Christopher O Connell and Oleksii Krutykh will play each other in the 2nd round of the Madrid Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:30 pm on CENTRAL. 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 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 -> 1.28
Oleksii Krutykh -> 3.68
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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Oleksii Krutykh
There is no head to head record between Christopher O Connell and Oleksii Krutykh since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Christopher O Connell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-13 | 9-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2020 | 12-12 | 4-5 | 4-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 150, Christopher reached the 2nd round after beating Johan Nikles 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Christopher had a good straight sets win against Nikles (6-3 6-2). During the match, O Connell scored 64 points vs Nikles’s 45. O Connell was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, O Connell scored just 1 ace during the match and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Christopher O Connell was exceptionally effective on serve to win 74% (29/39) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Christopher broke Nikles 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
O Connell has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (282-160). 3-1 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, O Connell has an overall 144-70 match record in the last years on clay.
The Australian has an overall 12-7 win-loss record in 2022, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Madrid Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Oleksii Krutykh
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-22 | 1-3 | 13-18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-32 | 13-8 | 15-16 | 4-5 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 49-27 | 2-3 | 44-20 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-25 | 8-3 | 32-20 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-12 | 13-7 | 7-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 338 (career-high), Oleksii reached the 2nd round after defeating Tristan Lamasine 7-64 6-3, Nicolas Alvarez Varona 6-1 6-2 and Duje Ajdukovic 1-6 7-62 7-5.
In the 1st round against Ajdukovic, The Ukrainian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 7-62 7-5).During the match Krutykh scored less points (4) than Ajdukovic. In fact, the world no. 150 won 93 points vs Ajdukovic’s. That means that Krutykh was more focused during the important points. Oleksii was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Krutykh bagged 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Oleksii Krutykh lost the serve 7 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Krutykh put 71% of his first serves in, winning 62% (41/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (9/27) on the 2nd serve. The Ukrainian broke Ajdukovic 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Oleksii’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Antalya.
Oleksii has an overall 16-4 win-loss record in 2022, 15-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | O Connell | Krutykh |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 69 |
| Pts | 64-45 | 229-196 |
| Total Points | 109 | 425 |
| Winners | 29 | 93 |
| %Winners | 45% | 41% |
O Connell played 1 match while Krutykh competed in 3 matches. Krutykh started his run from the qualifications while O Connell had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Oleksii Krutykh conceded 1 set while Christopher O Connell hasn’t dropped a set so far. O Connell has played 5 set(s) less than Krutykh (2 vs 7). Therefore, O Connell played 52 games less than Krutykh. The Australian scored 29 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Krutykh struck 93 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | O Connell | Krutykh |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 6.3 |
| 1st in | 39/63 | 130/200 |
| %1st in | 62% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 29/39 | 93/130 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 36/70 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 51% |
O Connell scored 1 ace . Krutykh also fired 19 aces (6.3 per match). O Connell won 74% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Krutykh won 72% 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 | O Connell | Krutykh |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 12 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 12/23 |
| % Converted | 60% | 52% |
| Conceded | 1 | 10 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 30% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 7 |
O Connell broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. O Connell extremely effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points. The Ukrainian broke his opponents 12 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Ukrainian conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 30% of the break points that he conceded.
| O Connell | |||
| R1 Nikles |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 64-45 | 64-45 | |
| Total points | 109 | 109 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 39/63 | 39/63 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 29/39 | 29/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 14/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Krutykh | |||||
| Q1 Lamasine |
Q3 Alvarez |
R1 Ajdukovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-3 | 6-1 6-2 | 1-6 7-62 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 15 | 32 | 69 | |
| pts | 78-66 | 58-33 | 93-97 | 229-196 | |
| Total points | 144 | 91 | 190 | 425 | |
| Winners | 32 | 20 | 41 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 34% | 44% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 11 | 4 | 4 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 40/63 | 24/44 | 66/93 | 130/200 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 55% | 71% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 32/40 | 20/24 | 41/66 | 93/130 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 83% | 62% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 11/20 | 9/27 | 36/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 55% | 33% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | |
| Converted | 1/8 | 5/7 | 6/8 | 12/23 | |
| Converted % | 13% | 71% | 75% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/2 | 1/8 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 13% | 113% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | |
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