Christopher O Connell and Cristian Garin will play each other in the qualifications of the National Bank Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 12:00 pm on COURT 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Cristian Garin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Cristian Garin is the pick to win this match.
Cristian Garin -> 1.65
Christopher O Connell -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Cristian Garin
This will be the 2nd time that Christopher O Connell and Cristian Garin fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Garin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Garin won 6-4 6-4 in the qualifications in Brisbane back in 2018.
Christopher O Connell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23-28 | 19-15 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-26 | 23-16 | 2-4 | 3-5 | 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 |
Ranked no. 74, the Australian reached the qualifications after beating Thai Kwiatkowski 6-2 2-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, O Connell defeated Kwiatkowski (6-2 2-6 6-4). During the match, O Connell scored 86 points vs Kwiatkowski’s 82. O Connell was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, O Connell made 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Christopher O Connell lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, O Connell put 73% of his first serves in, winning 70% (39/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. Christopher broke Kwiatkowski 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
O Connell has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (343-201). 9-11 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, O Connell has a composed 144-95 match record in the last years on hard.
O Connell’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Split Challenger and Munich.
O Connell has an overall 24-24 win-loss record in 2023, 9-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Montreal
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Cristian Garin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49-22 | 6-6 | 39-13 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 21-24 | 3-6 | 13-14 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-25 | 22-12 | 18-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-23 | 4-5 | 9-11 | 1-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-18 | 2-6 | 15-9 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 101, Christian reached the qualifications after defeating Maxime Janvier 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Chilean had a good straight sets win against Janvier (6-3 6-3). During the match Garin scored 61 points vs Janvier’s 51. Garin was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Garin bagged 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Cristian Garin conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Garin put 59% of his first serves in, winning 79% (30/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Garin broke Janvier 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
The Chilean’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Noumea Challenger and the Iasi Challenger.
Garin has an overall 31-17 win-loss record in 2023, 13-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | O Connell | Garin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 18 |
| Pts | 86-82 | 61-51 |
| Total Points | 168 | 112 |
| Winners | 39 | 30 |
| %Winners | 45% | 49% |
Both O Connell and Garin played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Christopher O Connell surrendered 1 set while Cristian Garin hasn’t surrendered a set so far. O Connell has played 1 set more than Garin (3 vs 2). Therefore, O Connell played 8 games more than Garin. Christopher scored 39 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Chilean made 30 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | O Connell | Garin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 3 |
| 1st in | 56/77 | 38/64 |
| %1st in | 73% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 39/56 | 30/38 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 9/21 | 12/26 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 46% |
O Connell blasted 8 aces . Garin scored 3 aces . O Connell won 70% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Garin won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | O Connell | Garin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 36% | 75% |
| Conceded | 7 | 2 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 57% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Christopher broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Christopher dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Garin broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Chilean was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| O Connell | |||
| Q1 Kwiatkowski |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 86-82 | 86-82 | |
| Total points | 168 | 168 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 56/77 | 56/77 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 39/56 | 39/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/21 | 9/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Garin | |||
| Q1 Janvier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 61-51 | 61-51 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 38/64 | 38/64 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 30/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/26 | 12/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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