Benjamin Bonzi and Christopher O Connell will clash against each other in the final of the St. Tropez Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 2:00 pm on CENTRAL TAG HEUER. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Benjamin Bonzi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Benjamin Bonzi is the pick to win this match.
Benjamin Bonzi -> 1.72
Christopher O Connell -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Benjamin Bonzi vs. Christopher O Connell
There is no head to head record between Benjamin Bonzi and Christopher O Connell since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Benjamin Bonzi
Ranked no. 94 (career-high), the French player got to the final after defeating Mathias Bourgue 7-65 6-2, Kyrian Jacquet 7-5 6-3, Enzo Couacaud 6-1 6-4 and Hugo Grenier 4-6 6-3 6-2.
In the semifinal against Grenier, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-2). During the match, Bonzi scored 89 points vs Grenier’s 73. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bonzi blasted 4 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Benjamin Bonzi was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (27/34) of his 1st serve and 66% (27/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Bonzi broke Grenier 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Benjamin started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Bonzi has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (243-142). 17-5 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Bonzi has a compiled74-28 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger where he defeated Liam Broady in the final 7-5 6-4 and in the Ostrava Challenger where he overcame Renzo Olivo in the final 6-4 6-4 and in the Segovia Challenger where he beat Tim Van Rijthoven in the final 7-6(10) 3-6 6-4.
The French player has an overall 45-21 win-loss record in 2021, 17-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Tropez Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Christopher O Connell
Ranked no. 126, the Australian got to the final after beating Jurgen Briand 6-2 6-4, Dragos Nicolae Madaras 6-1 6-4, Alexandre Muller 7-65 6-4 and Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-1 7-63.
In the semifinal, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Kokkinakis (6-1 7-63). During the match O scored 77 points vs Kokkinakis’s 61. O was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, O managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Christopher O Connell was extremely efficient on serve to win 82% (36/44) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. O broke Kokkinakis twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.
The Australian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the St. Tropez Challenger.
The Australian has a compiled 21-13 win-loss record in 2021, 14-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bonzi | O |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 86 | 78 |
| Pts | 307-246 | 278-208 |
| Total Points | 553 | 486 |
| Winners | 110 | 125 |
| %Winners | 36% | 45% |
Both Bonzi and O played 4 matches. At the moment, Benjamin Bonzi lost 1 set while Christopher O Connell hasn’t conceded a set so far. Bonzi has played 1 set more than O (9 vs 8). Therefore, Bonzi played 8 games more than O. The French player scored 110 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Christopher recorded 125 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bonzi | O |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 25 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 6.3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 140/264 | 157/232 |
| %1st in | 53% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 110/140 | 125/157 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 74/124 | 39/75 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 52% |
Bonzi bagged 25 aces (6.3 per match). O scored 16 aces (4 per match). Bonzi won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, O won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bonzi | O |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 15 |
| Converted | 13/36 | 15/32 |
| % Converted | 36% | 47% |
| Conceded | 10 | 14 |
| Saved | 7 | 8 |
| % Saved | 70% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 6 |
Benjamin broke his opponents 13 times with a 36% conversion rate. Benjamin dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. O broke his opponents 15 times with a 47% conversion rate. O conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bonzi | ||||||
| R1 Bourgue |
R2 Jacquet |
1/4 Couacaud |
1/2 Grenier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-2 | 7-5 6-3 | 6-1 6-4 | 4-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | 17 | 27 | 86 | |
| pts | 83-72 | 71-54 | 64-47 | 89-73 | 307-246 | |
| Total points | 155 | 125 | 111 | 162 | 553 | |
| Winners | 33 | 27 | 23 | 27 | 110 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 38% | 36% | 30% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 40/73 | 34/61 | 32/55 | 34/75 | 140/264 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 56% | 58% | 45% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 33/40 | 27/34 | 23/32 | 27/34 | 110/140 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 79% | 72% | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/33 | 17/27 | 14/23 | 27/41 | 74/124 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 63% | 61% | 66% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 3/13 | 3/5 | 4/8 | 3/10 | 13/36 | |
| Converted % | 23% | 60% | 50% | 30% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2/2 | 2/3 | 1/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 67% | 50% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| O | ||||||
| R1 Briand |
R2 Nicolae Madaras |
1/4 Muller |
1/2 Kokkinakis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-1 6-4 | 7-65 6-4 | 6-1 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 | 23 | 20 | 78 | |
| pts | 64-45 | 62-42 | 75-60 | 77-61 | 278-208 | |
| Total points | 109 | 104 | 135 | 138 | 486 | |
| Winners | 23 | 26 | 40 | 36 | 125 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 42% | 53% | 47% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 32/56 | 32/42 | 49/69 | 44/65 | 157/232 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 76% | 71% | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 23/32 | 26/32 | 40/49 | 36/44 | 125/157 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 81% | 82% | 82% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 7/10 | 6/20 | 12/21 | 39/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 70% | 30% | 57% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/10 | 4/4 | 2/10 | 15/32 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 40% | 100% | 20% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 14 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 0/1 | 4/7 | 0/0 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 0% | 57% | – | 31% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
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