Christopher O Connell and Strong Kirchheimer will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Winston-Salem for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 4:30 pm on COURT 3. 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 Christopher O Connell who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Christopher O Connell is the pick to win this match.
Christopher O Connell -> 1.149
Strong Kirchheimer -> 5.5
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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Strong Kirchheimer
There is no head to head record between Christopher O Connell and Strong Kirchheimer since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Christopher O Connell
14 - 16win/loss
64
53
LWWLLWLLLL | 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. 86, O Connell will start his run in Winston-Salem after he played his last match in Montreal where he lost 2-1 ret. to Rinderknech in the qualifications on the 5th of August.
The Australian has a composed 13-16 win-loss record in 2024, 11-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Christopher has an overall 372-231 record. He has a positive 167-116 record on hard.
Previously in Winston-Salem
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
Strong Kirchheimer
16 - 19win/loss
573
375
LWLWLWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-32 | 15-19 | 2-4 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-29 | 19-16 | 2-4 | 17-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-30 | 17-12 | 7-11 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-21 | 12-15 | 6-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-12 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 495, Strong got to the 1st round after defeating Ryan Fishback 6-1 7-5 and Thai Kwiatkowski 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Kirchheimer had a good straight sets win against Kwiatkowski (6-3 6-4). During the match Kirchheimer scored 76 points vs Kwiatkowski’s 58. Strong was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Kirchheimer scored 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Strong Kirchheimer conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 8 break points. Furthermore, Kirchheimer put 71% of his first serves in, winning 82% (41/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Kirchheimer broke Kwiatkowski twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Strong started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Kirchheimer’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M15 San Diego.
Strong has a composed 16-18 win-loss record in 2024, 12-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Winston-Salem
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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