Christopher O Connell and Nerman Fatic will square off in the 2nd round of the Split Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:30 am on COURT 1. 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 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 -> 1.5
Nerman Fatic -> 2.46
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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Nerman Fatic
This will be the 5th time that Christopher O Connell and Nerman Fatic play each other. The head to head is 4-0 for O Connell (see full H2H stats), 4-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, O Connell won 7-6(3) 6-4 in the quarter in M25 Kiseljak back in 2019.
Christopher O Connell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-13 | 9-8 | 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. 82, O Connell reached the 2nd round after defeating Dane Sweeny 7-65 6-2.
In the 1st round, O Connell had a good straight sets win against Sweeny (7-65 6-2). During the match, O Connell scored 78 points vs Sweeny’s 69. Christopher was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, O Connell struck 2 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Christopher O Connell lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, O Connell put 60% of his first serves in, winning 64% (32/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (18/33) on the 2nd serve. O Connell broke Sweeny 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
O Connell has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (330-189). 3-1 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, O Connell has an overall 156-75 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Christopher has an aggregate 11-12 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Split Challenger
Nerman Fatic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-16 | 3-3 | 7-12 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-28 | 0-1 | 35-25 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 34-27 | 0-1 | 31-19 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 37-26 | 1-1 | 30-22 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-3 | 0-0 | 9-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 266, Nerman got to the 2nd round after beating Filip Peliwo 6-4 6-0, Benjamin Hassan 6-4 3-6 6-3 and Evan Furness 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round, Fatic had a good straight sets win against Furness (6-3 7-5). During the match Fatic scored 72 points vs Furness’s 57. Fatic was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Fatic scored 4 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Nerman Fatic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Fatic put 52% of his first serves in, winning 71% (24/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. Nerman broke Furness 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Nerman has an overall 5-3 win-loss record in 2023, 5-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Split Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | O Connell | Fatic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 65 |
| Pts | 78-69 | 229-186 |
| Total Points | 147 | 415 |
| Winners | 32 | 83 |
| %Winners | 41% | 36% |
O Connell played 1 match while Fatic competed in 3 matches. Fatic started his run from the qualifications while O Connell had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Nerman Fatic dropped 1 set while Christopher O Connell hasn’t surrendered a set so far. O Connell has played 5 set(s) less than Fatic (2 vs 7). Therefore, O Connell played 44 games less than Fatic. The Australian scored 32 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Fatic made 83 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | O Connell | Fatic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 50/83 | 124/206 |
| %1st in | 60% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 32/50 | 83/124 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 18/33 | 43/82 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 52% |
O Connell struck 2 aces . Fatic struck 6 aces (2 per match). O Connell won 64% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Fatic won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | O Connell | Fatic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 16 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 16/33 |
| % Converted | 44% | 48% |
| Conceded | 4 | 30 |
| Saved | 2 | 22 |
| % Saved | 50% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 8 |
Christopher broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. O Connell surrendered his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Fatic broke his opponents 16 times with a 48% conversion rate. Nerman conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| O Connell | |||
| R1 Sweeny |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 78-69 | 78-69 | |
| Total points | 147 | 147 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 50/83 | 50/83 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 32/50 | 32/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/33 | 18/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Fatic | |||||
| Q1 Peliwo |
Q3 Hassan |
R1 Furness |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 28 | 21 | 65 | |
| pts | 61-41 | 96-88 | 72-57 | 229-186 | |
| Total points | 102 | 184 | 129 | 415 | |
| Winners | 19 | 40 | 24 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 42% | 33% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 26/48 | 64/92 | 34/66 | 124/206 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 70% | 52% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 19/26 | 40/64 | 24/34 | 83/124 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 63% | 71% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 14/28 | 15/32 | 43/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 50% | 47% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/9 | 6/11 | 16/33 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 56% | 55% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 14 | 12 | 30 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 10/14 | 9/12 | 22 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 71% | 75% | 221% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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