Sebastian Ofner and Christopher O Connell will face off in the 1st round of the Rakuten Japan Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on KINOSHITA GROUP ARENA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Christopher O Connell who should win in 3 sets.
Christopher O Connell -> 1.85
Sebastian Ofner -> 1.952
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Ofner vs. Christopher O Connell
This will be the 2nd time that Sebastian Ofner and Christopher O Connell square off. The head to head is 1-0 for O (see full H2H stats
), 1-0 on hard.The last time that they locked horns, O won 4-2 ret. in the qualifications in Atlanta back in 2021.
Sebastian Ofner
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20-19 | 0-5 | 16-10 | 0-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 19-25 | 6-8 | 8-13 | 1-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 60-31 | 12-10 | 37-13 | 7-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-18 | 4-4 | 21-12 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-24 | 4-6 | 4-8 | 7-6 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 49 (career-high), Ofner will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 6-3 6-0 to Paul in the 2nd round on the 7th of October.
Sebastian has an overall 56-27 win-loss record in 2023, 11-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Salzburg Challenger where he beat Lukas Neumayer in the final 6-3 6-2.
Talking about his overall career, Ofner has an overall 293-209 record. He has a positive 88-55 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Sebastian has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 58, the Australian will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 6-2 6-7(2) 6-4 to Van De Zandschulp in the 1st round on the 5th of October.
The Australian has a composed 34-30 win-loss record in 2023, 19-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Shanghai Challenger where he defeated Yosuke Watanuki in the final 6-3 7-5.
In terms of his career, O has an overall 355-211 record. He has a positive 156-104 record on hard.
Tennis Scores in Tokyo
- Jack DraperDraper – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Cristian GarinGarin – Rinky HijikataHijikata (5-7 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Max PurcellPurcell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Marcos GironGiron (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-6) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Jack DraperDraper (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Christian GarinGarin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (0-3) – H2H and prediction