Benjamin Hassan and Marek Gengel will play each other in the 1st round of the Istanbul Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 11:30 am on HILTON COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Benjamin Hassan who should win in 2 sets.
Benjamin Hassan -> 1.29
Marek Gengel -> 3.34
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Prediction and head to head Benjamin Hassan vs. Marek Gengel
This will be the 2nd time that Benjamin Hassan and Marek Gengel face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Hassan (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Hassan won 6-2 6-7(5) 5-3 ret. in the qualifications in the St. Brieuc Challenger back in 2022.
Benjamin Hassan
22 - 27win/loss
233
143
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27-34 | 13-11 | 11-14 | 1-6 | 2-3 | 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. 200, the Lebanese will start his run in the Istanbul Challenger after he played his last match in the Manacor Challenger where he lost 6-3 7-6(5) to Paul in the 1st round on the 27th of August.
Benjamin has an overall 22-27 win-loss record in 2025, 8-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Hassan’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Tenerife 2 Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Benjamin has an overall 301-221 record. He has a positive 60-43 record on hard.
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
Benjamin has never competed in this tournament before.
Marek Gengel
15 - 21win/loss
323
229
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20-30 | 20-26 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 85-26 | 82-22 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-27 | 14-15 | 0-7 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-29 | 28-16 | 4-8 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 52-28 | 47-14 | 3-8 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 251, Gengel will start his run in the Istanbul Challenger after he played his last match in the Manacor Challenger where he lost 2-6 7-6(4) 6-0 to Coulibaly in the 1st round on the 27th of August.
Marek has an aggregate 15-21 win-loss record in 2025, 15-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Marek’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Brisbane 1 Challenger.
In terms of his career, The Czech has an overall 335-243 record. He has a positive 268-137 record on hard.
Tennis Scores in Istanbul Challenger
- Mert Naci TurkerNaci Turker – Kaya ArincArinc (7-63 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz (7-65 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lukas KleinKlein – Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis – Christian LangmoLangmo (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Ivan NedelkoNedelko – Alex MolcanMolcan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Nicolas MejiaMejia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Juan Hernandez SerranoHernandez Serrano (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vadym UrsuUrsu – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Koray KirciKirci – Luca PotenzaPotenza (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Alastair GrayGray (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marek GengelGengel – Benjamin HassanHassan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Moez EcharguiEchargui – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pavel KotovKotov – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Peter MakkMakk – Calvin HemeryHemery (0-0) – H2H and prediction