Christopher O Connell and Zsombor Piros will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Split Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday 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 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 -> 1.58
Zsombor Piros -> 2.31
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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Zsombor Piros
This will be the 3rd time that Christopher O Connell and Zsombor Piros square off. The head to head is 2-0 for O Connell (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, O Connell won 6-3 2-0 ret. in the final in the Split Challenger back in 2022.
Christopher O Connell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-12 | 9-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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, the Australian got to the semifinal after defeating Dane Sweeny 7-65 6-2, Nerman Fatic 6-1 6-3 and Dino Prizmic 6-2 7-5.
In the quarter, Christopher had a good straight sets win against Prizmic (6-2 7-5). During the match, O Connell scored 80 points vs Prizmic’s 67. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, O Connell managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Christopher O Connell lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, O Connell put 61% of his first serves in, winning 66% (27/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the 2nd serve. O Connell broke Prizmic 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
O Connell has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (332-189). 5-1 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, O Connell has an overall 158-75 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
O Connell has a compiled 13-12 win-loss record in 2023, 5-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Split Challenger
Zsombor Piros
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-16 | 1-4 | 7-10 | 7-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-29 | 3-2 | 35-18 | 5-7 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-23 | 7-6 | 19-9 | 10-7 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-16 | 3-2 | 31-9 | 13-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-2 | 1-1 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 167, Piros reached the semifinal after beating Fabian Marozsan 6-3 6-3, Shintaro Mochizuki 6-4 7-61 and Radu Albot 7-65 5-7 6-3.
In the quarter, Piros defeated Albot (7-65 5-7 6-3). During the match Piros scored 120 points vs Albot’s 117. Piros was very aggressive to blast 50 winners.
About the serving games, Piros managed to score 10 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Zsombor Piros lost the serve twice and he saved 16 break points. Furthermore, Piros put 56% of his first serves in, winning 66% (50/76) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (35/59) on the 2nd serve. Zsombor broke Albot twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zsombor has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Hungarian has an overall 16-10 win-loss record in 2023, 11-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Split Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | O Connell | Piros |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 57 | 75 |
| Pts | 219-176 | 268-236 |
| Total Points | 395 | 504 |
| Winners | 80 | 101 |
| %Winners | 37% | 38% |
Both O Connell and Piros played 3 matches. At the moment, Zsombor Piros surrendered 1 set while Christopher O Connell hasn’t lost a set so far. O Connell has played 1 set(s) less than Piros (6 vs 7). Therefore, O Connell played 18 games less than Piros. O Connell scored 80 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Hungarian made 101 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | O Connell | Piros |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 3.3 | 5.7 |
| 1st in | 117/194 | 149/267 |
| %1st in | 60% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 80/117 | 101/149 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 44/77 | 64/118 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 54% |
O Connell blasted 10 aces (3.3 per match). Piros struck 17 aces (5.7 per match). O Connell won 68% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Piros won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | O Connell | Piros |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 12 |
| Converted | 13/34 | 12/25 |
| % Converted | 38% | 48% |
| Conceded | 10 | 31 |
| Saved | 6 | 23 |
| % Saved | 60% | 74% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 8 |
Christopher broke his opponents 13 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Zsombor broke his opponents 12 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Hungarian conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded.
| O Connell | |||||
| R1 Sweeny |
R2 Fatic |
1/4 Prizmic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-2 | 6-1 6-3 | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 16 | 20 | 57 | |
| pts | 78-69 | 61-40 | 80-67 | 219-176 | |
| Total points | 147 | 101 | 147 | 395 | |
| Winners | 32 | 21 | 27 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 34% | 34% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 50/83 | 26/44 | 41/67 | 117/194 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 59% | 61% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 32/50 | 21/26 | 27/41 | 80/117 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 81% | 66% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/33 | 12/18 | 14/26 | 44/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 67% | 54% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/11 | 5/14 | 13/34 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 36% | 36% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 1/1 | 3/5 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 60% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Piros | |||||
| R1 Marozsan |
R2 Mochizuki |
1/4 Albot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 7-61 | 7-65 5-7 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 23 | 34 | 75 | |
| pts | 62-47 | 86-72 | 120-117 | 268-236 | |
| Total points | 109 | 158 | 237 | 504 | |
| Winners | 21 | 30 | 50 | 101 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 35% | 42% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 25/48 | 48/84 | 76/135 | 149/267 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 57% | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 21/25 | 30/48 | 50/76 | 101/149 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 63% | 66% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 18/36 | 35/59 | 64/118 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 50% | 59% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/10 | 2/4 | 12/25 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 50% | 50% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 11 | 18 | 31 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 7/11 | 16/18 | 23 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 64% | 89% | 51% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
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