Holger Rune and Christopher O Connell will square off in the semifinal of the BMW Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Holger Rune who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Holger Rune is the pick to win this match.
Holger Rune -> 1.285
Christopher O Connell -> 3.64

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Prediction and head to head Holger Rune vs. Christopher O Connell

There is no head to head record between Holger Rune and Christopher O Connell since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Holger Rune

Holger Rune

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Rank
15
High
4
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 36-22 20-10 10-6 4-4 2-2 0-0
2024 45-24 21-12 11-6 10-4 3-2 0-0
2023 44-24 10-10 16-4 11-8 7-2 0-0
2022 50-27 8-9 21-11 21-4 0-3 0-0
2021 73-29 11-5 41-17 21-7 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 7 (career-high), Rune got to the semifinal after defeating Yannick Hanfmann 6-3 6-4 and Cristian Garin 6-2 6-4.

In the quarter, The Dane had a good straight sets win against Garin (6-2 6-4). During the match, Rune scored 71 points vs Garin’s 55. Rune was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Rune struck 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Holger Rune lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Rune put 54% of his first serves in, winning 76% (28/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. Holger broke Garin 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Holger hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.

Rune has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 67% of his matches (181-90). 5-1 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rune has a compiled100-46 record in the last 6 years on clay.

The Dane’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Carlo.

Rune has an overall 19-8 win-loss record in 2023, 5-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Munich

Munich
Rune's Record

Christopher O Connell

Christopher O Connell

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Rank
114
High
53
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 23-28 19-15 3-7 0-0 1-6 0-0
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
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Ranked no. 82, Christopher got to the semifinal after beating Ugo Humbert 6-4 6-4, Alexander Zverev 7-62 6-4 and Flavio Cobolli 7-65 4-6 6-3.

In the quarter, O defeated Cobolli (7-65 4-6 6-3). During the match O scored 103 points vs Cobolli’s 102. Christopher was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Talking about serving, O recorded 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Christopher O Connell lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, O put 63% of his first serves in, winning 68% (45/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (18/38) on the 2nd serve. O broke Cobolli 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Christopher has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Christopher’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Split Challenger.

Christopher has a composed 16-13 win-loss record in 2023, 8-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Munich

The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.

Munich
O's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

H.Rune
C.O Connell
2h:57
2h:57
Time on court​
!
5h:42
5h:42
1h:33
1h:33
Last match​
!
2h:27
2h:27
2
2
Match played
!
3
3
37
37
Games Played​
75
75
4
4
Set played​​
7
7
137
137
Total points​
242
242
68.5
68.5
Avg point​
80.7
80.7
57
57
Winners
110
110
28.5
28.5
Avg Winners​
36.7
36.7
42%
42%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
12
12
2
2
Avg Aces
4
4
8
8
Double Faults
3
3
4
4
Avg Double Faults
1
1
57/73
57/73
1st won total​
110/148
110/148
!
78%
78%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
26/53
26/53
2nd won total​
45/82
45/82
49%
49%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
7/15
7/15
BP won
9/22
9/22
3.5/7.5
3.5/7.5
Avg BP won
3/7.3
3/7.3
47%
47%
Won
41%
41%
4
4
Conceded
18
18
2
2
Avg Conceded
6
6
2
2
Broken
6
6
1
1
Avg Broken
2
2
2
2
Saved
12
12
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Rune O
Match played 2 3
Tot Set 4 7
Tot Games 37 75
Pts 137-107 242-215
Total Points 244 457
Winners 57 110
%Winners 42% 45%

Rune played 2 matches while O competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Christopher O Connell lost 1 set while Holger Rune hasn’t conceded a set so far. Rune has played 3 set(s) less than O (4 vs 7). Therefore, Rune played 38 games less than O. Holger scored 57 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Christopher struck 110 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Rune O
Aces 4 12
Avg per match 2 4
1st in 73/126 148/230
%1st in 58% 64%
1st pts 57/73 110/148
%1st pts 78% 74%
2nd pts 26/53 45/82
%2nd pts 49% 55%

Rune recorded 4 aces (2 per match). O recorded 12 aces (4 per match). Rune won 78% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, O won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Rune O
Won 7 9
Converted 7/15 9/22
% Converted 47% 41%
Conceded 4 18
Saved 2 12
% Saved 50% 67%
Times Broken 2 6

Holger broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Holger dropped his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. O broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. O conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Rune
R2
Hanfmann		 1/4
Garin		 Total
Score 6-3 6-4 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 19 18 37
pts 66-52 71-55 137-107
Total points 118 126 244
Winners 29 28 57
%Winners 44% 39% 42%
SERVE
Aces 2 2 4
Double Faults 4 4 8
1st in 36/58 37/68 73/126
% 1st in 62% 54% 58%
1st pts 29/36 28/37 57/73
% 1st pts 81% 76% 78%
2nd pts 11/22 15/31 26/53
% 2nd pts 50% 48% 49%
Breaks
Won 3 4 7
Converted 3/9 4/6 7/15
Converted % 33% 67% 47%
Conceded 2 2 4
Saved 1/2 1/2 2
Saved % 50% 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1 2
O
R1
Humbert 		R2
Zverev		 1/4
Cobolli 		Total
Score 6-4 6-4 7-62 6-4 7-65 4-6 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 20 23 32 75
pts 62-47 77-66 103-102 242-215
Total points 109 143 205 457
Winners 28 37 45 110
%Winners 45% 48% 44% 45%
SERVE
Aces 6 1 5 12
Double Faults 0 1 2 3
1st in 33/51 49/75 66/104 148/230
% 1st in 65% 65% 63% 64%
1st pts 28/33 37/49 45/66 110/148
% 1st pts 85% 76% 68% 74%
2nd pts 14/18 13/26 18/38 45/82
% 2nd pts 78% 50% 47% 55%
Breaks
Won 2 3 4 9
Converted 2/4 3/6 4/12 9/22
Converted % 50% 50% 33% 41%
Conceded 0 7 11 18
Saved 0/0 5/7 7/11 12
Saved % – 71% 64% 68%
Times Broken 0 2 4 6

Tennis Scores in Munich

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