Roberto Bautista Agut and Christopher O Connell will face off in the 2nd round of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 8:30 pm on Grandstand 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roberto Bautista Agut who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Roberto Bautista Agut is the pick to win this match.
Roberto Bautista Agut -> 1.23
Christopher O Connell -> 3.7
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Prediction and head to head Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Christopher O Connell
There is no head to head record between Roberto Bautista Agut and Christopher O Connell since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Roberto Bautista Agut
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-22 | 4-9 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-28 | 11-13 | 10-7 | 9-4 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-23 | 9-7 | 8-8 | 2-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-20 | 17-9 | 7-3 | 9-6 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-25 | 14-10 | 7-7 | 4-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 28, Roberto reached the 2nd round after beating Marton Fucsovics 7-67 5-7 6-4.
In the 1st round, Roberto defeated Fucsovics (7-67 5-7 6-4). During the match, Bautista-Agut scored 121 points vs Fucsovics’s 117. Bautista-Agut was quite aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bautista-Agut struck 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Roberto Bautista Agut lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Bautista-Agut put 68% of his first serves in, winning 66% (48/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (22/35) on the 2nd serve. Roberto broke Fucsovics 3 times after converting 19% of his break points (3/16).
Bautista-Agut has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (354-196). 8-3 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bautista-Agut has a compiled 168-84 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Bautista-Agut’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Adelaide.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 8-5 win-loss record in 2023, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
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. 94, Christopher reached the 2nd round after defeating Fernando Verdasco 6-1 3-6 6-0.
In the 1st round, O Connell defeated Verdasco (6-1 3-6 6-0). During the match O Connell scored 83 points vs Verdasco’s 63. O Connell was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, O Connell scored 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Christopher O Connell lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, O Connell put 68% of his first serves in, winning 61% (30/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the 2nd serve. O Connell broke Verdasco 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
The Australian has a compiled 3-5 win-loss record in 2023, 3-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021 and 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bautista-Agut | O Connell |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 22 |
| Pts | 121-117 | 83-63 |
| Total Points | 238 | 146 |
| Winners | 48 | 30 |
| %Winners | 40% | 36% |
Both Bautista-Agut and O Connell played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Roberto Bautista Agut conceded 1 set, while Christopher O Connell surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Bautista-Agut and O Connell have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Bautista-Agut played 13 games more than O Connell. Bautista-Agut scored 48 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Christopher blasted 30 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bautista-Agut | O Connell |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 73/108 | 49/72 |
| %1st in | 68% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 48/73 | 30/49 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 22/35 | 16/23 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 70% |
Bautista-Agut fired 3 aces . O Connell managed to score 5 aces . Bautista-Agut won 66% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, O Connell won 61% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bautista-Agut | O Connell |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/16 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 19% | 50% |
| Conceded | 8 | 4 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 63% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Bautista-Agut broke his opponent 3 times with a 19% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Christopher conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bautista-Agut | |||
| R1 Fucsovics |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 5-7 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 121-117 | 121-117 | |
| Total points | 238 | 238 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 73/108 | 73/108 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 48/73 | 48/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/35 | 22/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/16 | 3/16 | |
| Converted % | 19% | 19% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| O Connell | |||
| R1 Verdasco |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-6 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 83-63 | 83-63 | |
| Total points | 146 | 146 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 49/72 | 49/72 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 30/49 | 30/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 16/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLLWWLWW Tennis Scores in Doha
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (7-67 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Rohan Bopanna/Matthew EbdenBopanna/Matthew Ebden – Liam Broady/Alexander ZverevBroady/Alexander Zverev (5-7 6-1 10-3) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Daniel EvansEvans (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Tallon Griekspoor/Bart StevensGriekspoor/Bart Stevens – Jason Murray Kubler/John PeersMurray Kubler/John Peers (6-4 5-7 10-7) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (7-63 6-78 6-4) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Quentin HalysHalys (7-64 4-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Hugo Nys/Jan ZielinskiNys/Jan Zielinski – Roman Jebavy/Adam PavlasekJebavy/Adam Pavlasek (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (6-0 4-6 7-62) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (6-1 3-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (7-64 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Patrik Niklas-Salminen/Emil RuusuvuoriNiklas-Salminen/Emil Ruusuvuori – Nikola Mektic/Mate PavicMektic/Mate Pavic (6-2 7-65) – See score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (4-6 6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (7-6(7) 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Andy MurrayMurray (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-2) – H2H and prediction
