Christopher O Connell and Radu Albot will face off in the quarter of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:30 pm 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 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 -> 1.41
Radu Albot -> 2.76
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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Radu Albot
This will be the 4th time that Christopher O Connell and Radu Albot play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Albot (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, O Connell won 4-6 6-3 7-5 in the qualifications in Halle back in 2021.
Christopher O Connell
18 - 18win/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. 87, the Australian got to the quarter after beating Tristan Lamasine 6-3 6-2 and Ye Cong Mo 6-2 2-1 ret..
In the 2nd round against Cong Mo, O Connell had a free pass after Cong Mo retired on a 6-2 2-1 . scoreline.
O Connell has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (341-207). 16-13 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, O Connell has an overall 152-104 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
O Connell has a composed 18-18 win-loss record in 2024, 16-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
Radu Albot
37 - 24win/loss
163
39
LLWWLWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-26 | 12-9 | 17-11 | 4-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-34 | 10-13 | 13-8 | 12-10 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-30 | 25-14 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-27 | 4-9 | 2-8 | 13-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-18 | 0-8 | 2-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 134, Albot got to the quarter after beating Yaojie Zeng 6-4 6-7(2) 7-5 and Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Moldovan had a good straight sets win against Trongcharoenchaikul (6-3 6-2). During the match Albot scored 60 points vs Trongcharoenchaikul’s 33. Radu was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Albot scored 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Radu Albot was very efficient on serve to win 89% (25/28) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Moldovan broke Trongcharoenchaikul 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Albot has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
The Moldovan’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Girona Challenger.
The Moldovan has an aggregate 37-24 win-loss record in 2024, 12-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2014. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | O Connell | Albot |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 52 |
| Pts | 106-70 | 177-132 |
| Total Points | 176 | 309 |
| Winners | 43 | 66 |
| %Winners | 41% | 37% |
Both O Connell and Albot played 2 matches. At the moment, Radu Albot surrendered 1 set while Christopher O Connell hasn’t conceded a set so far. Talking about their workload, O Connell and Albot have played the same amount of sets 5. However, O Connell played 24 games less than Albot. The Australian scored 43 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Moldovan struck 66 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | O Connell | Albot |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 56/85 | 91/141 |
| %1st in | 66% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 43/56 | 66/91 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 20/29 | 31/50 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 62% |
O Connell fired 13 aces (6.5 per match). Albot bagged 6 aces (3 per match). O Connell won 77% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Albot won 73% 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 | Albot |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 10 |
| Converted | 6/17 | 10/16 |
| % Converted | 35% | 63% |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 |
| Saved | 3 | 1 |
| % Saved | 75% | 17% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
The Australian broke his opponents 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. Christopher dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Moldovan broke his opponents 10 times with a 63% conversion rate. Albot conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 17% of the break points that he conceded.
| O Connell | ||||
| R1 Lamasine |
R2 Cong Mo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 2-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 11 | 28 | |
| pts | 61-42 | 45-28 | 106-70 | |
| Total points | 103 | 73 | 176 | |
| Winners | 27 | 16 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 36% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 9 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 37/51 | 19/34 | 56/85 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 56% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 16/19 | 43/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 84% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 11/15 | 20/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 73% | 69% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 2/6 | 6/17 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 33% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 2/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Albot | ||||
| R1 Zeng |
R2 Trongcharoenchaikul |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-72 7-5 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 17 | 52 | |
| pts | 117-99 | 60-33 | 177-132 | |
| Total points | 216 | 93 | 309 | |
| Winners | 41 | 25 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 42% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 63/97 | 28/44 | 91/141 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 64% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 41/63 | 25/28 | 66/91 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 89% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/34 | 11/16 | 31/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 69% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 3/4 | 10/16 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 75% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/6 | 0/0 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 17% | – | 9% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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