	354-309
Total points	103	0	209	222	129	663
Winners	25		41	51	24	141
%Winners	42%	0%	39%	43%	35%	40%
SERVE
Aces	1	0	10	12	9	32
Double Faults	2		4	4	2	12
1st in	31/52	/	71/118	72/115	34/60	208/345
% 1st in	60%	0%	60%	63%	57%	60%
1st pts	25/31	/	41/71	51/72	24/34	141/208
% 1st pts	81%	0%	58%	71%	71%	68%
2nd pts	13/21	/	28/47	22/43	14/26	77/137
% 2nd pts	62%	0%	60%	51%	54%	56%
Breaks
Won	3		5	4	5	17
Converted	3/3	/	5/11	4/13	5/12	17/39
Converted %	100%	0%	45%	31%	42%	44%
Conceded	2		17	11	8	38
Saved	2/2	0/	13/17	11/11	6/8	32
Saved %	100%	–	76%	100%	75%	117%
Times Broken	0		4	0	2	6

Tennis Scores in Brest Challenger

• Benjamin HassanHassan – Jakub PaulPaul (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (7-6¹ 6-4) – See score progression
• Nicolas Barrientos/Skander MansouriBarrientos/Skander Mansouri – Gregoire Jacq/Luca SanchezJacq/Luca Sanchez (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Joao FonsecaFonseca (6-4 6-7(8) 6-4) – See score progression
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Jakub PaulPaul (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (7-6(1) 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Benjamin HassanHassan – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-0) – H2H and prediction