Frances Tiafoe and Christopher O Connell will face off in the 2nd round of the Miami Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Frances Tiafoe who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Frances Tiafoe is the pick to win this match.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.48
Christopher O Connell -> 2.66
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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Christopher O Connell
There is no head to head record between Frances Tiafoe and Christopher O Connell since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Frances Tiafoe
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-9 | 6-6 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-21 | 21-10 | 8-4 | 4-5 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-25 | 19-11 | 8-6 | 5-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-27 | 19-13 | 4-7 | 10-4 | 9-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-15 | 7-9 | 6-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 22, the American will start his run in Miami after he played his last match in Indian Wells where he lost 6-3 6-3 to Tsitsipas in the 3rd round on the 10th of March.
Tiafoe has a composed 7-6 win-loss record in 2024, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Tiafoe’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Delray Beach.
Talking about his overall career, Tiafoe has an overall 348-239 record. He has a positive 164-114 record on hard.
Previously in Miami
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.
Christopher O Connell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-11 | 9-8 | 2-3 | 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, O reached the 2nd round after beating Vit Kopriva 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Christopher had a good straight sets win against Kopriva (6-2 6-4). During the match O scored 59 points vs Kopriva’s 41. Christopher was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, O made 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Christopher O Connell was exceptionally effective on serve to win 83% (30/36) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Christopher broke Kopriva 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Christopher has a composed 7-7 win-loss record in 2024, 7-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021 and 2023. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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