Christopher O Connell and Alexander Crnokrak will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Bendigo Challenger for the 1st time in their career.
Christopher O Connell: results and record
Ranked no. 116 (career high), Christopher reached the 3rd round after defeating Liam Caruana 6-3 6-1.
Previous match vs. Liam Caruana
In the 2nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Caruana (6-3 6-1). During the match O Connell scored 59 points vs. Caruana’s 37. Christopher was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, O Connell blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Christopher O Connell was extremely effective on serve to win 82% (23/28) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Christopher broke Caruana 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
O Connell winning performance
O Connell has a unfavourable record in the last 8 years having won 49% of his matches (211-202). 2-1 on hard in 2020 In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, O Connell has a 52-54 record in the last 8 years on hard.
O Connell has a 2-1 win-loss record in 2020, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Bendigo Challenger
The Australian didn’t play in the Bendigo Challenger in 2019.
Alexander Crnokrak: results and record
Ranked no. 728 (career high), Crnokrak got to the 3rd round after defeating Toshihide Matsui 6-2 6-0 and Hugo Gaston 6-4 7-62.
Previous match vs. Hugo Gaston
In the 2nd round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Gaston (6-4 7-62). During the match Crnokrak scored 73 points vs. Gaston’s 61. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Crnokrak blasted 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Alexander Crnokrak was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (33/42) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Australian broke Gaston 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Crnokrak hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 61% of the points he played.
Crnokrak winning performance
Crnokrak has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 53% of his matches (23-20). 2-0 on hard in 2020 In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Crnokrak has a 7-7 record in the last 5 years on hard.
The Australian has a 2-0 win-loss record in 2020, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Bendigo Challenger
The Australian didn’t play in the Bendigo Challenger in 2019.
Bendigo Challenger Live score and result Christopher O Connell vs. Alexander Crnokrak
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O Connell vs Crnokrak – Tournament Performance
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | O Connell | Crnokrak |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 37 |
| Pts | 59-37 | 125-80 |
| Total Points | 96 | 205 |
| Winners | 23 | 46 |
| %Winners | 39% | 37% |
O Connell played 1 matche while Crnokrak competed in 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. O Connell has played 2 sets less than Crnokrak (2 vs 4). Therefore, O Connell played 21 games less than Crnokrak. O Connell scored 23 winners (39% on total points). On the other side, The Australian blasted 46 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | O Connell | Crnokrak |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 8.5 |
| 1st in | 28/47 | 55/101 |
| %1st in | 60% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 23/28 | 46/55 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 30/46 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 65% |
O Connell blasted 3 aces (3 per match). Crnokrak blasted 17 aces (8.5 per match). O Connell won 82% points on his first serve. Unfortunately, he was [struggling a bit too much on] his second serve to win only 58% of the points. On the other side, Crnokrak won 84% points on his first serve. Unfortunately, he [was struggling a bit too much on] his second serve to win only 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | O Connell | Crnokrak |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 8 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 8/14 |
| % Converted | 57% | 57% |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 |
| Saved | 2 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Australian broke his opponent 4 times with 57% conversion rate. O Connell was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points. Alexander broke his opponents 8 times with 57% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
Draw
| O Connell | |||
| R2 Caruana |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 59-37 | 59-37 | |
| Total points | 96 | 96 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 28/47 | 28/47 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 23/28 | 23/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 11/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Crnokrak | ||||
| R1 Matsui |
R2 Gaston |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | 6-4 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 23 | 37 | |
| pts | 52-19 | 73-61 | 125-80 | |
| Total points | 71 | 134 | 205 | |
| Winners | 13 | 33 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 25% | 45% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 10 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 13/31 | 42/70 | 55/101 | |
| % 1st in | 42% | 60% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 13/13 | 33/42 | 46/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 100% | 79% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/18 | 15/28 | 30/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 83% | 54% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 3/5 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 60% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Alexander Crnokrak
There is no head to head record between Christopher O Connell and Alexander Crnokrak since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Christopher O Connell who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Christopher O Connell is the pick to win this match.
Christopher O Connell -> 1.083
Alexander Crnokrak -> 8.00
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Tennis Scores in Bendigo Challenger
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Liam CaruanaCaruana (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Fajing SunSun (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Konstantin KravchukKravchuk – Matias Franco DescotteFranco Descotte (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Harold MayotMayot – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (5-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Michail PervolarakisPervolarakis (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Dane SweenySweeny (7-66 6-3) – See score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Dayne KellyKelly (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (5-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Markos KalovelonisKalovelonis (6-3 6-78 6-3) – See score progression
- Maverick BanesBanes – Naoki TajimaTajima (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Calum PuttergillPuttergill – Marcelo ArevaloArevalo (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander CrnokrakCrnokrak – Hugo GastonGaston (6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Jai CorbettCorbett (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – Hugo NysNys (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Dayne KellyKelly (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Konstantin KravchukKravchuk – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (0-0) – See H2H details
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Calum PuttergillPuttergill (0-0) – See H2H details
- Marcos GironGiron – Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund (0-0) – See H2H details
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Alexander CrnokrakCrnokrak (0-0) – See H2H details
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Harold MayotMayot (0-0) – See H2H details
- Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-0) – See H2H details
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Maverick BanesBanes (0-0) – See H2H details
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (0-0) – See H2H details
