Christopher O Connell and Li Tu will face off in the quarter of the Seoul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines 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
Li Tu -> 3.54
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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Li Tu
There is no head to head record between Christopher O Connell and Li Tu since this will be the first time that they will play 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. 109, Christopher got to the quarter after defeating Ryan Peniston 5-7 6-3 7-66 and Rinky Hijikata 6-4 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Christopher had a good straight sets win against Hijikata (6-4 6-1). During the match, O Connell scored 58 points vs Hijikata’s 39. O Connell was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, O Connell made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Christopher O Connell lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, O Connell put 69% of his first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. Christopher broke Hijikata 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Christopher has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
O Connell has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (309-175). 22-14 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, O Connell has a compiled 128-83 match record in the last years on hard.
Christopher’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Split Challenger and the Porto Challenger.
Christopher has a compiled 39-22 win-loss record in 2022, 22-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Seoul Challenger
Li Tu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-15 | 14-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-32 | 29-19 | 0-3 | 3-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-25 | 34-16 | 15-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-7 | 28-4 | 0-0 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 292, the Australian reached the quarter after defeating Sehyuk Cho 6-1 6-0, Mukund Sasikumar 7-5 7-5, Kaichi Uchida 6-4 6-0 and Naoki Nakagawa 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Li had a good straight sets win against Nakagawa (6-3 6-2). During the match Tu scored 76 points vs Nakagawa’s 60. Tu was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Tu blasted 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Li Tu lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Tu put 64% of his first serves in, winning 62% (28/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Nakagawa 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Li started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points he played.
The Australian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Bendigo,M25 Cairo,M15 Monastir,M25 Monastir and M15 Waco.
Tu has a composed 46-20 win-loss record in 2022, 30-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | O Connell | Tu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 51 | 70 |
| Pts | 170-147 | 272-204 |
| Total Points | 317 | 476 |
| Winners | 73 | 109 |
| %Winners | 43% | 40% |
O Connell played 2 matches while Tu competed in 4 matches. Tu started his run from the qualifications while O Connell had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Christopher O Connell lost 1 set while Li Tu hasn’t conceded a set so far. O Connell has played 3 set(s) less than Tu (5 vs 8). Therefore, O Connell played 19 games less than Tu. O Connell scored 73 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Tu made 109 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | O Connell | Tu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 103/165 | 159/247 |
| %1st in | 62% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 73/103 | 109/159 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 34/62 | 47/88 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 53% |
O Connell bagged 10 aces (5 per match). Tu struck 17 aces (4.3 per match). O Connell won 71% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Tu won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | O Connell | Tu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 19 |
| Converted | 7/16 | 19/33 |
| % Converted | 44% | 58% |
| Conceded | 12 | 18 |
| Saved | 8 | 13 |
| % Saved | 67% | 72% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 |
Christopher broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. O Connell dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 19 times with a 58% conversion rate. Li conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded.
| O Connell | ||||
| R1 Peniston |
R2 Hijikata |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-3 7-66 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 17 | 51 | |
| pts | 112-108 | 58-39 | 170-147 | |
| Total points | 220 | 97 | 317 | |
| Winners | 47 | 26 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 45% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 66/111 | 37/54 | 103/165 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 69% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 47/66 | 26/37 | 73/103 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 70% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/45 | 8/17 | 34/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 47% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 5/9 | 7/16 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 56% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4/6 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tu | ||||||
| Q1 Cho |
Q3 Kumar Mukund |
R1 Uchida |
R2 Nakagawa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | 7-5 7-5 | 6-4 6-0 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 24 | 16 | 17 | 70 | |
| pts | 55-34 | 77-65 | 64-45 | 76-60 | 272-204 | |
| Total points | 89 | 142 | 109 | 136 | 476 | |
| Winners | 24 | 32 | 25 | 28 | 109 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 42% | 39% | 37% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 32/49 | 46/69 | 36/59 | 45/70 | 159/247 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 67% | 61% | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 24/32 | 32/46 | 25/36 | 28/45 | 109/159 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 70% | 69% | 62% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 14/23 | 12/23 | 13/25 | 47/88 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 61% | 52% | 52% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/7 | 5/5 | 5/11 | 19/33 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 57% | 100% | 45% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 18 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 1/3 | 3/4 | 7/9 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 33% | 75% | 78% | 143% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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