Benjamin Hassan and James McCabe will square off in the 2nd round of the Kobe Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT C. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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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 -> 1.59
James McCabe -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Benjamin Hassan vs. James McCabe
This will be the 2nd time that Benjamin Hassan and James McCabe fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Hassan (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Hassan won 0-6 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in the Kobe Challenger back in 2023.
Benjamin Hassan
32 - 36win/loss
246
143
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | 32-36 | 3-10 | 20-16 | 8-8 | 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. 246, the Lebanese reached the 2nd round after defeating Omar Jasika 4-6 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round against Jasika, Benjamin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-1). During the match, Hassan scored 89 points vs Jasika’s 72. The Lebanese was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hassan fired 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Benjamin Hassan was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (26/35) of his 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Hassan broke Jasika 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).
Hassan has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (273-191). 8-8 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hassan has a compiled47-41 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
The Lebanese’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Girona Challenger,the Bonn Challenger and the Brest Challenger.
Benjamin has an overall 32-36 win-loss record in 2024, 8-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
James McCabe
53 - 32win/loss
259
258
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | 53-32 | 45-26 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
2023 | 29-27 | 24-14 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
2022 | 39-27 | 30-19 | 9-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 17-5 | 17-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 259, James got to the 2nd round after beating Matteo Gigante 2-6 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round against Gigante, James recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-1 6-4). During the match McCabe scored 84 points vs Gigante’s 72. McCabe was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, McCabe made 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. James McCabe lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, McCabe put 66% of his first serves in, winning 80% (43/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (12/28) on the 2nd serve. James broke Gigante 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
The Australian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Nottingham and M25 Roehampton.
James has an aggregate 53-32 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Hassan | McCabe |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
Tot Games | 27 | 25 |
Pts | 89-72 | 84-72 |
Total Points | 161 | 156 |
Winners | 26 | 43 |
%Winners | 29% | 51% |
Both Hassan and McCabe played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Benjamin Hassan dropped 1 set, while James McCabe dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Hassan and McCabe have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Hassan played 2 games more than McCabe. Hassan scored 26 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian struck 43 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Hassan | McCabe |
---|---|---|
Aces | 6 | 12 |
Avg per match | 6 | 12 |
1st in | 35/67 | 54/82 |
%1st in | 52% | 66% |
1st pts | 26/35 | 43/54 |
%1st pts | 74% | 80% |
2nd pts | 18/32 | 12/28 |
%2nd pts | 56% | 43% |
Hassan made 6 aces . McCabe fired 12 aces . Hassan won 74% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, McCabe won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Hassan | McCabe |
---|---|---|
Won | 6 | 3 |
Converted | 6/15 | 3/4 |
% Converted | 40% | 75% |
Conceded | 5 | 7 |
Saved | 2 | 5 |
% Saved | 40% | 71% |
Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Benjamin broke his opponent 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. Benjamin conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. McCabe broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. James conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
Hassan | |||
R1 Jasika |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 4-6 6-4 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
pts | 89-72 | 89-72 | |
Total points | 161 | 161 | |
Winners | 26 | 26 | |
%Winners | 29% | 29% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 6 | 6 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
1st in | 35/67 | 35/67 | |
% 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
1st pts | 26/35 | 26/35 | |
% 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
2nd pts | 18/32 | 18/32 | |
% 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 6 | 6 | |
Converted | 6/15 | 6/15 | |
Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
McCabe | |||
R1 Gigante |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 2-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
pts | 84-72 | 84-72 | |
Total points | 156 | 156 | |
Winners | 43 | 43 | |
%Winners | 51% | 51% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 12 | 12 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
1st in | 54/82 | 54/82 | |
% 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
1st pts | 43/54 | 43/54 | |
% 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
2nd pts | 12/28 | 12/28 | |
% 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 3 | 3 | |
Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Head 2 Head
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