Benjamin Hassan (; born 4 February 1995) is a German-born

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player, currently representing

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. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 143, achieved on 17 June 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 168, achieved on 7 April 2025. Hassan became the first Lebanese player to qualify for Roland Garros in the

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and to break into the top 200 in ATP Rankings history (since 1973).ATP MEDIA NOTES DAY 2 – TUESDAY 15 OCTOBER 2024
/ref> He is currently the No. 2 player from Lebanon. Since 2018, Hassan represents

at the

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, where he has a W/L record of 17–13.

Career

2023: ATP and top 150 debuts

He reached the final of the 2023 Lisboa Belém Open where he lost to

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. He qualified for the 2023 Stockholm Open for his ATP debut. He also qualified for his first ATP 500, the 2023 Swiss Indoors in Basel defeating Hamad Medjedovic and

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, but lost to local wildcard

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in the main draw first round.

2024-2025: Historic Olympics first win and Major, Masters debuts

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

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and

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. He lost to

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in the first round. As a result after the tournament, he reached a new career-high in the top 150 of No. 147 on 6 May 2024. Ranked No. 146, on 10 June 2024, he was granted the Universality place for the

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, as the first singles tennis player representing Lebanon. He recorded the first win in tennis for his nation over

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. He also took part in the doubles event partnering compatriot Hady Habib. Ranked No. 239, Hassan made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2025 French Open as a qualifier becoming the first Lebanese player to qualify for Roland Garros in the

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. His father Zaki Hassan played in the Lebanese team 1996 Davis Cup.

Performance timelines

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

Singles

''Current through the

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Doubles

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ATP Challenger finals

Singles: 3 (0–3)

Doubles: 3 (3–1)

ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (2–5)

Doubles: 7 (4–3)

Davis Cup

* indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by

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, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hassan, Benjamin 1995 births Living people German male tennis players Lebanese male tennis players German people of Lebanese descent People from Merzig-Wadern Tennis players at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century German sportsmen Olympic tennis players for Lebanon