Christopher O Connell and Pavel Kotov will face off in the quarter of the Grand Prix Hassan II for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:00 pm on CENTER 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Christopher O Connell is the pick to win this match.
Christopher O Connell -> 1.66
Pavel Kotov -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Pavel Kotov
This will be the 2nd time that Christopher O Connell and Pavel Kotov play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for O Connell (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, O Connell won 6-2 6-2 in the qualifications in Doha back in 2022.
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, Christopher got to the quarter after beating Riccardo Bonadio 7-5 6-4 and Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-78 6-4 6-0.
In the 2nd round against Van De Zandschulp, O Connell recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-78 6-4 6-0). During the match, O Connell scored 110 points vs Van De Zandschulp’s 94. Christopher was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about the service games, O Connell bagged 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Christopher O Connell lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, O Connell put 59% of his first serves in, winning 66% (43/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (20/45) on the 2nd serve. O Connell broke Van De Zandschulp 7 times after converting 64% of his break points (7/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
O Connell has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.
O Connell has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (329-188). 2-0 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, O Connell has a compiled 155-74 match record in the last years on clay.
The Australian has a compiled 10-11 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Marrakech
Christopher has never competed in this tournament before.
Pavel Kotov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-18 | 6-8 | 11-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-32 | 13-14 | 20-12 | 9-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-20 | 5-3 | 20-9 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-25 | 5-5 | 7-11 | 17-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 114, Kotov reached the quarter after defeating Pedro Martinez Portero 6-2 1-6 7-65 and Benjamin Bonzi 6-0 7-62.
In the 2nd round, Kotov had a good straight sets win against Bonzi (6-0 7-62). During the match Kotov scored 64 points vs Bonzi’s 42. Kotov was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Kotov bagged 2 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Pavel Kotov was pretty effective on serve to win 77% (23/30) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Kotov broke Bonzi 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kotov has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Pavel has a compiled 12-10 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Marrakech
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | O Connell | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 51 | 47 |
| Pts | 183-159 | 157-140 |
| Total Points | 342 | 297 |
| Winners | 67 | 59 |
| %Winners | 37% | 38% |
Both O Connell and Kotov played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Christopher O Connell conceded 1 set, while Pavel Kotov conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, O Connell and Kotov have played the same amount of sets 5. However, O Connell played 4 games more than Kotov. O Connell scored 67 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Kotov blasted 59 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | O Connell | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 95/177 | 86/143 |
| %1st in | 54% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 67/95 | 59/86 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 40/82 | 26/57 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 46% |
O Connell fired 10 aces (5 per match). Kotov fired 7 aces (3.5 per match). O Connell won 71% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Kotov won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | O Connell | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 10 |
| Converted | 10/19 | 10/22 |
| % Converted | 53% | 45% |
| Conceded | 15 | 14 |
| Saved | 11 | 7 |
| % Saved | 73% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 7 |
The Australian broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Pavel broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| O Connell | ||||
| R1 Bonadio |
R2 Van De Zandschulp |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | 6-78 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 29 | 51 | |
| pts | 73-65 | 110-94 | 183-159 | |
| Total points | 138 | 204 | 342 | |
| Winners | 24 | 43 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 39% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 30/67 | 65/110 | 95/177 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 59% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 43/65 | 67/95 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 66% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/37 | 20/45 | 40/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 44% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 7/11 | 10/19 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 64% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 12 | 15 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 9/12 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 75% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Kotov | ||||
| R1 Martinez Portero |
R2 Bonzi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 1-6 7-65 | 6-0 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 19 | 47 | |
| pts | 93-98 | 64-42 | 157-140 | |
| Total points | 191 | 106 | 297 | |
| Winners | 36 | 23 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 36% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 56/93 | 30/50 | 86/143 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 36/56 | 23/30 | 59/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 77% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/37 | 11/20 | 26/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 55% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/10 | 10/22 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 50% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 2 | 14 | |
| Saved | 7/12 | 0/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 58% | 0% | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
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