Benjamin Hassan

Benjamin Hassan (Arabic: بنيامين حسن; born 4 February 1995) is a German-born tennis player, currently representing Lebanon. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 143, achieved on 17 June 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 194, achieved on 25 November 2024. He is currently the No. 2 player from Lebanon.^[3]

Benjamin Hassan

Native name	بنيامين حسن
Country (sports)	Lebanon (Davis Cup since 2018, Olympics since 2024)[1]  Germany (–2024)
Born	(1995-02-04) 4 February 1995 (age 30) Merzig, Germany
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Plays	Right-handed
Coach	Hasan Ibrahim, Saki Hassan
Prize money	US$414,518
Singles
Career record	16–12 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 143 (17 June 2024)
Current ranking	No. 218 (2 December 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2024, 2025)
French Open	Q2 (2024)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2024)
US Open	Q1 (2024)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2024)
Doubles
Career record	4–9 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 194 (25 November 2024)
Current ranking	No. 196 (2 December 2024)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2024)
Last updated on: 30 November 2024.

Since 2018, Hassan represents Lebanon at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 17–13.^[4][1]

Career

2023: ATP debut

He reached the final of the 2023 Lisboa Belém Open where he lost to Flavio Cobolli.^[5]

He qualified for the 2023 Stockholm Open for his ATP debut.^[6] 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 main draw first round.^[7]

2024: Historic Olympics participation and first win, Masters debut

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.^[8]

Ranked No. 146, on 10 June 2024, he was granted the Universality place for the 2024 Paris Olympics, as the first singles tennis player representing Lebanon.^[1][9] He recorded the first win in tennis for his nation over Christopher Eubanks.^[10] He also took part in the doubles event partnering compatriot Hady Habib.^[11]

Personal life

Hassan holds dual-citizenship for both Germany and Lebanon, and plays for Lebanon. Despite this the ATP website listed him as playing for Germany until June 2024.^[12] His father Zaki Hassan played in the Lebanese team 1996 Davis Cup.

Performance timelines

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, Grand Slams and Olympic Games main-draw results are considered in the career statistics.

Singles

Current through the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Tournament	2023	2024	2025	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q2	Q2	0 / 0	0–0
French Open	A	Q2		0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	A	Q1		0 / 0	0–0
US Open	A	Q1		0 / 0	0–0
National representation[a]
Olympic Games	NH	2R		0 / 1	1–1
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	2		4
Overall win–loss	0–2	1–2		1–4
Year-end ranking	151	245

Doubles

Current through the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Tournament	2024	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	0 / 0	0–0
French Open	A	0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	A	0 / 0	0–0
US Open		0 / 0	0–0
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Madrid Open	2R	0 / 1	1–1
National representation[a]
Olympic Games	1R	0 / 1	0–1
Career statistics
Tournaments	3	3
Overall win–loss	2–3	2–3
Year-end ranking	230

1. for Lebanon

ATP Challenger finals

Singles: 3 (0–3)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2022	Troyes, France	Clay	Juan Bautista Torres	6–7(2–7), 2–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 2023	Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland	Hard	Jesper de Jong	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Oct 2023	Lisbon, Portugal	Clay	Flavio Cobolli	5–7, 5–7

Doubles: 3 (3–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2022	Mauthausen, Austria	Clay	Johannes Härteis	Sander Arends David Pel	4–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	September 2024	Genoa, Italy	Clay	David Vega Hernández	Romain Arneodo Théo Arribagé	6–4, 7–5
Win	2–1	November 2024	Yokohama, Japan	Hard	Saketh Myneni	Blake Bayldon Calum Puttergill	6–2, 6–4
Win	3–1	March 2025	Menorca, Spain	Clay	Sebastian Ofner	Andrea Vavassori Matteo Vavassori	7–5, 6–3

ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (2–5)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (0–2)
Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2017	Belgium F12, Middelkerke	Clay	Marvin Netuschil	6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 2017	France F21, Forbach	Carpet (i)	Robin Kern	6–4, 5–7, 1–6
Loss	0–3	Dec 2017	Qatar F5, Doha	Hard	Aslan Karatsev	4–6, 0–6
Loss	0–4	Dec 2017	Qatar F6, Doha	Hard	Alexey Vatutin	1–6, 5–7
Win	1–4	Mar 2018	Qatar F2, Doha	Hard	Jay Clarke	3–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–4
Loss	1–5	Aug 2018	Germany F11, Trier	Clay	Jan Choinski	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	2–5	Jan 2022	M25 Manacor, Spain	Hard	Alberto Barroso Campos	6–2, 2–6, 6–3

Doubles: 7 (4–3)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (4–1)

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

Result	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
Win	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
Win	I	Singles	Hong Kong	Wong Hong-kit	6–4, 6–1
Win	IV	Singles		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
Win	II	Singles	Thailand	Palaphoom Kovapitukted	6–3, 6–4
Loss	IV	Singles		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
Win	II	Singles	Uzbekistan	Khumoyun Sultanov	2–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss	III	Doubles (with Giovani Samaha)		Sanjar Fayziev Jurabek Karimov	2–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win	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
Win	I	Singles	Thailand	Jirat Navasirisomboon	6–1, 6–2
Win	III	Doubles (with Giovani Samaha)		Kittirat KerdlapheePhongsapak Kerdlaphee	6–3, 6–7(7–9), 6–0
Win	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
Loss	I	Singles	Brazil	Orlando Luz	4–6, 4–6
Loss	III	Doubles (with Hady Habib)		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
Win	I	Singles	Switzerland	Dominic Stricker	6–3, 6–3
Loss	III	Doubles (with Hady Habib)		Marc-Andrea Hüsler Dominic Stricker	4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	IV	Singles		Henri Laaksonen	4–6, 6–7(4–7)