Benjamin Hassan and Christoph Negritu will clash against each other in the quarter of the Yokkaichi Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 10:30 am on COURT 7. 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 -> 1.5
Christoph Negritu -> 2.45

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Prediction and head to head Benjamin Hassan vs. Christoph Negritu

This will be the 2^nd time that Benjamin Hassan and Christoph Negritu face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Hassan (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Hassan won 6-4 2-6 6-4 in the qualifications in Germany F10.

Benjamin Hassan

Ranked no. 232, the Lebanese got to the quarter after defeating Jakub Paul 6-3 5-7 6-2 and Omar Jasika 6-4 0-6 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, The Lebanese defeated Jasika (6-4 0-6 6-4).During the match, Hassan scored less points (6) than Jasika. In fact, the world no. 232 won 75 points vs Jasika’s. That means that Hassan was more focused during the important points. The Lebanese was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Hassan blasted 5 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Benjamin Hassan lost the serve 5 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Hassan put 54% of his first serves in, winning 56% (24/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (18/37) on the 2nd serve. Hassan broke Jasika 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Lebanese has lost 2 set in this event to win 51% of the points he played.

Hassan has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (279-193). 8-11 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Hassan has an aggregate52-35 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

The Lebanese’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Girona Challenger,the Bonn Challenger,the Brest Challenger and the Yokohama Challenger.

Hassan has a composed 38-38 win-loss record in 2024, 8-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Yokkaichi Challenger

The Lebanese has never competed in this tournament before.

Christoph Negritu

Ranked no. 409, Negritu reached the quarter after defeating Shinji Hazawa 7-5 6-3, Ryuki Matsuda 6-3 4-6 6-4, Mattia Bellucci 6-7(1) 6-2 7-5 and Federico Cina 7-5 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Negritu had a good straight sets win against Cina (7-5 6-2). During the match Negritu scored 66 points vs Cina’s 49. Christoph was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Negritu bagged 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Christoph Negritu was extremely efficient on serve to win 80% (28/35) of his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Negritu broke Cina 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The German started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

The German’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir and M25 Sion.

Christoph has an aggregate 43-25 win-loss record in 2024, 18-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Hassan	Negritu
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	6	10
Tot Games	55	103
Pts	173-167	349-291
Total Points	340	640
Winners	62	132
%Winners	36%	38%

Hassan played 2 matches while Negritu competed in 4 matches. Negritu started his run from the qualifications while Hassan had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Benjamin Hassan dropped 2 sets, while Christoph Negritu surrendered 2 sets. Hassan has played 4 set(s) less than Negritu (6 vs 10). Therefore, Hassan played 48 games less than Negritu. Benjamin scored 62 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Negritu blasted 132 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Hassan	Negritu
Aces	6	25
Avg per match	3	6.3
1st in	99/176	181/319
%1st in	56%	57%
1st pts	62/99	132/181
%1st pts	63%	73%
2nd pts	39/77	77/138
%2nd pts	51%	56%

Hassan made 6 aces (3 per match). Negritu made 25 aces (6.3 per match). Hassan won 63% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Negritu won 73% 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	Hassan	Negritu
Won	9	18
Converted	9/16	18/41
% Converted	56%	44%
Conceded	18	25
Saved	10	16
% Saved	56%	64%
Times Broken	8	9

Benjamin broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Lebanese dropped his serve 8 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Christoph broke his opponents 18 times with a 44% conversion rate. Christoph conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.

Hassan
	R1 Paul	R2 Jasika	Total
Score	6-3 5-7 6-2	6-4 0-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	29	26	55
pts	98-86	75-81	173-167
Total points	184	156	340
Winners	38	24	62
%Winners	39%	32%	36%
SERVE
Aces	1	5	6
Double Faults	6	0	6
1st in	56/96	43/80	99/176
% 1st in	58%	54%	56%
1st pts	38/56	24/43	62/99
% 1st pts	68%	56%	63%
2nd pts	21/40	18/37	39/77
% 2nd pts	53%	49%	51%
Breaks
Won	5	4	9
Converted	5/9	4/7	9/16
Converted %	56%	57%	56%
Conceded	8	10	18
Saved	5/8	5/10	10
Saved %	63%	50%	57%
Times Broken	3	5	8

Negritu
	Q1 Hazawa	Q3 Matsuda	R1 Bellucci	R2 Cina	Total
Score	7-5 6-3	6-3 4-6 6-4	6-71 6-2 7-5	7-5 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	3	2	10
Tot Games	21	29	33	20	103
pts	79-62	94-87	110-93	66-49	349-291
Total points	141	181	203	115	640
Winners	25	30	49	28	132
%Winners	32%	32%	45%	42%	38%
SERVE
Aces	5	9	8	3	25
Double Faults	1	2	1	1	5
1st in	39/68	47/97	60/97	35/57	181/319
% 1st in	57%	48%	62%	61%	57%
1st pts	25/39	30/47	49/60	28/35	132/181
% 1st pts	64%	64%	82%	80%	73%
2nd pts	19/29	23/50	22/37	13/22	77/138
% 2nd pts	66%	46%	59%	59%	56%
Breaks
Won	4	7	3	4	18
Converted	4/9	7/14	3/6	4/12	18/41
Converted %	44%	50%	50%	33%	44%
Conceded	5	13	4	3	25
Saved	3/5	7/13	4/4	2/3	16
Saved %	60%	54%	100%	67%	141%
Times Broken	2	6	0	1	9

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