Radu Albot and Christopher O Connell will square off in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4 pm on Court 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Christopher O Connell who should win in 5 sets.
As per the initial odds, Christopher O Connell is the pick to win this match.
Christopher O Connell -> 1.73
Radu Albot -> 2.16
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Prediction and head to head Radu Albot vs. Christopher O Connell
There is no head to head record between Radu Albot and Christopher O Connell since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Radu Albot
Ranked no. 85, the Moldovan got to the 2nd round after defeating Roberto Bautista Agut 6-71 6-0 6-4 7-65.
In the 1st round against Bautista-Agut, Radu recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-71 6-0 6-4 7-65). During the match Albot scored 146 points vs Bautista-Agut’s 119. Radu was very aggressive to blast 59 winners.
Regarding the service games, Albot recorded 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Radu Albot lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Albot put 60% of his first serves in, winning 76% (59/78) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (24/51) on the 2nd serve. Albot broke Bautista-Agut 8 times after converting 57% of his break points (8/14).
Albot has a good record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (364-264). 1-2 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Albot has a 170-101 match record in the last years on hard.
Albot has a 1-2 win-loss record in 2021, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Radu didn’t play at the Australian Open in 2020.
Christopher O Connell
Ranked no. 121, Christopher got to the 2nd round after beating Jan-Lennard Struff 7-62 7-65 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Struff (7-62 7-65 6-1). During the match O scored 112 points vs Struff’s 96. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 55 winners.
Talking about serving, O scored 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Christopher O Connell was exceptionally effective on serve to win 87% (55/63) of his 1st serve and 51% (23/45) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. O broke Struff twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Christopher has a 2-1 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
O lost in the 1st round to Andrey Rublev.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Albot | O |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 33 |
| Pts | 146-119 | 112-96 |
| Total Points | 265 | 208 |
| Winners | 59 | 55 |
| %Winners | 40% | 49% |
Both Albot and O played 1 match. At the moment, Radu Albot lost 1 set while Christopher O Connell hasn’t dropped a set so far. Albot has played 1 set more than O (4 vs 3). Therefore, Albot played 9 games more than O. Radu scored 59 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Christopher blasted 55 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Albot | O |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 10 |
| 1st in | 78/129 | 63/108 |
| %1st in | 60% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 59/78 | 55/63 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 87% |
| 2nd pts | 24/51 | 23/45 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 51% |
Albot struck 11 aces . O bagged 10 aces . Albot won 76% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, O won 87% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Albot | O |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 2 |
| Converted | 8/14 | 2/4 |
| % Converted | 57% | 50% |
| Conceded | 8 | 6 |
| Saved | 4 | 6 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
Radu broke his opponent 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Moldovan surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Christopher broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Australian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points.
| Albot | |||
| R1 Bautista-Agut |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-71 6-0 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 42 | 42 | |
| pts | 146-119 | 146-119 | |
| Total points | 265 | 265 | |
| Winners | 59 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 78/129 | 78/129 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 59/78 | 59/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/51 | 24/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/14 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| O | |||
| R1 Struff |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 7-65 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 112-96 | 112-96 | |
| Total points | 208 | 208 | |
| Winners | 55 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 63/108 | 63/108 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 55/63 | 55/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/45 | 23/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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