Benjamin Hassan and Samir Banerjee will square off in the 2^nd round of the Tiburon Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:30 pm on KENNEDY-GROSSMAN. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Benjamin Hassan is the pick to win this match.
Benjamin Hassan -> 1.65
Samir Banerjee -> 2.13

Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).

To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.

Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).

At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.

 

Prediction and head to head Benjamin Hassan vs. Samir Banerjee

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

Benjamin Hassan

Ranked no. 187, Benjamin got to the 2^nd round after defeating Garrett Johns 7-5 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Hassan had a good straight sets win against Johns (7-5 6-3). During the match, Hassan scored 72 points vs Johns’s 64. The Lebanese was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Regarding the service games, Hassan fired 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Benjamin Hassan lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Hassan put 49% of his first serves in, winning 70% (23/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (21/35) on the 2nd serve. Benjamin broke Johns 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Hassan has winning record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (305-223). 12-9 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hassan has an aggregate 64-45 record in the last years on hard.

The Lebanese’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Tenerife 2 Challenger and the Las Vegas Challenger.

Hassan has an aggregate 26-29 win-loss record in 2025, 12-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tiburon Challenger

Hassan has never competed in this tournament before.

Samir Banerjee

Ranked no. 419, the American reached the 2^nd round after beating Philip Sekulic 6-1 5-7 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The American defeated Sekulic (6-1 5-7 6-4). During the match Banerjee scored 94 points vs Sekulic’s 81. Banerjee was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Banerjee made 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Samir Banerjee lost the serve 5 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Banerjee put 53% of his first serves in, winning 64% (30/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (22/42) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Sekulic 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).

Banerjee’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Dallas and M25 Trelew.

Samir has a compiled 22-5 win-loss record in 2025, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Hassan	Banerjee
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	21	29
Pts	72-64	94-81
Total Points	136	175
Winners	23	30
%Winners	32%	32%

Both Hassan and Banerjee played 1 match. At the moment, Samir Banerjee surrendered 1 set while Benjamin Hassan hasn’t lost a set so far. Hassan has played 1 set(s) less than Banerjee (2 vs 3). Therefore, Hassan played 8 games less than Banerjee. Benjamin scored 23 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Banerjee recorded 30 winners (32%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Hassan	Banerjee
Aces	2	6
Avg per match	2	6
1st in	33/68	47/89
%1st in	49%	53%
1st pts	23/33	30/47
%1st pts	70%	64%
2nd pts	21/35	22/42
%2nd pts	60%	52%

Hassan scored 2 aces . Banerjee scored 6 aces . Hassan won 70% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Banerjee won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Hassan	Banerjee
Won	3	7
Converted	3/9	7/12
% Converted	33%	58%
Conceded	2	9
Saved	1	4
% Saved	50%	44%
Times Broken	1	5

The Lebanese broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Hassan surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Samir conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded.

Hassan
	R1 Johns	Total
Score	7-5 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	72-64	72-64
Total points	136	136
Winners	23	23
%Winners	32%	32%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	33/68	33/68
% 1st in	49%	49%
1st pts	23/33	23/33
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	21/35	21/35
% 2nd pts	60%	60%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/9	3/9
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Banerjee
	R1 Sekulic	Total
Score	6-1 5-7 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	94-81	94-81
Total points	175	175
Winners	30	30
%Winners	32%	32%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	47/89	47/89
% 1st in	53%	53%
1st pts	30/47	30/47
% 1st pts	64%	64%
2nd pts	22/42	22/42
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/12	7/12
Converted %	58%	58%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	4/9	4
Saved %	44%	44%
Times Broken	5	5

Tennis Scores in Tiburon Challenger

• Rafael JodarJodar – Jack Pinnington JonesPinnington Jones (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Nicolas MejiaMejia – Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz (2-6 6-4 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Bor ArtnakArtnak (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Alfredo PerezPerez (4-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Benjamin HassanHassan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas MejiaMejia – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tyler ZinkZink – (0-1) – H2H and prediction