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.

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 -> 1.59
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

Benjamin Hassan

32 - 36win/loss

Hard
3-10
I Hard
8-8
Clay
20-16
Grass
1-2
Rank
246
High
143
WLLLWWWLWL
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

Kobe Challenger
Hassan's Record

James McCabe

James McCabe

53 - 32win/loss

Hard
45-26
I Hard
1-0
Clay
1-2
Grass
6-4
Rank
259
High
258
WLWWWLLWWL
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.

Kobe Challenger
McCabe's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

B.Hassan
J.McCabe
1h:39
1h:39
Time on court​
1h:30
1h:30
1h:39
1h:39
Last match​
1h:30
1h:30
1
1
Match played
1
1
27
27
Games Played​
25
25
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
89
89
Total points​
84
84
89
89
Avg point​
84
84
26
26
Winners
43
43
26
26
Avg Winners​
43
43
29%
29%
Ratio winners
51%
51%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
12
12
6
6
Avg Aces
!
12
12
3
3
Double Faults
1
1
3
3
Avg Double Faults
1
1
26/35
26/35
1st won total​
43/54
43/54
!
74%
74%
1st won %
!
80%
80%
18/32
18/32
2nd won total​
12/28
12/28
56%
56%
2nd won %
43%
43%
-- Break Points --
6/15
6/15
BP won
3/4
3/4
6/15
6/15
Avg BP won
3/4
3/4
40%
40%
Won
!
75%
75%
5
5
Conceded
7
7
5
5
Avg Conceded
7
7
3
3
Broken
2
2
3
3
Avg Broken
2
2
2
2
Saved
5
5

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

Tennis Scores in Kobe Challenger

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