Christopher O Connell and Carlos Gimeno Valero will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Barcelona Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
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 -> 1.533
Carlos Gimeno Valero -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Carlos Gimeno Valero
There is no head to head record between Christopher O Connell and Carlos Gimeno Valero since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Christopher O Connell
Ranked no. 112, O Connell reached the 2nd round after beating Alex Bolt 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, Christopher had a good straight sets win against Bolt (6-1 6-2). During the match O Connell scored 60 points vs Bolt’s 38. O Connell was pretty aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about the service games, O Connell blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Christopher O Connell was extremely effective on serve to win 83% (19/23) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. O Connell broke Bolt 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
O Connell has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (253-144). 4-2 on clay in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, O Connell has a 138-65 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Australian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semi-finals in the Drummondville Challenger and the Biella Challenger.
Christopher has a 12-11 win-loss record in 2020, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Barcelona Challenger
Christopher didn’t play in the Barcelona Challenger in 2019.
Carlos Gimeno Valero
Ranked no. 534 (career high), Carlos got to the 2nd round after defeating Enzo Couacaud 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Couacaud (6-3 6-2). During the match Gimeno Valero scored 63 points vs Couacaud’s 49. Gimeno Valero was pretty aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about serving, Gimeno Valero scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Carlos Gimeno Valero lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Gimeno Valero put 67% of his first serves in, winning 55% (17/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (7/15) on the 2nd serve. Gimeno Valero broke Couacaud 7 times after converting 70% of his break points (7/10).
The Spaniard’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Sintra.
Carlos has a 8-2 win-loss record in 2020, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Barcelona Challenger
Carlos didn’t compete in the Barcelona Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | O Connell | Gimeno Valero |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 17 |
| Pts | 60-38 | 63-49 |
| Total Points | 98 | 112 |
| Winners | 19 | 17 |
| %Winners | 32% | 27% |
Both O Connell and Gimeno Valero played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, O Connell and Gimeno Valero have played the same amount of sets 2. However, O Connell played 2 games less than Gimeno Valero. Christopher scored 19 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Gimeno Valero scored 17 winners (27%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | O Connell | Gimeno Valero |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 23/42 | 31/46 |
| %1st in | 55% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 17/31 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 55% |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 7/15 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 47% |
O Connell bagged 2 aces . Gimeno Valero blasted 1 ace . O Connell won 83% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Gimeno Valero won 55% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | O Connell | Gimeno Valero |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 7/10 |
| % Converted | 56% | 70% |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
O Connell broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. O Connell lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponent 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| O Connell | |||
| R1 Bolt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 60-38 | 60-38 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 23/42 | 23/42 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 19/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 11/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Gimeno Valero | |||
| R1 Couacaud |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 63-49 | 63-49 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 27% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 31/46 | 31/46 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 17/31 | 17/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 55% | 55% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 7/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/10 | 7/10 | |
| Converted % | 70% | 70% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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