Emil Ruusuvuori and Christopher O Connell will square off in the 1^st round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 2:00 pm on COURT 3. 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 Emil Ruusuvuori who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Emil Ruusuvuori is the pick to win this match.
Emil Ruusuvuori -> 1.54
Christopher O Connell -> 2.48

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Prediction and head to head Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Christopher O Connell

There is no head to head record between Emil Ruusuvuori and Christopher O Connell since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Emil Ruusuvuori

Ranked no. 54, the Finn will start his run in Dubai after he played his last match in Doha where he lost 6-2 7-6(2) to Lehecka in the 2^nd round on the 22^nd of February.

Emil has a compiled 5-6 win-loss record in 2023, 2-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, The Finn has an overall 236-137 record. He has a positive 100-49 record on hard.

Previously in Dubai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2021. See his history.

Christopher O Connell

Ranked no. 92, O got to the 1^st round after defeating Kareem Allaf 6-3 6-4 and Quentin Halys 7-6⁶ 7-6⁴.

In the qualifications, O had a good straight sets win against Halys (7-6⁶ 7-6⁴). During the match O scored 88 points vs Halys’s 78. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about serving, O made 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Christopher O Connell was very efficient on serve to win 89% (40/45) of his 1st serve and 70% (19/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match.

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Australian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.

The Australian has an overall 6-6 win-loss record in 2023, 6-6 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in Dubai

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

Tennis Scores in Dubai

• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-4 3-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Quentin HalysHalys (6-4 7-6⁹) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaAlejandro – Malek JaziriMalek (6-2 6-0) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel EvansEvans – Borna CoricCoric (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Andrey RublevRublev (3-2) – H2H and prediction
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander BublikBublik – Alexandar LazarovLazarov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Pavel KotovKotov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Maxime CressyCressy – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francesco PassaroPassaro – Mikael YmerYmer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-0) – H2H and prediction