Maxime Cressy and Christopher O Connell will play each other in the 3rd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:00 pm on Court 3. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maxime Cressy who should win in 5 sets.
As per the initial odds, Maxime Cressy is the pick to win this match.
Maxime Cressy -> 1.51
Christopher O Connell -> 2.71
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Prediction and head to head Maxime Cressy vs. Christopher O Connell
There is no head to head record between Maxime Cressy and Christopher O Connell since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Maxime Cressy
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-26 | 17-15 | 0-1 | 6-5 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-31 | 3-10 | 0-5 | 15-10 | 1-5 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 34-30 | 15-11 | 5-7 | 3-8 | 11-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-32 | 14-10 | 2-8 | 16-8 | 4-4 | 7-2 |
Ranked no. 70 (career-high), Maxime reached the 3rd round after beating John Isner 7-62 7-5 6-74 6-74 6-4 and Tomas Machac 6-1 3-6 6-1 7-65.
In the 2nd round, The American defeated Machac (6-1 3-6 6-1 7-65). During the match, Cressy scored 120 points vs Machac’s 99. Maxime was exceptionally aggressive to blast 61 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cressy scored 18 aces and he was not very steady on his 2nd serve to score 12 double faults. Maxime Cressy lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Cressy put 59% of his first serves in, winning 84% (61/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (23/51) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Machac 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 3 set in this tournament to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Cressy has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (172-102). 10-2 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cressy has a composed89-51 record in the last 6 years on hard.
The American’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Melbourne.
Maxime has an overall 10-2 win-loss record in 2022, 10-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Christopher O Connell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13-12 | 10-7 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-26 | 23-16 | 2-4 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-34 | 19-18 | 11-9 | 4-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-25 | 30-16 | 12-5 | 3-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-16 | 14-9 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 175, the Australian reached the 3rd round after defeating Hugo Gaston 7-64 6-0 4-6 6-1 and Diego Sebastian Schwartzman 7-66 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Schwartzman (7-66 6-4 6-4). During the match O scored 126 points vs Schwartzman’s 112. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 54 winners.
Talking about serving, O managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Christopher O Connell lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, O put 59% of his first serves in, winning 75% (54/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (22/50) on the 2nd serve. Christopher broke Schwartzman 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Australian has an overall 4-2 win-loss record in 2022, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cressy | O |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 97 | 69 |
| Pts | 299-274 | 253-218 |
| Total Points | 573 | 471 |
| Winners | 151 | 107 |
| %Winners | 51% | 42% |
Both Cressy and O played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Maxime Cressy dropped 3 sets, while Christopher O Connell dropped 1 set. Cressy has played 2 sets more than O (9 vs 7). Therefore, Cressy played 28 games more than O. The American scored 151 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Christopher struck 107 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cressy | O |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 49 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 24.5 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 183/309 | 147/231 |
| %1st in | 59% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 151/183 | 107/147 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 69/126 | 41/84 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 49% |
Cressy struck 49 aces (24.5 per match). O scored 11 aces (5.5 per match). Cressy won 83% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, O won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cressy | O |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 11 |
| Converted | 7/13 | 11/33 |
| % Converted | 54% | 33% |
| Conceded | 16 | 15 |
| Saved | 14 | 10 |
| % Saved | 88% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
The American broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Cressy surrendered his serve twice and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 11 times with a 33% conversion rate. Christopher conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cressy | ||||
| R1 Isner |
R2 Machac |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 7-5 6-74 6-74 6-4 | 6-1 3-6 6-1 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 61 | 36 | 97 | |
| pts | 179-175 | 120-99 | 299-274 | |
| Total points | 354 | 219 | 573 | |
| Winners | 90 | 61 | 151 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 31 | 18 | 49 | |
| Double Faults | 20 | 12 | 32 | |
| 1st in | 110/185 | 73/124 | 183/309 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 90/110 | 61/73 | 151/183 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 84% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 46/75 | 23/51 | 69/126 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 45% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 5/6 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 83% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 7 | 16 | |
| Saved | 9/9 | 5/7 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 71% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| O | ||||
| R1 Gaston |
R2 Schwartzman |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-0 4-6 6-1 | 7-66 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 33 | 69 | |
| pts | 127-106 | 126-112 | 253-218 | |
| Total points | 233 | 238 | 471 | |
| Winners | 53 | 54 | 107 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 43% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 75/109 | 72/122 | 147/231 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 59% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 53/75 | 54/72 | 107/147 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 75% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/34 | 22/50 | 41/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 44% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 7/22 | 4/11 | 11/33 | |
| Converted % | 32% | 36% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 6/8 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 75% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
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