Alibek Kachmazov and Benjamin Hassan will square off in the 2nd round of the Thionville Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 8:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alibek Kachmazov who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Alibek Kachmazov is the pick to win this match.
Alibek Kachmazov -> 1.67
Benjamin Hassan -> 2.1

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Prediction and head to head Alibek Kachmazov vs. Benjamin Hassan

There is no head to head record between Alibek Kachmazov and Benjamin Hassan since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Alibek Kachmazov

Alibek Kachmazov

5 - 7win/loss

Hard
1-2
I Hard
4-5
Rank
186
High
179
WLLLWLWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 5-7 1-2 0-0 4-5 0-0 0-0
2024 37-28 17-13 6-6 14-9 0-0 0-0
2023 49-31 24-14 9-6 14-10 0-0 2-1
2022 49-21 18-11 9-5 22-5 0-0 0-0
2021 36-20 6-8 3-6 27-6 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 186, Kachmazov got to the 2nd round after beating Gauthier Onclin 6-2 6-3.

In the 1st round, Kachmazov had a good straight sets win against Onclin (6-2 6-3). During the match, Kachmazov scored 65 points vs Onclin’s 46. Alibek was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kachmazov struck 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alibek Kachmazov lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kachmazov put 63% of his first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the 2nd serve. Alibek broke Onclin 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Kachmazov has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (195-127). 4-5 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kachmazov has an overall84-40 match record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.

The Russian has a compiled 5-7 win-loss record in 2025, 4-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Thionville Challenger

Alibek has never competed in this tournament before.

Thionville Challenger
Kachmazov's Record

Benjamin Hassan

Benjamin Hassan

8 - 8win/loss

Hard
7-5
I Hard
1-2
Clay
0-1
Rank
204
High
143
WLLLWWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 8-8 7-5 0-1 1-2 0-0 0-0
2024 38-39 8-12 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

Ranked no. 204, Hassan reached the 2nd round after beating Felix Balshaw 6-4 6-3.

In the 1st round, Benjamin had a good straight sets win against Balshaw (6-4 6-3). During the match Hassan scored 66 points vs Balshaw’s 52. Benjamin was pretty aggressive to blast 15 winners.

About the serving games, Hassan recorded 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Benjamin Hassan lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Hassan put 54% of his first serves in, winning 54% (15/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the 2nd serve. Benjamin broke Balshaw 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Hassan’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Tenerife 2 Challenger.

Benjamin has an aggregate 8-8 win-loss record in 2025, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Thionville Challenger
Hassan's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

A.Kachmazov
B.Hassan
1h:20
1h:20
Time on court​
1h:13
1h:13
1h:20
1h:20
Last match​
1h:13
1h:13
1
1
Match played
1
1
17
17
Games Played​
19
19
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
65
65
Total points​
66
66
65
65
Avg point​
66
66
25
25
Winners
15
15
25
25
Avg Winners​
15
15
38%
38%
Ratio winners
23%
23%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
3
3
8
8
Avg Aces
3
3
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
1
1
Avg Double Faults
2
2
25/36
25/36
1st won total​
15/28
15/28
69%
69%
1st won %
54%
54%
13/21
13/21
2nd won total​
16/24
16/24
!
62%
62%
2nd won %
!
67%
67%
-- Break Points --
4/8
4/8
BP won
6/11
6/11
4/8
4/8
Avg BP won
6/11
6/11
50%
50%
Won
!
55%
55%
4
4
Conceded
3
3
4
4
Avg Conceded
3
3
1
1
Broken
3
3
1
1
Avg Broken
3
3
3
3
Saved
0
0

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kachmazov Hassan
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 19
Pts 65-46 66-52
Total Points 111 118
Winners 25 15
%Winners 38% 23%

Both Kachmazov and Hassan played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kachmazov and Hassan have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kachmazov played 2 games less than Hassan. The Russian scored 25 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Benjamin made 15 winners (23%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kachmazov Hassan
Aces 8 3
Avg per match 8 3
1st in 36/57 28/52
%1st in 63% 54%
1st pts 25/36 15/28
%1st pts 69% 54%
2nd pts 13/21 16/24
%2nd pts 62% 67%

Kachmazov fired 8 aces . Hassan blasted 3 aces . Kachmazov won 69% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Hassan won 54% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kachmazov Hassan
Won 4 6
Converted 4/8 6/11
% Converted 50% 55%
Conceded 4 3
Saved 3 0
% Saved 75% 0%
Times Broken 1 3

The Russian broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kachmazov conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Lebanese broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Hassan conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Kachmazov
R1
Onclin
Total
Score 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 65-46 65-46
Total points 111 111
Winners 25 25
%Winners 38% 38%
SERVE
Aces 8 8
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 36/57 36/57
% 1st in 63% 63%
1st pts 25/36 25/36
% 1st pts 69% 69%
2nd pts 13/21 13/21
% 2nd pts 62% 62%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/8 4/8
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 3/4 3
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 1 1
Hassan
R1
Balshaw
Total
Score 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 66-52 66-52
Total points 118 118
Winners 15 15
%Winners 23% 23%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 28/52 28/52
% 1st in 54% 54%
1st pts 15/28 15/28
% 1st pts 54% 54%
2nd pts 16/24 16/24
% 2nd pts 67% 67%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/11 6/11
Converted % 55% 55%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 0/3 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 3 3

Tennis Scores in Thionville Challenger

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