Alexei Popyrin and Christopher O Connell will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on COURT 12. 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 Alexei Popyrin who should win in 3 sets.
Alexei Popyrin -> 1.79
Christopher O Connell -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Alexei Popyrin vs. Christopher O Connell
There is no head to head record between Alexei Popyrin and Christopher O Connell since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Alexei Popyrin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-22 | 17-8 | 4-8 | 4-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-29 | 18-14 | 15-6 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-31 | 7-16 | 7-4 | 3-5 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-26 | 13-11 | 8-6 | 10-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-16 | 3-4 | 5-5 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 77, Popyrin got to the 1st round after beating Riccardo Bonadio 6-4 4-6 6-3 and Andrea Pellegrino 6-0 7-63.
In the qualifications, Popyrin had a good straight sets win against Pellegrino (6-0 7-63). During the match, Popyrin scored 66 points vs Pellegrino’s 44. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Popyrin scored 10 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Alexei Popyrin was pretty effective on serve to win 86% (31/36) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Popyrin broke Pellegrino 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alexei started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Popyrin has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 56% of his matches (227-175). 7-4 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Popyrin has an overall63-46 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
Popyrin has an aggregate 20-13 win-loss record in 2023, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
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. 78 (career-high), the Australian will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in Madrid where he lost 7-6(11) 6-4 to Fritz in the 2nd round on the 29th of April.
The Australian has a composed 17-15 win-loss record in 2023, 9-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
O’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Split Challenger and Munich.
In terms of his career, The Australian has an overall 338-196 record. He has a positive 162-78 record on clay.
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Maximilian MartererMarterer (4-6 7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Emilio NavaNava (4-6 7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Arthur FilsFils – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-0 7-63) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-2 7-63) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Elias YmerYmer (7-65 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Yibing WuWu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Andy MurrayMurray (4-4) – H2H and prediction
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Francesco PassaroPassaro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Guido PellaPella – Maxime CressyCressy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo DellienDellien – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Laslo DjereDjere (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Alex MolcanMolcan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kyle EdmundEdmund – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro CachinCachin – Christian GarinGarin (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Quentin HalysHalys – Jeff WolfWolf (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Alexander BublikBublik (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Marcos GironGiron (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Jeremy ChardyChardy (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (6-2) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (0-0) – H2H and prediction