Hubert Hurkacz and Christopher O Connell will fight against each other in the quarter of the Boss Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 pm 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 Hubert Hurkacz who should win in 2 sets.
Hubert Hurkacz -> 1.41
Christopher O Connell -> 2.91
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Prediction and head to head Hubert Hurkacz vs. Christopher O Connell
There is no head to head record between Hubert Hurkacz and Christopher O Connell since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Hubert Hurkacz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-11 | 4-5 | 7-4 | 3-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 40-19 | 17-10 | 14-4 | 4-3 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-24 | 23-11 | 5-5 | 13-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-21 | 18-9 | 9-4 | 9-6 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-23 | 22-9 | 1-4 | 8-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 14, Hubert got to the quarter after beating Yosuke Watanuki 4-6 7-65 7-65.
In the 2nd round against Watanuki, Hubert recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-65 7-65).During the match, Hurkacz scored less points (1) than Watanuki. In fact, the world no. 14 won 114 points vs Watanuki’s. That means that Hurkacz was more focused during the important points. Hubert was extremely aggressive to blast 56 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hurkacz submerged his opponent with 21 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Hubert Hurkacz was exceptionally effective on serve to win 82% (56/68) of his 1st serve and 60% (26/43) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once.
Hurkacz has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (327-202). 1-0 on grass in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hurkacz has a compiled 17-11 win-loss record in the last years on grass.
His best result of the season was winning the title in Marseille where he beat Benjamin Bonzi in the final 6-3 7-6(4).
Hubert has an aggregate 20-12 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Stuttgart
Christopher O Connell
| 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 |
Ranked no. 74 (career-high), Christopher reached the quarter after beating Daniel Altmaier 6-3 6-1 and Lorenzo Sonego 7-65 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Christopher had a good straight sets win against Sonego (7-65 6-3). During the match O scored 81 points vs Sonego’s 72. O was very aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, O recorded 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Christopher O Connell was very efficient on serve to win 72% (44/61) of his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. O broke Sonego once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
The Australian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Split Challenger and Munich.
The Australian has a composed 21-19 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Stuttgart
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hurkacz | O |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 38 |
| Pts | 114-115 | 135-100 |
| Total Points | 229 | 235 |
| Winners | 56 | 65 |
| %Winners | 49% | 48% |
Hurkacz played 1 match while O competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Hubert Hurkacz lost 1 set while Christopher O Connell hasn’t dropped a set so far. Hurkacz has played 1 set(s) less than O (3 vs 4). Therefore, Hurkacz played 2 games less than O. The Pole scored 56 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, O bagged 65 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hurkacz | O |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 21 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 21 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 68/111 | 84/125 |
| %1st in | 61% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 56/68 | 65/84 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 26/43 | 27/41 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 66% |
Hurkacz scored 21 aces . O managed to score 11 aces (5.5 per match). Hurkacz won 82% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, O won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hurkacz | O |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 0 | 5 |
| Converted | 0/5 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 0% | 63% |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 67% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Hubert hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. The Pole lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Christopher broke his opponents 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Christopher was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.
| Hurkacz | |||
| R2 Watanuki | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-65 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 114-115 | 114-115 | |
| Total points | 229 | 229 | |
| Winners | 56 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 21 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 68/111 | 68/111 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 56/68 | 56/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/43 | 26/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/5 | 0/5 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 0% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| O | ||||
| R1 Altmaier | R2 Sonego | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 7-65 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 22 | 38 | |
| pts | 54-28 | 81-72 | 135-100 | |
| Total points | 82 | 153 | 235 | |
| Winners | 21 | 44 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 54% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 23/39 | 61/86 | 84/125 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 71% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 21/23 | 44/61 | 65/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 72% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 16/25 | 27/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 64% | 66% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 1/4 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 25% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Stuttgart
- Kevin Krawietz/Tim PuetzKrawietz/Tim Puetz – Daniel Altmaier/Dustin BrownAltmaier/Dustin Brown (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (3-2) – H2H and prediction