Christopher O Connell wins against Mattia Bellucci 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in New York on Thursday. O Connell will play Jannik Sinner in the 3rd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 48 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this competition. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2020 and 2023. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
O Connell added to his prize money $ 75,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 215,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, O Connell will add $ 110,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 325,000 in total.
Highlights Christopher O Connell vs. Mattia Bellucci U.S. Open – New York
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, O Connell scored 129 points vs. Bellucci’s 114.
O Connell
O Connell served extremely well to win 84% of the points (47/56) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (28/49) on his second serve. Christopher fired 17 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Christopher won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points after he converted only 22% (4/18) of the procured opportunities.
Bellucci
On the other side, Mattia was pretty good at converting 67% of the break points that he conquered points (2/3). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between O Connell and Bellucci is 1-0 for Christopher.
Draw and next match H2H: Christopher O Connell vs. Jannik Sinner – stats
O Connell will square off with Sinner in the 3rd round.
This will be the 3rd time that Christopher O Connell and Jannik Sinner clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for O Connell and Sinner (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they played, Sinner won 6-4 6-3 in the 4th round in Miami back in March 2024.
Live score progression and stats
O Connell came out strong at the beginning of the set after breaking Mattia Bellucci in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break turned to be decisive for Christopher to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.
O Connell converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd game (1-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Christopher didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 50 points. The Australian was the one to win the set after conquering 4 points more than the Italian (27-23). The Australian conceded 8 points on serve (20-8). On the losing side, Bellucci conceded 7 points on serve (15-7).
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that the Australian clinched in the 9th game (5-4) prior to ultimately conquering the set (6-4).
The Italian surrendered the 9th game (5-4) when he had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve.
Christopher was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (4-4 40-A). On the other side, O Connell didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 53 points. The Australian was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than the Italian (30-23). O Connell was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (20-4). In addition, on the other side, Bellucci conceded 10 points on serve (19-10).
Bellucci clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Bellucci broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game to win the set 6-3.
Christopher was powerless in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 2-3
to 6-3.Mattia was unerring in converting all his break points in the 6th (2-3 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A). In addition on the other side, the Australian was spot on in converting all his break points in the 0th (0-1 40-A), the 5th (2-2 0-40) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 57 points. Bellucci conquered the set after winning 7 more points than the Australian (32-25). Bellucci surrendered 12 points on serve (19-12). on the other side of the net, O Connell conceded 13 points on serve (13-13).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Christopher conquered in the 4th game (3-1) before finally winning the set (6-3).
O Connell converted 11% of his break points (1/9). He had 9 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A), the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Mattia wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40).
They played 83 points. Christopher was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than Mattia (47-36). O Connell surrendered 5 points on serve (22-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Bellucci conceded 25 points on serve (31-25).
Tennis Scores at the U.S. Open
- Jack DraperDraper – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (6-4 6-2 6-2)
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3)
- David GoffinGoffin – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-78 6-3 6-2 7-61)
- Jakub MensikMensik – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-74 2-6 6-2 7-65 7-63)
- Tommy PaulPaul – Max PurcellPurcell (7-5 6-0 1-0 ret.)
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Arthur FilsFils (7-5 6-73 6-4 6-4)
- Daniel EvansEvans – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-4 6-3 6-3)
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-4 7-5 7-5)
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-2 6-4 6-4)
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz (6-1 7-5 6-4)
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Zizou BergsBergs (4-6 6-3 7-5 6-3)
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-4 6-0 6-2)
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (7-62 6-1 7-5)
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-3 6-2 7-65)
- Tomas MachacMachac – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-4 6-2 6-4)
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (7-5 6-1 7-63)
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-4 7-65 6-1)
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-3 4-6 6-4 1-6 6-3)
- Ben SheltonShelton – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-3 6-4 6-4)
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Arthur CazauxCazaux (6-4 6-4 6-2)
- Casper RuudRuud – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-4 6-2 2-6 7-63)
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-1 6-1 7-64)
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Laslo DjereDjere (6-4 6-4 2-0 ret.)
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-75 0-6 6-4 6-4 7-5)
- Juncheng ShangShang – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-2 6-3 7-62)
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Ugo HumbertHumbert (5-7 6-4 6-4 6-4)
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-2 6-4 6-0)
- Andrey RublevRublev – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (4-6 5-7 6-1 6-2 6-2)
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-4 6-1 1-0 ret.)
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-1 2-0 ret.)
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (3-6 6-4 6-4 2-6 7-5)
- Taylor FritzFritz – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-3 7-61 6-1)
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