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

Mattia Bellucci

50 - 30win/loss

Hard
31-16
I Hard
8-8
Clay
5-2
Grass
6-4
Rank
100
High
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.

Kobe Challenger
Bellucci's Record

Benjamin Hassan

Benjamin Hassan

33 - 36win/loss

Hard
3-10
I Hard
9-8
Clay
20-16
Grass
1-2
Rank
245
High
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)

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Previously in the Kobe Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.

Kobe Challenger
Hassan's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

M.Bellucci
B.Hassan
2h:47
2h:47
Time on court​
3h:06
3h:06
1h:11
1h:11
Last match​
1h:27
1h:27
2
2
Match played
2
2
39
39
Games Played​
48
48
4
4
Set played​​
5
5
136
136
Total points​
165
165
68
68
Avg point​
82.5
82.5
47
47
Winners
54
54
23.5
23.5
Avg Winners​
27
27
35%
35%
Ratio winners
33%
33%
-- Serve --
12
12
Aces
7
7
6
6
Avg Aces
3.5
3.5
7
7
Double Faults
7
7
3.5
3.5
Avg Double Faults
3.5
3.5
47/60
47/60
1st won total​
54/76
54/76
!
78%
78%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
38/62
38/62
2nd won total​
44/77
44/77
!
61%
61%
2nd won %
57%
57%
-- Break Points --
7/10
7/10
BP won
9/21
9/21
3.5/5
3.5/5
Avg BP won
4.5/10.5
4.5/10.5
!
70%
70%
Won
43%
43%
10
10
Conceded
12
12
5
5
Avg Conceded
6
6
2
2
Broken
4
4
1
1
Avg Broken
2
2
8
8
Saved
8
8

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

Tennis Scores in Kobe Challenger

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