Sebastian Ofner and Christopher O Connell will face off in the 2nd round of the Sofia Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Christopher O Connell who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Christopher O Connell is the pick to win this match.
Christopher O Connell -> 1.81
Sebastian Ofner -> 2
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Ofner vs. Christopher O Connell
This will be the 3rd time that Sebastian Ofner and Christopher O Connell clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Ofner and O (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Ofner won 6-7(2) 7-6(5) 7-5 in the 1st round in Tokyo back in October 2023.
Sebastian Ofner
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-15 | 6-7 | 4-8 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2020 | 15-17 | 3-5 | 7-6 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 44 (career-high), the Austrian reached the 2nd round after beating Vitaliy Sachko 6-4 3-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, Ofner defeated Sachko (6-4 3-6 6-2). During the match, Ofner scored 83 points vs Sachko’s 76. Ofner was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ofner recorded 10 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Sebastian Ofner was pretty effective on serve to win 75% (36/48) of his 1st serve and 59% (20/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ofner broke Sachko 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Ofner has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (296-212). 6-5 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Ofner has a composed38-40 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Salzburg Challenger where he beat Lukas Neumayer in the final 6-3 6-2.
The Austrian has a compiled 59-30 win-loss record in 2023, 6-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Sofia
The Austrian has never competed in this tournament before.
Christopher O Connell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-12 | 9-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 66, Christopher reached the 2nd round after defeating Hamad Medjedovic 6-73 6-1 7-62.
In the 1st round against Medjedovic, Christopher recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-1 7-62). During the match O scored 119 points vs Medjedovic’s 104. Christopher was exceptionally aggressive to blast 55 winners.
About the serving games, O managed to score 15 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Christopher O Connell was extremely efficient on serve to win 77% (55/71) of his 1st serve and 58% (22/38) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Medjedovic twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Shanghai Challenger where he defeated Yosuke Watanuki in the final 6-3 7-5.
The Australian has a compiled 38-33 win-loss record in 2023, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ofner | O |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 33 |
| Pts | 83-76 | 119-104 |
| Total Points | 159 | 223 |
| Winners | 36 | 55 |
| %Winners | 43% | 46% |
Both Ofner and O played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Sebastian Ofner conceded 1 set, while Christopher O Connell dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Ofner and O have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Ofner played 6 games less than O. Sebastian scored 36 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian fired 55 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ofner | O |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 15 |
| 1st in | 48/82 | 71/109 |
| %1st in | 59% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 36/48 | 55/71 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 20/34 | 22/38 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 58% |
Ofner recorded 10 aces . O struck 15 aces . Ofner won 75% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 59% 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 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ofner | O |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 2/10 |
| % Converted | 38% | 20% |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 80% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The Austrian broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Austrian dropped his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. O broke his opponent twice with a 20% conversion rate. O was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Ofner | |||
| R1 Sachko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 83-76 | 83-76 | |
| Total points | 159 | 159 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 48/82 | 48/82 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 36/48 | 36/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/34 | 20/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| O | |||
| R1 Medjedovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 6-1 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 119-104 | 119-104 | |
| Total points | 223 | 223 | |
| Winners | 55 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 15 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 71/109 | 71/109 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 55/71 | 55/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/38 | 22/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/10 | 2/10 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLWWLWWW Tennis Scores in Sofia
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (6-73 6-1 7-62) – See score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (7-64 6-74 6-4) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-4 3-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Zsombor PirosPiros (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (7-5 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Alexandar LazarovLazarov (3-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (7-69 6-72 7-65) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Terence AtmaneAtmane (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrey Golubev/Denys MolchanovGolubev/Denys Molchanov – Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow (7-66 2-6 10-7) – See score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Terence AtmaneAtmane (7-6(4) 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-5) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Jurij RodionovRodionov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Billy HarrisHarris (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Max PurcellPurcell (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Pavel KotovKotov – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Jack DraperDraper (0-1) – H2H and prediction
