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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