Marin Cilic and Benjamin Hassan will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Helsinki Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 8:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marin Cilic who should win in 2 sets.
Marin Cilic -> 1.114
Benjamin Hassan -> 5.3
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Prediction and head to head Marin Cilic vs. Benjamin Hassan
There is no head to head record between Marin Cilic and Benjamin Hassan since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Marin Cilic
27 - 19win/loss
75
3
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-20 | 3-6 | 11-9 | 6-3 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 9-11 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-21 | 16-10 | 9-5 | 4-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-23 | 6-9 | 5-5 | 13-7 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 75, the Croatian will start his run in the Helsinki Challenger after he played his last match in Basel where he lost 7-6(2) 7-6(2) to Auger-Aliassime in the 2nd round on the 23rd of October.
Marin has a composed 27-19 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Girona Challenger where he overcame Elmer Moller in the final 6-3 6-4 and the Nottingham 2 Challenger where he beat Shintaro Mochizuki in the final 6-2 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, Cilic has an overall 724-401 record. He has a positive 161-84 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
Cilic has never competed in this tournament before.
Benjamin Hassan
27 - 32win/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. 218, the Lebanese will start his run in the Helsinki Challenger after he played his last match in the Lincoln Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-4
to Wiskandt in the 1st round on the 14th of October.Benjamin has a compiled 27-32 win-loss record in 2025, 1-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Benjamin’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Tenerife 2 Challenger and the Las Vegas Challenger.
In terms of his career, The Lebanese has an overall 306-226 record. He has a positive 49-46 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marin CilicCilic – Benjamin HassanHassan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Titouan DroguetDroguet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nerman FaticFatic – Calvin HemeryHemery (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Brandon HoltHolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Matteo MartineauMartineau (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Norbert GombosGombos (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Remy BertolaBertola – Stuart ParkerParker (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Henri SquireSquire – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Chris RodeschRodesch – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-0) – H2H and prediction