Grigor Dimitrov and Christopher O Connell will play each other in the quarter of the Chengdu Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 8:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Grigor Dimitrov who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Grigor Dimitrov is the pick to win this match.
Grigor Dimitrov -> 1.28
Christopher O Connell -> 3.68
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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Christopher O Connell
This will be the 3rd time that Grigor Dimitrov and Christopher O Connell square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Dimitrov won 6-7(5) 7-5 6-4 in the quarter in Geneva back in May 2023.
Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs Christopher O Connell – Geneva 25-May-2023
Grigor Dimitrov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 46-18 | 21-7 | 8-4 | 13-5 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-21 | 16-10 | 10-5 | 10-4 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-22 | 10-11 | 10-5 | 5-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-18 | 18-10 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-11 | 8-5 | 6-2 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 20, the Bulgarian reached the quarter after defeating Juan Pablo Varillas 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Bulgarian had a good straight sets win against Pablo Patino-Samudio (6-3 6-4). During the match, Dimitrov scored 61 points vs Pablo Patino-Samudio’s 45. The Bulgarian was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Dimitrov recorded 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Grigor Dimitrov lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Dimitrov put 72% of his first serves in, winning 77% (30/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 27% (4/15) on the 2nd serve. The Bulgarian broke Pablo Patino-Samudio 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Dimitrov has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (318-192). 9-7 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Dimitrov has an aggregate 156-94 record in the last years on hard.
Dimitrov’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Geneva.
Dimitrov has a compiled 30-16 win-loss record in 2023, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Chengdu
Christopher O Connell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 12-12 | 4-5 | 4-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 53 (career-high), O reached the quarter after defeating Alibek Kachmazov 7-63 6-4 and Taro Daniel 7-610 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Christopher had a good straight sets win against Daniel (7-610 6-4). During the match O scored 100 points vs Daniel’s 88. Christopher was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.
About the serving games, O blasted 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Christopher O Connell lost the serve once and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, O put 57% of his first serves in, winning 80% (44/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (21/42) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Daniel twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Christopher hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Shanghai Challenger where he overcame Yosuke Watanuki in the final 6-3 7-5.
The Australian has a composed 34-28 win-loss record in 2023, 19-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Dimitrov | O |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 46 |
| Pts | 61-45 | 184-161 |
| Total Points | 106 | 345 |
| Winners | 30 | 74 |
| %Winners | 49% | 40% |
Dimitrov played 1 match while O competed in 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Dimitrov has played 2 set(s) less than O (2 vs 4). Therefore, Dimitrov played 27 games less than O. Dimitrov scored 30 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian bagged 74 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Dimitrov | O |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 7.5 |
| 1st in | 39/54 | 99/170 |
| %1st in | 72% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 30/39 | 74/99 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 4/15 | 39/71 |
| %2nd pts | 27% | 55% |
Dimitrov made 6 aces . O made 15 aces (7.5 per match). Dimitrov won 77% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 27% of the points. On the other side, O won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Dimitrov | O |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/19 |
| % Converted | 71% | 26% |
| Conceded | 3 | 18 |
| Saved | 0 | 15 |
| % Saved | 0% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
The Bulgarian broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Dimitrov dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. O broke his opponents 5 times with a 26% conversion rate. Christopher conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Dimitrov | |||
| R2 Pablo Patino-Samudio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 61-45 | 61-45 | |
| Total points | 106 | 106 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 39/54 | 39/54 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 30/39 | 30/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/15 | 4/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 27% | 27% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| O | ||||
| R1 Kachmazov |
R2 Daniel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-4 | 7-610 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | 46 | |
| pts | 84-73 | 100-88 | 184-161 | |
| Total points | 157 | 188 | 345 | |
| Winners | 30 | 44 | 74 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 44% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 9 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 44/73 | 55/97 | 99/170 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 57% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 30/44 | 44/55 | 74/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 80% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/29 | 21/42 | 39/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 50% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 2/10 | 5/19 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 20% | 26% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 10 | 18 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 9/10 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 90% | 165% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
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