Christopher O Connell and Mattia Bellucci will square off in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on Court 12. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mattia Bellucci who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mattia Bellucci is the pick to win this match.
Mattia Bellucci -> 1.56
Christopher O Connell -> 2.43

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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Mattia Bellucci

There is no head to head record between Christopher O Connell and Mattia Bellucci since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Christopher O Connell

Christopher O Connell

15 - 17win/loss

Hard
13-12
I Hard
0-0
Clay
2-4
Grass
0-1
Rank
66
High
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. 87, O Connell reached the 2nd round after defeating Nicolas Jarry 6-4 6-3 4-6 6-3.

In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Jarry (6-4 6-3 4-6 6-3). During the match, O Connell scored 118 points vs Jarry’s 114. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Talking about the service games, O Connell made 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Christopher O Connell was very efficient on serve to win 79% (46/58) of his 1st serve and 57% (32/56) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Christopher broke Jarry 4 times after converting 25% of his break points (4/16).

O Connell has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (338-206). 13-12 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, O Connell has an overall 149-103 match record in the last years on hard.

The Australian has an aggregate 15-17 win-loss record in 2024, 13-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

U.S. Open
O Connell's Record

Mattia Bellucci

Mattia Bellucci

37 - 24win/loss

Hard
21-11
I Hard
5-7
Clay
5-2
Grass
6-4
Rank
104
High
101
LWWWWLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 48-30 31-16 5-2 6-8 6-4 0-0
2023 33-34 22-19 2-9 4-3 5-3 0-0
2022 66-23 30-4 25-12 11-7 0-0 0-0
2021 39-18 29-10 5-3 5-4 0-1 0-0
2020 15-6 13-3 0-1 0-1 0-0 2-1

Ranked no. 101 (career-high), Bellucci reached the 2nd round after defeating Aidan Mayo 6-2 7-5, Federico Agustin Gomez 7-5 6-2, Kamil Majchrzak 6-3 6-3 and Stan Wawrinka 6-4 7-6(5) 6-3.

In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Wawrinka (6-4 7-65 6-3). During the match Bellucci scored 106 points vs Wawrinka’s 85. Bellucci was quite aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Talking about serving, Bellucci bagged 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Mattia Bellucci was extremely effective on serve to win 88% (51/58) of his 1st serve and 63% (20/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian broke Wawrinka 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Bellucci’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Cary Challenger.

Mattia has a compiled 37-24 win-loss record in 2024, 21-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.

U.S. Open
Bellucci's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

C.O Connell
M.Bellucci
2h:56
2h:56
Time on court​
!
5h:56
5h:56
!
2h:56
2h:56
Last match​
!
2h:13
2h:13
1
1
Match played
!
4
4
38
38
Games Played​
90
90
4
4
Set played​​
9
9
118
118
Total points​
291
291
118
118
Avg point​
72.8
72.8
46
46
Winners
124
124
46
46
Avg Winners​
31
31
39%
39%
Ratio winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
27
27
!
11
11
Avg Aces
6.8
6.8
4
4
Double Faults
8
8
4
4
Avg Double Faults
2
2
46/58
46/58
1st won total​
124/153
124/153
!
79%
79%
1st won %
!
81%
81%
32/56
32/56
2nd won total​
57/92
57/92
57%
57%
2nd won %
!
62%
62%
-- Break Points --
4/16
4/16
BP won
15/24
15/24
4/16
4/16
Avg BP won
3.8/6
3.8/6
!
25%
25%
Won
!
63%
63%
5
5
Conceded
7
7
5
5
Avg Conceded
1.8
1.8
1
1
Broken
4
4
1
1
Avg Broken
1
1
4
4
Saved
3
3

Matches, sets, games and points

Points O Connell Bellucci
Match played 1 4
Tot Set 4 9
Tot Games 38 90
Pts 118-114 291-223
Total Points 232 514
Winners 46 124
%Winners 39% 43%

O Connell played 1 match while Bellucci competed in 4 matches. Bellucci started his run from the qualifications while O Connell had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Christopher O Connell conceded 1 set while Mattia Bellucci hasn’t conceded a set so far. O Connell has played 5 set(s) less than Bellucci (4 vs 9). Therefore, O Connell played 52 games less than Bellucci. Christopher scored 46 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Bellucci struck 124 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve O Connell Bellucci
Aces 11 27
Avg per match 11 6.8
1st in 58/114 153/245
%1st in 51% 62%
1st pts 46/58 124/153
%1st pts 79% 81%
2nd pts 32/56 57/92
%2nd pts 57% 62%

O Connell scored 11 aces . Bellucci struck 27 aces (6.8 per match). O Connell won 79% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Bellucci won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks O Connell Bellucci
Won 4 15
Converted 4/16 15/24
% Converted 25% 63%
Conceded 5 7
Saved 4 3
% Saved 80% 43%
Times Broken 1 4

Christopher broke his opponent 4 times with a 25% conversion rate. Christopher conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 15 times with a 63% conversion rate. Mattia conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.

O Connell
R1
Jarry
Total
Score 6-4 6-3 4-6 6-3
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 38 38
pts 118-114 118-114
Total points 232 232
Winners 46 46
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 11 11
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 58/114 58/114
% 1st in 51% 51%
1st pts 46/58 46/58
% 1st pts 79% 79%
2nd pts 32/56 32/56
% 2nd pts 57% 57%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/16 4/16
Converted % 25% 25%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 4/5 4
Saved % 80% 80%
Times Broken 1 1
Bellucci
Q1
Mayo
Q2
Agustin
Q3
Majchrzak
R1
Wawrinka
Total
Score 6-2 7-5 7-5 6-2 6-3 6-3 6-4 7-65 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 2 3 9
Tot Games 20 20 18 32 90
pts 64-47 67-51 54-40 106-85 291-223
Total points 111 118 94 191 514
Winners 25 28 20 51 124
%Winners 39% 42% 37% 48% 43%
SERVE
Aces 4 6 5 12 27
Double Faults 1 4 2 1 8
1st in 35/53 32/54 28/48 58/90 153/245
% 1st in 66% 59% 58% 64% 62%
1st pts 25/35 28/32 20/28 51/58 124/153
% 1st pts 71% 88% 71% 88% 81%
2nd pts 12/18 11/22 14/20 20/32 57/92
% 2nd pts 67% 50% 70% 63% 62%
Breaks
Won 4 4 4 3 15
Converted 4/4 4/8 4/6 3/6 15/24
Converted % 100% 50% 67% 50% 63%
Conceded 1 2 1 3 7
Saved 0/1 1/2 0/1 2/3 3
Saved % 0% 50% 0% 67% 117%
Times Broken 1 1 1 1 4

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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