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.

As per the initial odds, Marin Cilic is the pick to win this match.
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

Marin Cilic

27 - 19win/loss

Hard
3-6
I Hard
4-2
Clay
11-9
Grass
9-2
Rank
75
High
3
LWWLWWWLWL
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.

Helsinki Challenger
Cilic's Record

Benjamin Hassan

Benjamin Hassan

27 - 32win/loss

Hard
13-11
I Hard
1-4
Clay
11-14
Grass
2-3
Rank
233
High
143
LLLLWLWLWW
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.

Helsinki Challenger
Hassan's Record

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