H2H, PREDICTION Christopher O Connell vs Marc Polmans | Kobe Challenger odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Marc Polmans

Christopher O Connell and Marc Polmans will play each other in the quarter of the Kobe Challenger for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT B. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Christopher O Connell who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Christopher O Connell is the pick to win this match.
Christopher O Connell -> 1.42
Marc Polmans -> 2.78

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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Marc Polmans

This will be the 6th time that Christopher O Connell and Marc Polmans clash against each other. The head to head is 5-0 for O Connell (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they fought against each other, O Connell won 4-6 6-1 6-4 in the semifinal in Australia F1 back in 2016.

Christopher O Connell

Christopher O Connell
Christopher O Connell

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
82
High
53
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 13-14 10-7 3-7 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. 84 (career-high), Christopher reached the quarter after defeating Colin Sinclair 6-77 7-610 7-63 and Beibit Zhukayev 6-2 6-75 6-1.

In the 2nd round, The Australian defeated Zhukayev (6-2 6-75 6-1). During the match, O Connell scored 94 points vs Zhukayev’s 73. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 48 winners.

Talking about the service games, O Connell scored 11 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Christopher O Connell conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 68% of his first serves in, win 87% (48/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. O Connell broke Zhukayev 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Australian has surrendered 2 set in this competition to win 52% of the points he played.

O Connell has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (319-177). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, O Connell has an overall 14-8 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

The Australian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Split Challenger,the Porto Challenger and the Yokohama Challenger.

Christopher has a compiled 49-24 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Kobe Challenger

O Connell has never competed in this tournament before.

O Connell
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O Connell's Record

Marc Polmans

Marc Polmans
Marc Polmans

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
410
High
116
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 8-7 5-3 2-3 0-0 1-1 0-0
2024 24-28 18-18 4-4 0-1 2-5 0-0
2023 50-35 32-23 14-9 2-1 2-2 0-0
2022 18-13 14-12 0-0 4-1 0-0 0-0
2021 15-28 1-6 8-13 2-6 4-3 0-0

Ranked no. 371, Polmans reached the quarter after beating Hikaru Shiraishi 7-5 4-6 6-0, Renta Tokuda 6-3 4-6 6-2, Li Tu 6-73 6-2 6-3 and Zdenek Kolar 6-1 6-4.

In the 2nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Kolar (6-1 6-4). During the match Polmans scored 60 points vs Kolar’s 48. Marc was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Polmans bagged 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Marc Polmans was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 74% (23/31) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Marc broke Kolar 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Polmans started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Polmans’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Sydney Challenger.

Marc has an overall 17-11 win-loss record in 2022, 4-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Polmans
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

C.O Connell
M.Polmans
4h:47
4h:47
Time on court​
!
7h:42
7h:42
1h:52
1h:52
Last match​
1h:21
1h:21
2
2
Match played
!
4
4
67
67
Games Played​
102
102
6
6
Set played​​
11
11
223
223
Total points​
351
351
111.5
111.5
Avg point​
87.8
87.8
105
105
Winners
141
141
52.5
52.5
Avg Winners​
35.3
35.3
47%
47%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
23
23
Aces
21
21
!
11.5
11.5
Avg Aces
5.3
5.3
9
9
Double Faults
17
17
4.5
4.5
Avg Double Faults
4.3
4.3
105/132
105/132
1st won total​
141/191
141/191
!
80%
80%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
47/82
47/82
2nd won total​
65/125
65/125
57%
57%
2nd won %
52%
52%
-- Break Points --
5/13
5/13
BP won
20/54
20/54
2.5/6.5
2.5/6.5
Avg BP won
5/13.5
5/13.5
38%
38%
Won
37%
37%
5
5
Conceded
20
20
2.5
2.5
Avg Conceded
5
5
1
1
Broken
8
8
!
0.5
0.5
Avg Broken
2
2
4
4
Saved
12
12

Matches, sets, games and points

Points O Connell Polmans
Match played 2 4
Tot Set 6 11
Tot Games 67 102
Pts 223-202 351-301
Total Points 425 652
Winners 105 141
%Winners 47% 40%

O Connell played 2 matches while Polmans competed in 4 matches. Polmans started his run from the qualifications while O Connell had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Christopher O Connell conceded 2 sets, while Marc Polmans surrendered 3 sets. O Connell has played 5 set(s) less than Polmans (6 vs 11). Therefore, O Connell played 35 games less than Polmans. Christopher scored 105 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Polmans blasted 141 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve O Connell Polmans
Aces 23 21
Avg per match 11.5 5.3
1st in 132/214 191/316
%1st in 62% 60%
1st pts 105/132 141/191
%1st pts 80% 74%
2nd pts 47/82 65/125
%2nd pts 57% 52%

O Connell struck 23 aces (11.5 per match). Polmans managed to score 21 aces (5.3 per match). O Connell won 80% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Polmans won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks O Connell Polmans
Won 5 20
Converted 5/13 20/54
% Converted 38% 37%
Conceded 5 20
Saved 4 12
% Saved 80% 60%
Times Broken 1 8

Christopher broke his opponents 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Christopher dropped his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Marc broke his opponents 20 times with a 37% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

O Connell
R1
Sinclair
R2
Zhukayev
Total
Score 6-77 7-610 7-63 6-2 6-75 6-1
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 39 28 67
pts 129-129 94-73 223-202
Total points 258 167 425
Winners 57 48 105
%Winners 44% 51% 47%
SERVE
Aces 12 11 23
Double Faults 4 5 9
1st in 77/133 55/81 132/214
% 1st in 58% 68% 62%
1st pts 57/77 48/55 105/132
% 1st pts 74% 87% 80%
2nd pts 34/56 13/26 47/82
% 2nd pts 61% 50% 57%
Breaks
Won 1 4 5
Converted 1/4 4/9 5/13
Converted % 25% 44% 38%
Conceded 5 0 5
Saved 4/5 0/0 4
Saved % 80% 40%
Times Broken 1 0 1
Polmans
Q1
Shiraishi
Q3
Tokuda
R1
Tu
R2
Kolar
Total
Score 7-5 4-6 6-0 6-3 4-6 6-2 6-73 6-2 6-3 6-1 6-4
Tot Set 3 3 3 2 11
Tot Games 28 27 30 17 102
pts 90-76 83-75 118-102 60-48 351-301
Total points 166 158 220 108 652
Winners 41 39 38 23 141
%Winners 46% 47% 32% 38% 40%
SERVE
Aces 9 4 5 3 21
Double Faults 4 3 4 6 17
1st in 53/94 51/75 56/92 31/55 191/316
% 1st in 56% 68% 61% 56% 60%
1st pts 41/53 39/51 38/56 23/31 141/191
% 1st pts 77% 76% 68% 74% 74%
2nd pts 20/41 11/24 21/36 13/24 65/125
% 2nd pts 49% 46% 58% 54% 52%
Breaks
Won 5 5 6 4 20
Converted 5/8 5/14 6/22 4/10 20/54
Converted % 63% 36% 27% 40% 37%
Conceded 6 8 4 2 20
Saved 4/6 5/8 2/4 1/2 12
Saved % 67% 63% 50% 50% 115%
Times Broken 2 3 2 1 8

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
O Connell
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Polmans
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2025 2024 2023
13 - 14
8 - 7
10-7
Hard
5-3
3-7
Clay
2-3
0-0
Grass
1-1
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