Christopher O Connell and Fernando Verdasco will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 5:00 pm on CENTRE 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 -> 1.43
Fernando Verdasco -> 2.83

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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Fernando Verdasco

There is no head to head record between Christopher O Connell and Fernando Verdasco since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Christopher O Connell

Christopher O Connell

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
114
High
53
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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. 96, O Connell will start his run in Doha after he played his last match in the Manama Challenger where he lost 6-1 7-6(1) to Struff in the 2nd round on the 15th of February.

The Australian has an aggregate 2-5 win-loss record in 2023, 2-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Christopher has an overall 323-186 record. He has a positive 139-92 record on hard.

Previously in Doha

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021 and 2022. See his history.

Doha
O Connell's Record

Fernando Verdasco

Fernando Verdasco

3 - 3win/loss

Hard
1-2
I Hard
2-1
Rank
651
High
7
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2023 6-16 3-6 1-8 2-1 0-1 0-0
2022 34-32 17-12 12-13 2-3 3-4 0-0
2021 10-20 7-6 3-7 0-6 0-1 0-0
2020 6-8 4-2 0-3 2-3 0-0 0-0
2019 26-27 6-8 8-9 7-6 5-4 0-0

Ranked no. 133, Fernando will start his run in Doha after he played his last match in Delray Beach where he lost 7-6(3) 7-6(1) to Albot in the 1st round on the 14th of February.

Verdasco has a composed 3-3 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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In terms of his career, Verdasco has an overall 663-499 record. He has a positive 242-184 record on hard.

Previously in Doha

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2017. See his history.

Doha
Verdasco's Record

Tennis Scores in Doha

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