Christopher O Connell and Kaichi Uchida will fight against each other in the quarter of the Porto Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:00 pm on COURT MCDONALDS. 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.
Christopher O Connell -> 1.24
Kaichi Uchida -> 4.05
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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Kaichi Uchida
There is no head to head record between Christopher O Connell and Kaichi Uchida 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23-28 | 19-15 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 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. 108 (career-high), the Australian got to the quarter after defeating Omar Jasika 6-2 6-4 and Gregoire Barrere 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Barrere (6-3 6-1). During the match, O Connell scored 65 points vs Barrere’s 43. Christopher was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, O Connell bagged 8 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Christopher O Connell was quite effective on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 69% (9/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. O Connell broke Barrere 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Christopher hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 59% of the points he played.
O Connell has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (299-167). 12-6 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, O Connell has a composed 118-75 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
O Connell’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Split Challenger.
Christopher has an overall 29-14 win-loss record in 2022, 12-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
O Connell has never competed in this tournament before.
Kaichi Uchida
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47-31 | 39-21 | 0-3 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2024 | 42-30 | 18-22 | 16-6 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 17-33 | 4-18 | 3-10 | 9-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-34 | 24-23 | 8-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-26 | 27-13 | 6-11 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 203 (career-high), Uchida got to the quarter after beating Illya Marchenko 7-63 7-63 and Kenny de Schepper 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Kaichi had a good straight sets win against de Schepper (7-5 6-3). During the match Uchida scored 74 points vs de Schepper’s 63. Uchida was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Uchida scored 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Kaichi Uchida was very efficient on serve to win 71% (30/42) of his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kaichi broke de Schepper 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Kaichi’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Oeiras 3 Challenger.
Uchida has an aggregate 21-18 win-loss record in 2022, 10-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | O Connell | Uchida |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 47 |
| Pts | 125-87 | 162-140 |
| Total Points | 212 | 302 |
| Winners | 51 | 62 |
| %Winners | 41% | 38% |
Both O Connell and Uchida played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, O Connell and Uchida have played the same amount of sets 4. However, O Connell played 13 games less than Uchida. The Australian scored 51 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Uchida managed to score 62 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | O Connell | Uchida |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 59/94 | 85/149 |
| %1st in | 63% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 51/59 | 62/85 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 20/35 | 36/64 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 56% |
O Connell scored 20 aces (10 per match). Uchida made 7 aces (3.5 per match). O Connell won 86% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Uchida won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | O Connell | Uchida |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 7 |
| Converted | 7/16 | 7/19 |
| % Converted | 44% | 37% |
| Conceded | 5 | 14 |
| Saved | 5 | 9 |
| % Saved | 100% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Christopher broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Christopher was rock solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 5 break points. Uchida broke his opponents 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. Uchida conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| O Connell | ||||
| R1 Jasika | R2 Barrere | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 16 | 34 | |
| pts | 60-44 | 65-43 | 125-87 | |
| Total points | 104 | 108 | 212 | |
| Winners | 26 | 25 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 38% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 12 | 8 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 28/50 | 31/44 | 59/94 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 70% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 26/28 | 25/31 | 51/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 93% | 81% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 9/13 | 20/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 69% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/11 | 7/16 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 36% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 4/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Uchida | ||||
| R1 Marchenko | R2 de Schepper | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 7-63 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 21 | 47 | |
| pts | 88-77 | 74-63 | 162-140 | |
| Total points | 165 | 137 | 302 | |
| Winners | 32 | 30 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 41% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 43/82 | 42/67 | 85/149 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 63% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 32/43 | 30/42 | 62/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 71% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/39 | 16/25 | 36/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 64% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/11 | 7/19 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 27% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 5 | 14 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 4/5 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 80% | 68% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Tennis Scores in Porto Challenger
- Nuno Borges/Francisco CabralBorges/Francisco Cabral – Luca Margaroli/Yasutaka UchiyamaMargaroli/Yasutaka Uchiyama (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
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