Benjamin Hassan

Lebanese tennis player

Benjamin Hassan
Singles
Country (sports)	Germany Lebanon
Born	(1995-02-04) 4 February 1995 (age 29) Merzig, Germany
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$262,731
Career record	12–9 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 149 (13 November 2023)
Current ranking	No. 159 (22 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2024)
Doubles
Career record	1–6 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 359 (22 August 2022)
Current ranking	No. 1165 (22 April 2024)
Last updated on: 23 April 2024.

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 represents Lebanon at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 15–12.^[1]

Career

He reached the final of the 2023 Lisboa Belém Open where he lost to Flavio Cobolli.^[2]

He qualified for the 2023 Stockholm Open for his ATP debut.^[3] 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 in the first round.^[4] He reached the top 150 on 6 November 2023.

He entered the qualifying competition at the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open as an alternate and qualified for his first Masters 1000 main draw with wins over Emilio Nava and Shintaro Mochizuki.

Personal life

Hassan holds dual-citizenship for both Germany and Lebanon, and plays for Lebanon. Despite this the ATP website lists Hassan as playing for Germany.^[5]

Singles performance timeline

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only ATP Tour and Grand Slam main-draw results are considered in the career statistics.

Current through the 2024 Madrid Open.

Tournament	2023	2024	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q2	0 / 0	0–0
French Open	A		0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	A		0 / 0	0–0
US Open	A		0 / 0	0–0
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Open	A	Q2	0 / 0	0–0
Miami Open	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0
Madrid Open	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1
Career statistics
Tournaments	2	1	3
Overall win–loss	0–2	0–1	0–3
Year-end ranking	151

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 10 (2–8)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–3)
ITF Futures (2–5)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (0–4)
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	Marvin Netuschil	6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 2017	France F21, Forbach	Futures	Carpet (i)	Robin Kern	6–4, 5–7, 1–6
Loss	0–3	Dec 2017	Qatar F5, Doha	Futures	Hard	Aslan Karatsev	4–6, 0–6
Loss	0–4	Dec 2017	Qatar F6, Doha	Futures	Hard	Alexey Vatutin	1–6, 5–7
Win	1–4	Mar 2018	Qatar F2, Doha	Futures	Hard	Jay Clarke	3–6, 7–6^(7–1), 6–4
Loss	1–5	Aug 2018	Germany F11, Trier	Futures	Clay	Jan Choinski	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	2–5	Jan 2022	M25 Manacor, Spain	World Tour	Hard	Alberto Barroso Campos	6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Loss	2–6	Jul 2022	Troyes, France	Challenger	Clay	Juan Bautista Torres	6–7^(2–7), 2–6
Loss	2–7	Aug 2023	Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland	Challenger	Hard	Jesper de Jong	3–6, 3–6
Loss	2–8	Oct 2023	Lisbon, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Flavio Cobolli	5–7, 5–7

Doubles: 8 (4–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (4–3)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (4–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

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

Davis Cup

Legend
Group membership
World Group (0–0)
Group I (6–5)
Group II (4–1)

indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

Rubber outcome	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
3–2; 3–4 February 2018; Taadod Sports Academy, Beirut, Lebanon; Group II Asia/Oceania first round; hard (indoor) surface
Victory	I	Singles	Chinese Taipei	Yu Cheng-yu	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
3–1; 7–8 April 2018; Notre Dame University – Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon; Group II Asia/Oceania second round; hard surface
Victory	I	Singles	Hong Kong	Wong Hong-kit	6–4, 6–1
Victory	IV	Singles	Hong Kong	Wong Chun-hun	7–6, 6–3
3–2; 15–16 September 2018; The National Tennis Development Center, Nonthaburi, Thailand; Group II Asia/Oceania third round; hard surface
Victory	II	Singles	Thailand	Palaphoom Kovapitukted	6–3, 6–4
Defeat	IV	Singles	Thailand	Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
2–3; 13–14 September 2019; Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon, Jounieh, Lebanon; Group I Asia/Oceania; clay surface
Victory	II	Singles	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
3–1; 6–7 March 2020; Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon, Jounieh, Lebanon; World Group I qualifying round; clay surface
Victory	I	Singles	Thailand	Jirat Navasirisomboon	6–1, 6–2
Victory	III	Doubles (with Giovani Samaha)		Kittirat Kerdlaphee Phongsapak Kerdlaphee	6–3, 6–7^(7–9), 6–0
Victory	IV	Singles		Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul	6–2, 6–0
0–4; 18–19 September 2021; Automobile and Touring Club of Lebanon, Jounieh, Lebanon; World Group I; clay surface
Defeat	I	Singles	Brazil	Orlando Luz	4–6, 4–6
Defeat	III	Doubles (with Hady Habib)	Brazil	Marcelo Demoliner Rafael Matos	2–6, 6–3, 6–7^(5–7)
1–3; 4–5 March 2022; Jan Group Arena, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland; World Group I qualifying round; hard (indoor) surface
Victory	I	Singles	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)

References

^ "Tennis - ATP Challenger Koblenz: Überraschungserfolg für Benny Hassan" (in German). SWR Sport.
^ "#NextGenATP Flavio Cobolli Earns Second Challenger Title, Boosts Jeddah Hopes | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
^ "Ruusuvuori beats qualifier Hassan to make second round". Tennis Majors. 2023-10-17. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
^ "Tennis, ATP – Swiss Indoors 2023: Stricker gets past Hassan". Tennis Majors. 2023-10-24. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
^ 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.