Alexander Zverev and Christopher O Connell will play each other in the 2nd round of the BMW Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 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 Alexander Zverev who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.189
Christopher O Connell -> 4.75
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Christopher O Connell
This will be the 2nd time that Alexander Zverev and Christopher O Connell fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Zverev won 7-5 6-4 in the 2nd round in Dubai back in March 2023.
Highlights Alexander Zverev vs Christopher O Connell – Dubai 01-March-2023
Alexander Zverev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 68-20 | 29-10 | 23-6 | 10-2 | 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 |
| 2020 | 28-11 | 12-7 | 3-1 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 16, Zverev will start his run in Munich after he played his last match in Monte Carlo where he lost 3-6 7-5 7-6(7) to Medvedev in the 3rd round on the 13th of April.
The German has an overall 10-10 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Alexander’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Dubai.
Talking about his overall career, Alexander has an overall 416-207 record. He has a positive 147-67 record on clay.
Previously in Munich
Previously, he won this tournament twice in 2017 and 2018. See his history.
Christopher O Connell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 12-12 | 4-5 | 4-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 82, O reached the 2nd round after defeating Ugo Humbert 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, O had a good straight sets win against Humbert (6-4 6-4). During the match O scored 62 points vs Humbert’s 47. O was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, O recorded 6 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Christopher O Connell was quite efficient on serve to win 85% (28/33) of his 1st serve and 78% (14/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Humbert twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
O’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Split Challenger.
O has an overall 14-13 win-loss record in 2023, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Munich
O has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Quentin HalysHalys (3-6 7-65 7-5) – See score progression
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Cristian GarinGarin – Marko TopoTopo (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Oscar OtteOtte – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Kyle EdmundEdmund (7-63 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg (4-6 7-66 6-3) – See score progression
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-1 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Jordan ThompsonThompson (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-73 7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Yuki Bhambri/Saketh-Sai MyneniBhambri/Saketh-Sai Myneni – Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Alexander RitschardRitschard (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian GarinGarin – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Dominic ThiemThiem (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Oscar OtteOtte (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-0) – H2H and prediction
