Alexander Shevchenko and Christopher O Connell will play each other in the qualifications of the Cincinnati Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:00 PM on Champions\’ Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Shevchenko who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexander Shevchenko is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Shevchenko -> 1.84
Christopher O Connell -> 1.84

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Shevchenko vs. Christopher O Connell

This will be the 2^nd time that Alexander Shevchenko and Christopher O Connell square off. The head to head is 1-0 for O (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, O won 6-3 6-1 in the 2^nd round in Adelaide back in 2024.

Alexander Shevchenko

Alexander Shevchenko

26 - 27win/loss

Hard

10-10

I Hard

2-3

Clay

14-12

Grass

0-2

Rank
109

High
45

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2026	29-33	12-15	14-12	3-4	0-2	0-0
2025	32-34	11-12	19-16	2-4	0-2	0-0
2024	22-35	8-13	6-12	7-7	1-3	0-0
2023	45-34	16-15	19-13	10-5	0-1	0-0
2022	50-33	2-4	41-23	7-6	0-0	0-0

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Ranked no. 89, Alexander got to the qualifications after defeating Pablo Llamas Ruiz 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Llamas Ruiz (6-3 6-4). During the match, Shevchenko scored 71 points vs Llamas Ruiz’s 58. The Kazakhstani was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Shevchenko scored 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexander Shevchenko was pretty efficient on serve to win 83% (29/35) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Kazakhstani broke Llamas Ruiz twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Shevchenko has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 57% of his matches (310-231). 10-9 on hard in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Shevchenko has a compiled69-62 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

Alexander’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Bratislava Challenger.

Shevchenko has an overall 26-26 win-loss record in 2026, 10-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See his history.

Cincinnati

Shevchenko's Record

Christopher O Connell

Christopher O Connell

19 - 20win/loss

Hard

8-9

I Hard

4-2

Clay

0-6

Grass

7-3

Rank
118

High
53

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2026	23-22	12-11	0-6	4-2	7-3	0-0
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

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Ranked no. 133, Christopher reached the qualifications after defeating Dane Sweeny 6-7(3) 6-2 7-5.

In the qualifications against Sweeny, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7³ 6-2 7-5). During the match O scored 111 points vs Sweeny’s 91. Christopher was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.

About the serving games, O fired 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Christopher O Connell lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, O put 57% of his first serves in, winning 69% (38/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (26/41) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Sweeny 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Nottingham 2 Challenger where he defeated Otto Virtanen in the final 7-6(3) 7-6(6).

Christopher has an overall 18-20 win-loss record in 2026, 7-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Cincinnati

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022 and 2023. See his history.

Cincinnati

O's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Shevchenko and O played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Christopher O Connell lost 1 set while Alexander Shevchenko hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Shevchenko has played 1 set(s) less than O (2 vs 3). Therefore, Shevchenko played 14 games less than O. Shevchenko scored 29 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian managed to score 38 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Shevchenko fired 10 aces . O managed to score 9 aces . Shevchenko won 83% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, O won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Alexander broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Shevchenko pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. Christopher broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. O conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

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Christopher
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Rank

109

High

45

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Rank

118

High

53

Win Loss

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2026 2025 2024

29 - 32

23 - 22

12-15

Hard

12-11

3-3

I Hard

4-2

14-12

Clay

0-6

0-2

Grass

7-3

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