Ivo Karlovic and Christopher O Connell will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Houston Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:30 pm on MATCH COURT 1.
Ivo Karlovic: results and record
Ranked no. 106, the Croatian reached the semifinal after defeating Liam Caruana 7-5 6-4, Sekou Bangoura 7-65 2-6 6-4 and Alexis Galarneau 7-63 7-67.
Karlovic’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Pune.
Ivo has a 21-20 win-loss record in 2019, 14-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Houston Challenger
Ivo had to bow in the quarter 6-1 6-4 to Dominik Koepfer.
Christopher O Connell: results and record
Ranked no. 128 (career high), the Australian got to the semifinal after beating Andrea Vavassori 6-3 5-7 6-4, Adrian Menendez-Maceiras 7-63 6-4 and Michael Mmoh 5-0 ret..
The Australian best result of the year was getting to the final in the Knoxville Challenger,the Fairfield Challenger,the Sibiu Challenger and the Cordenons Challenger.
O has a 32-14 win-loss record in 2019, 12-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Houston Challenger
The Australian didn’t play in the Houston Challenger in 2018.
Houston Challenger Live score and result Ivo Karlovic vs. Christopher O Connell
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Prediction and head to head Ivo Karlovic vs. Christopher O Connell
There is no head to head record between Ivo Karlovic and Christopher O Connell since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
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 -> 1.80
Ivo Karlovic -> 1.90
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Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in
- Ivo KarlovicKarlovic – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (7-63 7-67) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Michael RedlickiRedlicki (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Jason JungJung (6-1 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Michael MmohMmoh (5-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Michael RedlickiRedlicki (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Jason JungJung (6-1 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Ivo KarlovicKarlovic – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – See H2H details
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Marcos GironGiron (0-0) – See H2H details