Christopher O Connell and Alastair Gray will play each other in the 2nd round of the Surbiton Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.29
Alastair Gray -> 3.6
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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Alastair Gray
There is no head to head record between Christopher O Connell and Alastair Gray since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Christopher O Connell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-20 | 23-15 | 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. 117, Christopher got to the 2nd round after defeating Soon-Woo Kwon 4-6 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round against Kwon, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-3). During the match, O Connell scored 88 points vs Kwon’s 76. O Connell was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, O Connell managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Christopher O Connell was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (38/48) of his 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Australian broke Kwon 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
O Connell has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (292-164). 1-0 on grass in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, O Connell has a compiled 12-7 match record in the last years on grass.
O Connell’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Split Challenger.
O Connell has a compiled 22-11 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Surbiton Challenger
Christopher has never competed in this tournament before.
Alastair Gray
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-10 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2023 | 26-12 | 15-6 | 0-0 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
| 2022 | 53-26 | 18-11 | 0-0 | 20-6 | 9-7 | 6-2 |
| 2021 | 25-10 | 24-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-5 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 299, the Brit reached the 2nd round after defeating Mark Whitehouse 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Whitehouse (6-3 6-2). During the match Gray scored 60 points vs Whitehouse’s 43. The Brit was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Gray blasted 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alastair Gray was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 74% (26/35) of his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Brit broke Whitehouse 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Gray’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Shrewsbury,M25 Glasgow and M25 Trimbach.
Gray has a compiled 29-7 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | O Connell | Gray |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 17 |
| Pts | 88-76 | 60-43 |
| Total Points | 164 | 103 |
| Winners | 38 | 26 |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% |
Both O Connell and Gray played 1 match. At the moment, Christopher O Connell conceded 1 set while Alastair Gray hasn’t dropped a set so far. O Connell has played 1 set more than Gray (3 vs 2). Therefore, O Connell played 12 games more than Gray. O Connell scored 38 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Alastair struck 26 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | O Connell | Gray |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 4 |
| 1st in | 48/80 | 35/55 |
| %1st in | 60% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 38/48 | 26/35 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 18/32 | 13/20 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 65% |
O Connell struck 7 aces . Gray struck 4 aces . O Connell won 79% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Gray won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | O Connell | Gray |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/12 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 33% | 75% |
| Conceded | 10 | 1 |
| Saved | 7 | 1 |
| % Saved | 70% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Christopher broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Alastair broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Brit was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| O Connell | |||
| R1 Kwon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 88-76 | 88-76 | |
| Total points | 164 | 164 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 48/80 | 48/80 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 38/48 | 38/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/32 | 18/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Gray | |||
| R1 Whitehouse |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 60-43 | 60-43 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 35/55 | 35/55 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 26/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 13/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLLWWWWL Tennis Scores in Surbiton Challenger
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- Jack DraperDraper – Billy HarrisHarris (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Mats MoraingMoraing (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Marius CopilCopil (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Paul JubbJubb – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-4 7-69) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (4-6 7-610 6-2) – See score progression
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alastair GrayGray – Mark WhitehouseWhitehouse (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-5 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-75 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Jay ClarkeClarke (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan – Yuichi SugitaSugita (4-6 7-5 7-62) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-3 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Paul JubbJubb – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-4 7-6(9)) – See score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Billy HarrisHarris (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andy MurrayMurray – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Max PurcellPurcell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Denis KudlaKudla (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alastair GrayGray – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Paul JubbJubb (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – Ryan PenistonPeniston (0-1) – H2H and prediction
