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.

St. Tropez Challenger
Bonzi's Record

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).

St. Tropez Challenger
O's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

B.Bonzi
C.O Connell
5h:54
5h:54
Time on court​
5h:56
5h:56
1h:57
1h:57
Last match​
1h:53
1h:53
4
4
Match played
4
4
86
86
Games Played​
78
78
9
9
Set played​​
8
8
307
307
Total points​
278
278
76.8
76.8
Avg point​
69.5
69.5
110
110
Winners
125
125
27.5
27.5
Avg Winners​
31.3
31.3
36%
36%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
25
25
Aces
16
16
6.3
6.3
Avg Aces
4
4
7
7
Double Faults
7
7
1.8
1.8
Avg Double Faults
1.8
1.8
110/140
110/140
1st won total​
125/157
125/157
!
79%
79%
1st won %
!
80%
80%
74/124
74/124
2nd won total​
39/75
39/75
60%
60%
2nd won %
52%
52%
-- Break Points --
13/36
13/36
BP won
15/32
15/32
3.3/9
3.3/9
Avg BP won
3.8/8
3.8/8
36%
36%
Won
47%
47%
10
10
Conceded
14
14
2.5
2.5
Avg Conceded
3.5
3.5
3
3
Broken
6
6
!
0.8
0.8
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
7
7
Saved
8
8
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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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