Emil Ruusuvuori and Christopher O Connell will play each other in the 2nd round of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on GRANDSTAND 2. 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 Emil Ruusuvuori who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Emil Ruusuvuori is the pick to win this match.
Emil Ruusuvuori -> 1.62
Christopher O Connell -> 2.3
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Prediction and head to head Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Christopher O Connell
This will be the 2nd time that Emil Ruusuvuori and Christopher O Connell face off. The head to head is 1-0 for O (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, O won 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in Dubai back in 2023.
Emil Ruusuvuori
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-10 | 7-5 | 0-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-30 | 13-11 | 6-7 | 9-8 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-32 | 15-12 | 10-9 | 10-7 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-26 | 21-12 | 1-5 | 6-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 27-15 | 11-5 | 0-2 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 43, the Finn reached the 2nd round after beating Giulio Zeppieri 7-62 7-5.
In the 1st round, Emil had a good straight sets win against Zeppieri (7-62 7-5). During the match, Ruusuvuori scored 82 points vs Zeppieri’s 73. Ruusuvuori was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ruusuvuori managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Emil Ruusuvuori lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Ruusuvuori put 68% of his first serves in, winning 80% (43/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. The Finn broke Zeppieri twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Ruusuvuori has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (268-160). 6-2 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Ruusuvuori has an aggregate 117-58 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Ruusuvuori’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Hong Kong.
Ruusuvuori has a composed 10-4 win-loss record in 2024, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
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. 65, O reached the 2nd round after beating Jan-Lennard Struff 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, O had a good straight sets win against Struff (6-4 6-4). During the match O scored 74 points vs Struff’s 65. O was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, O scored 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Christopher O Connell lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, O put 57% of his first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (18/33) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Struff 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
The Australian has a composed 4-4 win-loss record in 2024, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ruusuvuori | O |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 20 |
| Pts | 82-73 | 74-65 |
| Total Points | 155 | 139 |
| Winners | 43 | 30 |
| %Winners | 52% | 41% |
Both Ruusuvuori and O played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ruusuvuori and O have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Ruusuvuori played 5 games more than O. Emil scored 43 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian struck 30 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ruusuvuori | O |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 6 |
| 1st in | 54/79 | 43/76 |
| %1st in | 68% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 43/54 | 30/43 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 18/33 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 55% |
Ruusuvuori bagged 2 aces . O scored 6 aces . Ruusuvuori won 80% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, O won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ruusuvuori | O |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/4 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 |
| Saved | 7 | 2 |
| % Saved | 88% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Ruusuvuori broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Ruusuvuori dropped his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. Christopher broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. O conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ruusuvuori | |||
| R1 Zeppieri |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 82-73 | 82-73 | |
| Total points | 155 | 155 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 54/79 | 54/79 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 43/54 | 43/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 12/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| O | |||
| R1 Struff |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 74-65 | 74-65 | |
| Total points | 139 | 139 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 43/76 | 43/76 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 30/43 | 30/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/33 | 18/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLWWLWWW Tennis Scores in Doha
- Andy MurrayMurray – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-1 7-65) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (7-62 7-5) – See score progression
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Maximilian MartererMarterer (7-65 7-5) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Vit KoprivaKopriva (7-5 7-66) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Karen Khachanov/Andrey RublevKhachanov/Andrey Rublev – Sander Gille/Joran VliegenGille/Joran Vliegen (7-63 7-66) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich Fokina/Emil RuusuvuoriDavidovich Fokina/Emil Ruusuvuori – Marcelo Arevalo/Mate PavicArevalo/Mate Pavic (7-62 7-64) – See score progression
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-1 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (7-6(3) 6-4) – See score progression
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Maximilian MartererMarterer (7-6(5) 7-5) – See score progression
- Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (7-6(2) 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andy MurrayMurray – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Alexander BublikBublik (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Richard GasquetGasquet (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Pavel KotovKotov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
