Botic Van De Zandschulp and Christopher O Connell will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Grand Prix Hassan II for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:30 am on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Botic Van De Zandschulp who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Botic Van De Zandschulp is the pick to win this match.
Botic Van De Zandschulp -> 1.44
Christopher O Connell -> 2.79
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Prediction and head to head Botic Van De Zandschulp vs. Christopher O Connell
This will be the 2nd time that Botic Van De Zandschulp and Christopher O Connell square off. The head to head is 1-0 for O Connell (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, O Connell won 6-4 7-6(1) in the final in M25 Doboj back in 2019.
Botic Van De Zandschulp
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-25 | 6-9 | 16-12 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-25 | 10-9 | 4-6 | 12-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-29 | 14-11 | 11-7 | 7-7 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-23 | 17-5 | 24-10 | 9-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-14 | 1-2 | 6-6 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
Ranked no. 31, Botic will start his run in Marrakech after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 4-6 6-4 7-5 to Ruusuvuori in the 4th round on the 28th of March.
Van De Zandschulp has a compiled 9-7 win-loss record in 2023, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on clay.
Botic’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Pune.
Talking about his overall career, Van De Zandschulp has an overall 295-156 record. He has a positive 140-76 record on clay.
Previously in Marrakech
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.
Christopher O Connell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-18 | 14-13 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2020 | 12-12 | 4-5 | 4-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 87, O Connell reached the 2nd round after defeating Riccardo Bonadio 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, Christopher had a good straight sets win against Bonadio (7-5 6-4). During the match O Connell scored 73 points vs Bonadio’s 65. Christopher was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, O Connell scored 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Christopher O Connell was very effective on serve to win 80% (24/30) of his 1st serve and 54% (20/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. O Connell broke Bonadio 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
O Connell has an overall 9-11 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Marrakech
O Connell has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWLWLWL Tennis Scores in Marrakech
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-2 1-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Adam MoundirMoundir (6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Maxime CressyCressy (6-74 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Nicolas JarryJarry (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Younes Lalami LaaroussiLalami Laaroussi (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Hugo GastonGaston – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (3-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Roman Jebavy/Adam PavlasekJebavy/Adam Pavlasek – Daniel Evans/Jonny O’MaraEvans/Jonny O’Mara (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (7-5 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Elias YmerYmer – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Daniel EvansEvans (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Pavel KotovKotov – Benjamin BonziBonzi (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Alexandre MullerMuller (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Hugo GastonGaston (1-1) – H2H and prediction
