Christopher O Connell and Jurij Rodionov will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Columbus Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jurij Rodionov who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jurij Rodionov is the pick to win this match.
Jurij Rodionov -> 1.012
Christopher O Connell -> 16.00
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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Jurij Rodionov
There is no head to head record between Christopher O Connell and Jurij Rodionov since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Christopher O Connell
Ranked no. 116, O Connell reached the 3rd round after defeating Sekou Bangoura 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Christopher had a good straight sets win against Bangoura (6-4 6-2). During the match O Connell scored 54 points vs Bangoura’s 37. O Connell was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, O Connell blasted 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Christopher O Connell was extremely effective on serve to win 78% (28/36) of his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. O Connell was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Bangoura 3 times.
O Connell has a negative record in the last 8 years having won 43% of his matches (36-27). 4-3 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, O Connell has a 57-59 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
The Australian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semi-finals in the Drummondville Challenger.
The Australian has a 7-6 win-loss record in 2020, 4-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Columbus Challenger
O Connell didn’t play in the Columbus Challenger in 2019.
Jurij Rodionov
Ranked no. 172 (career high), Jurij reached the 3rd round after defeating Diego Hidalgo 4-6 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Hidalgo, Jurij recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-4). During the match Rodionov scored 96 points vs Hidalgo’s 93. Jurij was extremely aggressive to blast 59 winners.
Talking about serving, Rodionov blasted 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jurij Rodionov lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Rodionov put 80% of his first serves in, winning 77% (59/77) of the points behind his 1st serve and 21% (4/19) on the 2nd serve. Rodionov broke Hidalgo 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Rodionov has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 74% of his matches (81-29). 8-2 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rodionov has a 70-36 win-loss record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
The Austrian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Dallas Challenger and the Morelos Challenger.
The Austrian has a 13-3 win-loss record in 2020, 8-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Columbus Challenger
The Austrian didn’t play in the Columbus Challenger in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | O Connell | Rodionov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 30 |
| Pts | 54-37 | 96-93 |
| Total Points | 91 | 189 |
| Winners | 28 | 59 |
| %Winners | 52% | 61% |
Both O Connell and Rodionov played 1 matche. At the moment, Jurij Rodionov dropped 1 set while Christopher O Connell hasn’t conceded a set so far. O Connell has played 1 sets less than Rodionov (2 vs 3). Therefore, O Connell played 12 games less than Rodionov. Christopher scored 28 winners (52% on total points). On the other side, Jurij blasted 59 winners (61%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | O Connell | Rodionov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 13 |
| 1st in | 36/50 | 77/96 |
| %1st in | 72% | 80% |
| 1st pts | 28/36 | 59/77 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 4/19 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 21% |
O Connell blasted 5 aces . Rodionov blasted 13 aces . O Connell won 78% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Rodionov won 77% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 21% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | O Connell | Rodionov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/10 |
| % Converted | 100% | 30% |
| Conceded | 1 | 10 |
| Saved | 1 | 8 |
| % Saved | 100% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with 100% conversion rate. The Australian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. Rodionov broke his opponent 3 times with 30% conversion rate. The Austrian conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| O Connell | |||
| R2 Bangoura |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 54-37 | 54-37 | |
| Total points | 91 | 91 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 36/50 | 36/50 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 28/36 | 28/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 10/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | -100 | |
| Rodionov | |||
| R2 Hidalgo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 96-93 | 96-93 | |
| Total points | 189 | 189 | |
| Winners | 59 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 61% | 61% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 77/96 | 77/96 | |
| % 1st in | 80% | 80% | |
| 1st pts | 59/77 | 59/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/19 | 4/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 21% | 21% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 100 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Marc PolmansPolmans – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Sekou BangouraBangoura (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Diego HidalgoHidalgo (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard – Kevin KingKing (6-75 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Guilherme ClezarClezar – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (2-6 7-61 6-4) – See score progression
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- Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Matija PecoticPecotic (6-4 7-67) – See score progression
- Johannes HaerteisHaerteis – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-2 7-65) – See score progression
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- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (6-3 7-66) – See score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – James WardWard (6-75 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Peter PolanskyPolansky (4-6 6-1 7-65) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Emilio GomezGomez – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-2) – See H2H details
- Guilherme ClezarClezar – Denis IstominIstomin (0-0) – See H2H details
- Ji Sung NamSung Nam – Marc PolmansPolmans (0-1) – See H2H details
- Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard – Zhe LiLi (0-0) – See H2H details
- Johannes HaerteisHaerteis – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (1-0) – See H2H details
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-0) – See H2H details
- Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Kaichi UchidaUchida (0-3) – See H2H details
- Jeff WolfWolf – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (0-0) – See H2H details
