Taylor Fritz and Christopher O Connell will play each other in the 2nd round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:00 pm on ARANTXA SANCHEZ STADIUM. 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 Taylor Fritz who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taylor Fritz is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Fritz -> 1.36
Christopher O Connell -> 3.15
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Prediction and head to head Taylor Fritz vs. Christopher O Connell
There is no head to head record between Taylor Fritz and Christopher O Connell since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Taylor Fritz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-11 | 13-5 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 54-23 | 23-10 | 15-7 | 6-4 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-24 | 35-11 | 11-6 | 5-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-21 | 24-8 | 5-3 | 9-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-22 | 20-13 | 4-5 | 8-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 10, Taylor will start his run in Madrid after he played his last match in Munich where he lost 6-4 7-6(2) to Van De Zandschulp in the semifinal on the 22nd of April.
The American has a composed 25-8 win-loss record in 2023, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title in Australia where he overcame Matteo Berrettini in the final 7-6(4) 7-6(6) and in Delray Beach where he defeated Miomir Kecmanovic in the final 6-0 5-7 6-2.
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 323-201 record. He has a positive 47-36 record on clay.
Previously in Madrid
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
Christopher O Connell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-19 | 10-7 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 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 |
Ranked no. 81, the Australian reached the 2nd round after defeating Filip Krajinovic 6-4 6-72 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Australian defeated Krajinovic (6-4 6-72 6-2). During the match O scored 99 points vs Krajinovic’s 92. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, O fired 15 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Christopher O Connell lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, O put 65% of his first serves in, winning 76% (42/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (12/29) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Krajinovic 6 times after converting 32% of his break points (6/19).
The Australian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Split Challenger and Munich.
Christopher has an aggregate 17-14 win-loss record in 2023, 9-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Madrid
Christopher has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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