Sebastian Baez and Christopher O Connell will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Sydney Tennis Classic for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Christopher O Connell who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Christopher O Connell is the pick to win this match.
Christopher O Connell -> 1.90
Sebastian Baez -> 1.90
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Baez vs. Christopher O Connell
There is no head to head record between Sebastian Baez and Christopher O Connell since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Sebastian Baez
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 31-23 | 5-8 | 26-11 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
2023 | 33-27 | 9-7 | 22-13 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
2022 | 35-32 | 6-12 | 27-12 | 0-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
2021 | 56-16 | 2-1 | 52-12 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2020 | 28-13 | 10-3 | 18-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 95 (career-high), Baez reached the 1st round after defeating Moerani Bouzige 6-3 7-5 and Daniel Altmaier 7-64 7-5.
In the qualifications, Baez had a good straight sets win against Altmaier (7-64 7-5). During the match, Baez scored 95 points vs Altmaier’s 88. Sebastian was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Baez scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Sebastian Baez lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Baez put 65% of his first serves in, winning 67% (41/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the 2nd serve. Sebastian broke Altmaier 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sebastian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Baez has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 71% of his matches (155-64). 3-2 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Baez has an overall16-7 record in the last 7 years on hard.
Baez has an overall 3-2 win-loss record in 2022, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Sydney
Baez has never competed in this tournament before.
Christopher O Connell
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 25-20 | 23-15 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2023 | 38-34 | 19-18 | 11-9 | 4-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
2022 | 50-25 | 30-16 | 12-5 | 3-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
2021 | 22-16 | 14-9 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
2020 | 12-12 | 4-5 | 4-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 173, O got to the 1st round after defeating Andreas Seppi 6-4 6-3 and Stefano Travaglia 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, O had a good straight sets win against Travaglia (6-3 6-4). During the match O scored 59 points vs Travaglia’s 49. O was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, O recorded 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Christopher O Connell was very effective on serve to win 73% (27/37) of his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Christopher broke Travaglia 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
O started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
The Australian has a compiled 2-1 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Baez | O |
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Match played | 2 | 2 |
Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
Tot Games | 46 | 38 |
Pts | 168-147 | 128-100 |
Total Points | 315 | 228 |
Winners | 71 | 53 |
%Winners | 42% | 41% |
Both Baez and O played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Baez and O have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Baez played 8 games more than O. Sebastian scored 71 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Christopher blasted 53 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Baez | O |
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Aces | 4 | 13 |
Avg per match | 2 | 6.5 |
1st in | 102/146 | 73/113 |
%1st in | 70% | 65% |
1st pts | 71/102 | 53/73 |
%1st pts | 70% | 73% |
2nd pts | 25/44 | 24/40 |
%2nd pts | 57% | 60% |
Baez managed to score 4 aces (2 per match). O bagged 13 aces (6.5 per match). Baez won 70% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, O won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Baez | O |
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Won | 8 | 7 |
Converted | 8/25 | 7/14 |
% Converted | 32% | 50% |
Conceded | 8 | 10 |
Saved | 4 | 7 |
% Saved | 50% | 70% |
Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
The Argentine broke his opponents 8 times with a 32% conversion rate. Baez surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. O conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
Baez | ||||
Q1 Bouzige |
Q3 Altmaier |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-3 7-5 | 7-64 7-5 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 21 | 25 | 46 | |
pts | 73-59 | 95-88 | 168-147 | |
Total points | 132 | 183 | 315 | |
Winners | 30 | 41 | 71 | |
%Winners | 41% | 43% | 42% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
1st in | 41/52 | 61/94 | 102/146 | |
% 1st in | 79% | 65% | 70% | |
1st pts | 30/41 | 41/61 | 71/102 | |
% 1st pts | 73% | 67% | 70% | |
2nd pts | 8/11 | 17/33 | 25/44 | |
% 2nd pts | 73% | 52% | 57% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
Converted | 4/13 | 4/12 | 8/25 | |
Converted % | 31% | 33% | 32% | |
Conceded | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
Saved | 1/2 | 3/6 | 4 | |
Saved % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 |
O | ||||
Q1 Seppi |
Q3 Travaglia |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 38 | |
pts | 69-51 | 59-49 | 128-100 | |
Total points | 120 | 108 | 228 | |
Winners | 26 | 27 | 53 | |
%Winners | 38% | 46% | 41% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 9 | 4 | 13 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
1st in | 36/54 | 37/59 | 73/113 | |
% 1st in | 67% | 63% | 65% | |
1st pts | 26/36 | 27/37 | 53/73 | |
% 1st pts | 72% | 73% | 73% | |
2nd pts | 11/18 | 13/22 | 24/40 | |
% 2nd pts | 61% | 59% | 60% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
Converted | 4/10 | 3/4 | 7/14 | |
Converted % | 40% | 75% | 50% | |
Conceded | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
Saved | 2/4 | 5/6 | 7 | |
Saved % | 50% | 83% | 67% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 |
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