Christopher O Connell and Alexandre Muller will fight against each other in the quarter of the St. Tropez Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on CENTRAL TAG HEUER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
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 -> 1.444
Alexandre Muller -> 2.77
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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Alexandre Muller
There is no head to head record between Christopher O Connell and Alexandre Muller since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Christopher O Connell
Ranked no. 126, the Australian reached the quarter after beating Jurgen Briand 6-2 6-4 and Dragos Nicolae Madaras 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Christopher had a good straight sets win against Nicolae Madaras (6-1 6-4). During the match, O Connell scored 62 points vs Nicolae Madaras’s 42. Christopher was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, O Connell blasted 8 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Christopher O Connell was very efficient on serve to win 81% (26/32) of his 1st serve and 70% (7/10) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. O Connell broke Nicolae Madaras 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 59% of the points he played.
O Connell has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (268-153). 12-7 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, O Connell has a compiled105-69 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
O Connell has an aggregate 19-13 win-loss record in 2021, 12-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Tropez Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexandre Muller
Ranked no. 196, the French player reached the quarter after defeating Daniel Masur 6-1 4-6 6-3 and Arthur Cazaux 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Alexandre had a good straight sets win against Cazaux (6-2 6-3). During the match Muller scored 67 points vs Cazaux’s 51. Muller was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Muller struck 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexandre Muller conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 7 break points. Furthermore, Muller put 76% of his first serves in, winning 71% (32/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (7/14) on the 2nd serve. Muller broke Cazaux 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Muller started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Alexandre’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Biella 5 Challenger.
The French player has an aggregate 17-22 win-loss record in 2021, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | O Connell | Muller |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 43 |
| Pts | 126-87 | 156-122 |
| Total Points | 213 | 278 |
| Winners | 49 | 79 |
| %Winners | 39% | 51% |
Both O Connell and Muller played 2 matches. At the moment, Alexandre Muller lost 1 set while Christopher O Connell hasn’t dropped a set so far. O Connell has played 1 set(s) less than Muller (4 vs 5). Therefore, O Connell played 8 games less than Muller. O Connell scored 49 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Alexandre bagged 79 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | O Connell | Muller |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 64/98 | 112/144 |
| %1st in | 65% | 78% |
| 1st pts | 49/64 | 79/112 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 21/34 | 17/32 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 53% |
O Connell blasted 9 aces (4.5 per match). Muller blasted 11 aces (5.5 per match). O Connell won 77% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Muller won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | O Connell | Muller |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 9 |
| Converted | 9/18 | 9/14 |
| % Converted | 50% | 64% |
| Conceded | 7 | 15 |
| Saved | 4 | 13 |
| % Saved | 57% | 87% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Christopher broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. O Connell conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. Alexandre conceded his serve twice and he saved 87% of the break points that he conceded.
| O Connell | ||||
| R1 Briand |
R2 Nicolae Madaras |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 | 35 | |
| pts | 64-45 | 62-42 | 126-87 | |
| Total points | 109 | 104 | 213 | |
| Winners | 23 | 26 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 42% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 8 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 32/56 | 32/42 | 64/98 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 76% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 23/32 | 26/32 | 49/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 81% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 7/10 | 21/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 70% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/10 | 9/18 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 40% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 0/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 0% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Muller | ||||
| R1 Masur |
R2 Cazaux |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 4-6 6-3 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 17 | 43 | |
| pts | 89-71 | 67-51 | 156-122 | |
| Total points | 160 | 118 | 278 | |
| Winners | 47 | 32 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 48% | 51% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 67/85 | 45/59 | 112/144 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 76% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 47/67 | 32/45 | 79/112 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 7/14 | 17/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 50% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/5 | 9/14 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 80% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 7 | 15 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 7/7 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 100% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
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