Hubert Hurkacz and Christopher O Connell will play each other in the 2nd round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 9:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hubert Hurkacz who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hubert Hurkacz is the pick to win this match.
Hubert Hurkacz -> 1.141
Christopher O Connell -> 5.7
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Prediction and head to head Hubert Hurkacz vs. Christopher O Connell
This will be the 2nd time that Hubert Hurkacz and Christopher O Connell play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Hurkacz (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Hurkacz won 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Stuttgart back in 2023.
Highlights Hubert Hurkacz vs Christopher O Connell – Stuttgart 16-June-2023
Hubert Hurkacz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-10 | 11-6 | 9-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2020 | 15-13 | 8-5 | 3-3 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 8 (career-high), the Pole got to the 2nd round after beating Jan-Lennard Struff 7-65 6-74 7-66.
In the 1st round, Hubert defeated Struff (7-65 6-74 7-66).During the match, Hurkacz scored less points (5) than Struff. In fact, the world no. 8 won 125 points vs Struff’s. That means that Hurkacz was more focused during the important points. The Pole was quite aggressive to blast 73 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hurkacz overwhelmed his opponent with 24 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Hubert Hurkacz was very effective on serve to win 78% (73/93) of his 1st serve and 57% (25/44) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match.
Hurkacz has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (362-217). 8-3 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Hurkacz has an overall 175-82 record in the last years on hard.
Hubert’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Australia.
The Pole has a compiled 12-5 win-loss record in 2024, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
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. 68, the Australian got to the 2nd round after beating Maximilian Marterer 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, O had a good straight sets win against Marterer (6-2 6-4). During the match O scored 64 points vs Marterer’s 42. Christopher was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, O blasted 5 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Christopher O Connell was quite efficient on serve to win 82% (23/28) of his 1st serve and 74% (14/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Marterer 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Christopher has a compiled 5-5 win-loss record in 2024, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hurkacz | O |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 18 |
| Pts | 125-130 | 64-42 |
| Total Points | 255 | 106 |
| Winners | 73 | 23 |
| %Winners | 58% | 36% |
Both Hurkacz and O played 1 match. At the moment, Hubert Hurkacz conceded 1 set while Christopher O Connell hasn’t conceded a set so far. Hurkacz has played 1 set more than O (3 vs 2). Therefore, Hurkacz played 21 games more than O. Hubert scored 73 winners (58% of the total points). On the other side, Christopher managed to score 23 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hurkacz | O |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 24 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 24 | 5 |
| 1st in | 93/137 | 28/47 |
| %1st in | 68% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 73/93 | 23/28 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 25/44 | 14/19 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 74% |
Hurkacz scored 24 aces . O made 5 aces . Hurkacz won 78% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, O won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 74% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hurkacz | O |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 0 | 3 |
| Converted | 0/3 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 0% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 0 |
| Saved | 6 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Hubert hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. Hurkacz very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 6 break points without even conceding a single break point. O broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Christopher was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Hurkacz | |||
| R1 Struff |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-74 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 39 | 39 | |
| pts | 125-130 | 125-130 | |
| Total points | 255 | 255 | |
| Winners | 73 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 58% | 58% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 24 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 93/137 | 93/137 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 73/93 | 73/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/44 | 25/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/3 | 0/3 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 0% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| O | |||
| R1 Marterer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 64-42 | 64-42 | |
| Total points | 106 | 106 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 28/47 | 28/47 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 23/28 | 23/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 14/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 74% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLWWLWWW Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-3 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Borna CoricCoric (4-6 6-3 7-67) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Rohan Bopanna/Matthew EbdenBopanna/Matthew Ebden – Skander Mansouri/Aisam QureshiMansouri/Aisam Qureshi (7-64 7-65) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Sumit NagalNagal (6-4 5-7 6-1) – See score progression
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Ivan Dodig/Austin KrajicekDodig/Austin Krajicek – Andreas Mies/John-Patrick SmithMies/John-Patrick Smith (7-62 7-64) – See score progression
- Nicolas Mahut/Edouard Roger-VasselinMahut/Edouard Roger-Vasselin – Alejandro Davidovich Fokina/Jiri LeheckaDavidovich Fokina/Jiri Lehecka (6-1 6-71 11-9) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Gael MonfilsMonfils (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Ariel Behar/Adam PavlasekBehar/Adam Pavlasek – Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow (3-6 6-3 10-8) – See score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (7-65 6-74 7-66) – See score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (4-6 7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Pavel KotovKotov (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-74 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (7-5 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Tomas MachacMachac (2-6 6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-63 7-5) – See score progression
- Lloyd Glasspool/Jean-Julien RojerGlasspool/Jean-Julien Rojer – Michael Agwi/Osgar O’HoisinAgwi/Osgar O’Hoisin (6-0 7-65) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andy MurrayMurray – Ugo HumbertHumbert (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Sebastian KordaKorda (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-2) – H2H and prediction
