Alexander Shevchenko and Christopher O Connell will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Adelaide International for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Shevchenko who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Shevchenko is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Shevchenko -> 1.64
Christopher O Connell -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Shevchenko vs. Christopher O Connell
There is no head to head record between Alexander Shevchenko and Christopher O Connell since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Alexander Shevchenko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-35 | 8-13 | 6-12 | 7-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-34 | 16-15 | 19-13 | 10-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-33 | 2-4 | 41-23 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-27 | 8-4 | 33-17 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 24-8 | 13-4 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 48 (career-high), Alexander reached the 2nd round after beating Tomas Martin Etcheverry 7-64 4-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, Alexander defeated Etcheverry (7-64 4-6 7-5).During the match, Shevchenko scored less points (1) than Etcheverry. In fact, the world no. 48 won 113 points vs Etcheverry’s. That means that Shevchenko was more focused during the important points. Alexander was pretty aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shevchenko fired 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alexander Shevchenko lost the serve 5 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Shevchenko put 62% of his first serves in, winning 69% (50/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (19/45) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Etcheverry 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Shevchenko has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (232-137). 2-1 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shevchenko has an overall42-29 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
The Russian has an overall 2-1 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Adelaide
Shevchenko has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 71, O got to the 2nd round after beating Arthur Rinderknech 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, O had a good straight sets win against Rinderknech (6-4 6-4). During the match O scored 68 points vs Rinderknech’s 51. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, O recorded 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Christopher O Connell was quite effective on serve to win 94% (29/31) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Christopher broke Rinderknech 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
The Australian has an aggregate 1-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Adelaide
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shevchenko | O |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 20 |
| Pts | 113-114 | 68-51 |
| Total Points | 227 | 119 |
| Winners | 50 | 29 |
| %Winners | 44% | 43% |
Both Shevchenko and O played 1 match. At the moment, Alexander Shevchenko lost 1 set while Christopher O Connell hasn’t dropped a set so far. Shevchenko has played 1 set more than O (3 vs 2). Therefore, Shevchenko played 15 games more than O. Shevchenko scored 50 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, O scored 29 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shevchenko | O |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 9 |
| 1st in | 72/117 | 31/50 |
| %1st in | 62% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 50/72 | 29/31 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 94% |
| 2nd pts | 19/45 | 10/19 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 53% |
Shevchenko blasted 5 aces . O made 9 aces . Shevchenko won 69% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, O won 94% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shevchenko | O |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 45% | 60% |
| Conceded | 14 | 1 |
| Saved | 9 | 0 |
| % Saved | 64% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 |
The Russian broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Russian lost his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Christopher broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Shevchenko | |||
| R1 Etcheverry |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 4-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 113-114 | 113-114 | |
| Total points | 227 | 227 | |
| Winners | 50 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 72/117 | 72/117 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 50/72 | 50/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/45 | 19/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 9/14 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| O | |||
| R1 Rinderknech |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 68-51 | 68-51 | |
| Total points | 119 | 119 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 31/50 | 31/50 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 29/31 | 29/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 94% | 94% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | 10/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLLWLLLL Tennis Scores in Adelaide
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (7-5 2-6 7-69) – See score progression
- Alex BoltBolt – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – James McCabeMcCabe (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Adam WaltonWalton (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (7-64 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Constantin Frantzen/Hendrik JebensFrantzen/Hendrik Jebens – Alex Bolt/Luke SavilleBolt/Luke Saville (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – James McCabeMcCabe (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (7-5 2-6 7-6(9)) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Adam WaltonWalton (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Daniel EvansEvans – Alexander BublikBublik (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Alex BoltBolt (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Sebastian KordaKorda (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Jack DraperDraper (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
