Mattia Bellucci and Benjamin Hassan will face off in the quarter of the Kobe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:30 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 Mattia Bellucci who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mattia Bellucci is the pick to win this match.
Mattia Bellucci -> 1.29
Benjamin Hassan -> 3.34
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Prediction and head to head Mattia Bellucci vs. Benjamin Hassan
There is no head to head record between Mattia Bellucci and Benjamin Hassan since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Mattia Bellucci
50 - 30win/loss
100
100
LLWWWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51-32 | 31-17 | 5-2 | 9-9 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-34 | 22-19 | 2-9 | 4-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 66-23 | 30-4 | 25-12 | 11-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-18 | 29-10 | 5-3 | 5-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-6 | 13-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 104, Mattia reached the quarter after beating Yuta Shimizu 7-6(1) 6-4 and Alex Bolt 6-0 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Bellucci had a good straight sets win against Bolt (6-0 6-4). During the match, Bellucci scored 62 points vs Bolt’s 41. Bellucci was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bellucci recorded 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Mattia Bellucci was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 86% (25/29) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mattia broke Bolt 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mattia hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Bellucci has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 64% of his matches (234-131). 8-8 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Bellucci has a compiled30-24 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
Mattia’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Cary Challenger and the Olbia Challenger.
Bellucci has an overall 50-30 win-loss record in 2024, 8-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Benjamin Hassan
33 - 36win/loss
245
143
WLWWLLLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-37 | 4-10 | 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. 246, Hassan got to the quarter after defeating Omar Jasika 4-6 6-4 6-1 and James McCabe 6-2 7-6(3).
In the 2nd round, Benjamin had a good straight sets win against McCabe (6-2 7-63). During the match Hassan scored 76 points vs McCabe’s 68. Hassan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Hassan scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Benjamin Hassan lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Hassan put 48% of his first serves in, winning 68% (28/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (26/45) on the 2nd serve. Hassan broke McCabe 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Lebanese has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Lebanese’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Girona Challenger,the Bonn Challenger and the Brest Challenger.
Benjamin has a compiled 33-36 win-loss record in 2024, 9-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bellucci | Hassan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 48 |
| Pts | 136-102 | 165-140 |
| Total Points | 238 | 305 |
| Winners | 47 | 54 |
| %Winners | 35% | 33% |
Both Bellucci and Hassan played 2 matches. At the moment, Benjamin Hassan surrendered 1 set while Mattia Bellucci hasn’t lost a set so far. Bellucci has played 1 set(s) less than Hassan (4 vs 5). Therefore, Bellucci played 9 games less than Hassan. The Italian scored 47 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Benjamin bagged 54 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bellucci | Hassan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 60/122 | 76/153 |
| %1st in | 49% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 47/60 | 54/76 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 38/62 | 44/77 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 57% |
Bellucci fired 12 aces (6 per match). Hassan struck 7 aces (3.5 per match). Bellucci won 78% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Hassan won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bellucci | Hassan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 9 |
| Converted | 7/10 | 9/21 |
| % Converted | 70% | 43% |
| Conceded | 10 | 12 |
| Saved | 8 | 8 |
| % Saved | 80% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
The Italian broke his opponents 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. The Italian dropped his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Lebanese broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. Benjamin conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bellucci | ||||
| R1 Shimizu |
R2 Bolt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-4 | 6-0 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 16 | 39 | |
| pts | 74-61 | 62-41 | 136-102 | |
| Total points | 135 | 103 | 238 | |
| Winners | 22 | 25 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 40% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 31/72 | 29/50 | 60/122 | |
| % 1st in | 43% | 58% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 22/31 | 25/29 | 47/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 86% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/41 | 11/21 | 38/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 52% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 4/7 | 7/10 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 57% | 70% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4/4 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hassan | ||||
| R1 Jasika |
R2 McCabe |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 6-1 | 6-2 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 21 | 48 | |
| pts | 89-72 | 76-68 | 165-140 | |
| Total points | 161 | 144 | 305 | |
| Winners | 26 | 28 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 37% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 35/67 | 41/86 | 76/153 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 48% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 28/41 | 54/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 68% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/32 | 26/45 | 44/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 58% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 3/6 | 9/21 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 50% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 6/7 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 86% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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