Alexander Zverev and Christopher O Connell will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Alexander Zverev who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.32
Christopher O Connell -> 3.4

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Christopher O Connell

There is no head to head record between Alexander Zverev and Christopher O Connell since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Alexander Zverev

Alexander Zverev

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
3
High
2
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 57-25 24-9 18-7 9-6 6-3 0-0
2024 69-21 29-10 23-6 11-3 6-2 0-0
2023 55-27 22-13 20-7 8-5 5-2 0-0
2022 29-10 9-4 17-5 3-1 0-0 0-0
2021 59-15 28-6 14-4 13-3 4-2 0-0
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Ranked no. 16, Alexander got to the 2nd round after defeating Jiri Lehecka 4-6 6-3 6-4.

In the 1st round against Lehecka, Alexander recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Zverev scored 94 points vs Lehecka’s 80. The German was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Regarding the service games, Zverev recorded 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Alexander Zverev was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (43/58) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Alexander broke Lehecka 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Zverev has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 68% of his matches (396-189). 2-4 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zverev has a composed 151-75 match record in the last years on hard.

Alexander has an overall 4-6 win-loss record in 2023, 2-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

Dubai
Zverev's Record

Christopher O Connell

Christopher O Connell

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Rank
115
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
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Ranked no. 92, O reached the 2nd round after beating Kareem Allaf 6-3 6-4, Quentin Halys 7-66 7-64 and Emil Ruusuvuori 7-5 6-4.

In the 1st round, Christopher had a good straight sets win against Ruusuvuori (7-5 6-4). During the match O scored 81 points vs Ruusuvuori’s 70. Christopher was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.

About the serving games, O made 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Christopher O Connell lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, O put 60% of his first serves in, winning 85% (35/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (12/27) on the 2nd serve. Christopher broke Ruusuvuori 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).

The Australian has a compiled 7-6 win-loss record in 2023, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

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

Dubai
O's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

A.Zverev
C.O Connell
2h:05
2h:05
Time on court​
!
5h:01
5h:01
!
2h:05
2h:05
Last match​
1h:52
1h:52
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
29
29
Games Played​
67
67
3
3
Set played​​
6
6
94
94
Total points​
231
231
94
94
Avg point​
77
77
43
43
Winners
102
102
43
43
Avg Winners​
34
34
46%
46%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
12
12
Aces
26
26
!
12
12
Avg Aces
8.7
8.7
2
2
Double Faults
3
3
2
2
Avg Double Faults
1
1
43/58
43/58
1st won total​
102/119
102/119
!
74%
74%
1st won %
!
86%
86%
14/22
14/22
2nd won total​
45/75
45/75
!
64%
64%
2nd won %
60%
60%
-- Break Points --
3/10
3/10
BP won
5/18
5/18
3/10
3/10
Avg BP won
1.7/6
1.7/6
30%
30%
Won
!
28%
28%
4
4
Conceded
3
3
4
4
Avg Conceded
1
1
2
2
Broken
1
1
2
2
Avg Broken
!
0.3
0.3
2
2
Saved
2
2
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Zverev O
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 3 6
Tot Games 29 67
Pts 94-80 231-196
Total Points 174 427
Winners 43 102
%Winners 46% 44%

Zverev played 1 match while O competed in 3 matches. O started his run from the qualifications while Zverev had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Alexander Zverev lost 1 set while Christopher O Connell hasn’t dropped a set so far. Zverev has played 3 set(s) less than O (3 vs 6). Therefore, Zverev played 38 games less than O. Alexander scored 43 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Christopher made 102 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Zverev O
Aces 12 26
Avg per match 12 8.7
1st in 58/80 119/194
%1st in 73% 61%
1st pts 43/58 102/119
%1st pts 74% 86%
2nd pts 14/22 45/75
%2nd pts 64% 60%

Zverev struck 12 aces . O blasted 26 aces (8.7 per match). Zverev won 74% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, O won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Zverev O
Won 3 5
Converted 3/10 5/18
% Converted 30% 28%
Conceded 4 3
Saved 2 2
% Saved 50% 67%
Times Broken 2 1

The German broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. The German surrendered his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 5 times with a 28% conversion rate. Christopher conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Zverev
R1
Lehecka		 Total
Score 4-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 29 29
pts 94-80 94-80
Total points 174 174
Winners 43 43
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 12 12
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 58/80 58/80
% 1st in 73% 73%
1st pts 43/58 43/58
% 1st pts 74% 74%
2nd pts 14/22 14/22
% 2nd pts 64% 64%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/10 3/10
Converted % 30% 30%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 2/4 2
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 2 2
O
Q1
Allaf 		Q3
Halys		 R1
Ruusuvuori 		Total
Score 6-3 6-4 7-66 7-64 7-5 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 19 26 22 67
pts 62-48 88-78 81-70 231-196
Total points 110 166 151 427
Winners 27 40 35 102
%Winners 44% 45% 43% 44%
SERVE
Aces 4 11 11 26
Double Faults 0 2 1 3
1st in 33/54 45/72 41/68 119/194
% 1st in 61% 63% 60% 61%
1st pts 27/33 40/45 35/41 102/119
% 1st pts 82% 89% 85% 86%
2nd pts 14/21 19/27 12/27 45/75
% 2nd pts 67% 70% 44% 60%
Breaks
Won 2 0 3 5
Converted 2/3 0/4 3/11 5/18
Converted % 67% 0% 27% 28%
Conceded 1 0 2 3
Saved 1/1 0/0 1/2 2
Saved % 100% – 50% 150%
Times Broken 0 0 1 1

Tennis Scores in Dubai

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