Wikipedia - 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. 168, achieved on 7 April 2025. Hassan became the first Lebanese player to qualify for Roland Garros in the Open Era and to break into the top 200 in ATP Rankings history (since 1973). He is currently the No. 2 player from Lebanon. Since 2018, Hassan represents Lebanon at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 17–13.
History
2023: ATP and top 150 debuts
He reached the final of the 2023 Lisboa Belém Open where he lost to Flavio Cobolli.
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 Dominik Koepfer, but lost to local wildcard Dominic Stricker 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 Emilio Nava and Shintaro Mochizuki. He lost to Borna Ćorić 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 2024 Paris Olympics, as the first singles tennis player representing Lebanon. He recorded the first win in tennis for his nation over Christopher Eubanks. 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 Open Era.