Benjamin Hassan

Benjamin Hassan
Country (sports) Germany
 Lebanon
Born (1995-02-04) 4 February 1995 (age 28)
Merzig, Germany
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize moneyUS$181,501
Singles
Career record11–7 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 149 (15 January 2024)
Current rankingNo. 149 (13 November 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2024)
Doubles
Career record1–5 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 776 (17 July 2023)
Current rankingNo. 359 (22 August 2022)
Team competitions
Davis Cup14–10
Last updated on: 14 November 2023.

Benjamin Hassan (born 4 February 1995) is a Lebanese-German tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 149, achieved on 13 November 2023.

Hassan holds dual-citizenship for both Germany and Lebanon, and plays for Lebanon. Despite this the ATP website lists Hassan as playing for Germany.[1]

Hassan represents Lebanon at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 14–10.[2]

Career

He reached the final of the 2023 Lisboa Belém Open where he lost to Flavio Cobolli.[3]

He qualified for the 2023 Stockholm Open for his ATP debut.[4] He also qualified for his first ATP 500, the 2023 Swiss Indoors in Basel defeating Hamad Medjedovic and Dominik Koepfer, but lost to local wildcard Dominic Stricker.[5] He reached the top 150 on 6 November 2023.

Davis Cup

Legend
Group membership
World Group (0–0)
Group I (6–5)
Group II (4–1)
Group III (0)
Group IV (0)
Rubber outcome Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
Increase3–2; 3–4 February 2018; Taadod Sports Academy, Beirut, Lebanon; Group II Asia/Oceania first round; hard (indoor) surface
Victory I Singles Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Yu Cheng-yu 5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Increase3–1; 7–8 April 2018; Notre Dame University – Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon; Group II Asia/Oceania second round; hard surface
Victory I Singles Hong Kong Hong Kong Wong Hong-kit 6–4, 6–1
Victory IV Singles Wong Chun-hun 7–6, 6–3
Increase3–2; 15–16 September 2018; The National Tennis Development Center, Nonthaburi, Thailand; Group II Asia/Oceania third round; hard surface
Victory II Singles Thailand Thailand Palaphoom Kovapitukted 6–3, 6–4
Defeat IV Singles Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul 4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Decrease2–3; 13–14 September 2019; Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon, Jounieh, Lebanon; Group I Asia/Oceania; clay surface
Victory II Singles Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Khumoyun Sultanov 2–6, 6–3, 7–5
Defeat III Doubles (with Giovani Samaha) Sanjar Fayziev

Jurabek Karimov

2–6, 7–5, 3–6
Victory IV Singles Sanjar Fayziev 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Increase3–1; 6–7 March 2020; Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon, Jounieh, Lebanon; World Group I qualifying round; clay surface
Victory I Singles Thailand Thailand Jirat Navasirisomboon 6–1, 6–2
Victory III Doubles (with Giovani Samaha) Kittirat KerdlapheePhongsapak Kerdlaphee 6–3, 6–7(7–9), 6–0
Victory IV Singles Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul 6–2, 6–0
Decrease0–4; 18–19 September 2021; Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon, Jounieh, Lebanon; World Group I; clay surface
Defeat I Singles Brazil Brazil Orlando Luz 4–6, 4–6
Defeat III Doubles (with Hady Habib) Marcelo Demoliner

Rafael Matos

2–6, 6–3, 6–7(5–7)
Decrease1–3; 4–5 March 2022; Jan Group Arena, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland; World Group I qualifying round; hard (indoor) surface
Victory I Singles Switzerland Switzerland Dominic Stricker 6–3, 6–3
Defeat III Doubles (with Hady Habib) Marc-Andrea Hüsler

Dominic Stricker

4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Defeat IV Singles Henri Laaksonen 4–6, 6–7(4–7)

Future and Challenger finals

Singles: 10 (2–8)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–3)
ITF Futures Tour (2–5)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (0–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2017 Belgium F12, Middelkerke Futures Clay Germany Marvin Netuschil 6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2017 France F21, Forbach Futures Carpet (i) Germany Robin Kern 6–4, 5–7, 1–6
Loss 0–3 Dec 2017 Qatar F5, Doha Futures Hard Russia Aslan Karatsev 4–6, 0–6
Loss 0–4 Dec 2017 Qatar F6, Doha Futures Hard Russia Alexey Vatutin 1–6, 5–7
Win 1–4 Mar 2018 Qatar F2, Doha Futures Hard United Kingdom Jay Clarke 3–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–4
Loss 1–5 Aug 2018 Germany F11, Trier Futures Clay Germany Jan Choinski 4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 2–5 Jan 2022 M25 Manacor, Spain World Tennis Tour Hard Spain Alberto Barroso Campos 6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Loss 2–6 Jul 2022 Troyes, France Challenger Clay Argentina Juan Bautista Torres 6–7(2–7), 2–6
Loss 2–7 Aug 2023 Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland Challenger Hard Netherlands Jesper de Jong 3–6, 3–6
Loss 2–8 Oct 2023 Lisbon, Portugal Challenger Hard Italy Flavio Cobolli 5–7, 5–7

Doubles: 8 (4–4)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
ITF Futures Tour (3–3)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2015 Germany F6, Saarlouis Futures Clay Egypt Sherif Abohabaga Croatia Duje Kekez
Ukraine Danylo Kalenichenko
3–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Aug 2018 Germany F11, Trier Futures Clay Germany Constantin Schmitz Germany Christoph Negritu
Peru Alexander Merino
7–6(7–3), 4–6, [12–10]
Win 2–1 Mar 2019 M15 Poreč, Croatia World Tennis Tour Clay Germany Constantin Schmitz Slovenia Nik Razboršek
Slovenia Mike Urbanija
6–2, 6–0
Win 3–1 Apr 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Germany Constantin Schmitz Spain Pablo Llamas Ruiz
Spain Pedro Vives Marcos
6–2, 6–1
Loss 3–2 Apr 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Hard Germany Constantin Schmitz Japan Shintaro Mochizuki
Japan Rio Noguchi
6–7(2–7), 2–6
Loss 3–3 Jan 2022 M25 Manacor, Spain World Tennis Tour Hard Germany Johannes Härteis Spain Alberto Barroso Campos
Spain Imanol Lopez Morillo
6–7(3–7), 4–6
Loss 3–4 May 2022 Mauthausen, Austria Challenger Clay Germany Johannes Härteis Netherlands Sander Arends
Netherlands David Pel
4–6, 3–6
Win 4–4 Aug 2022 M25 Wetzlar, Germany World Tennis Tour Clay France Tristan Lamasine Germany Constantin Frantzen
Germany Tim Sandkaulen
6–4, 6–3

References

  1. ^ Heer, Florian (29 August 2022). "Benjamin Hassan - The marathon winner is now serving for Lebanon". TennisNet. Retrieved 19 January 2024. I haven't switched. That was simply changed by the ATP. I never actively approached them and said that I would like to change the flag under which I would like to compete.
  2. ^ "Tennis - ATP Challenger Koblenz: Überraschungserfolg für Benny Hassan" (in German). SWR Sport.
  3. ^ https://www.atptour.com/en/news/cobolli-hassan-lisbon-challenger-2023-final
  4. ^ https://www.tennismajors.com/atp/stockholm-open-ruusuvuori-makes-second-round-721553.html
  5. ^ https://www.tennismajors.com/atp/swiss-indoors-stricker-makes-second-round-723187.html

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