Pavel Kotov and Christopher O Connell will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Chengdu Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:30 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Christopher O Connell who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Christopher O Connell is the pick to win this match.
Christopher O Connell -> 1.74
Pavel Kotov -> 2.1

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Prediction and head to head Pavel Kotov vs. Christopher O Connell

This will be the 3rd time that Pavel Kotov and Christopher O Connell fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Kotov won 6-3 6-7(6) 7-6(3) in the quarter in Marrakech back in 2023.

Highlights Pavel Kotov vs Christopher O Connell – Marrakech 07-April-2023

Pavel Kotov

Pavel Kotov

17 - 18win/loss

Hard
6-8
I Hard
0-0
Clay
11-9
Grass
0-1
Rank
86
High
50
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 20-25 9-11 11-9 0-4 0-1 0-0
2023 45-32 13-14 20-12 9-2 3-4 0-0
2022 37-20 5-3 20-9 12-8 0-0 0-0
2021 29-25 5-5 7-11 17-9 0-0 0-0
2020 12-10 0-0 0-1 12-8 0-0 0-1

Ranked no. 61, Kotov will start his run in Chengdu after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 6-2 4-6 6-2 3-6 7-6(7) to Bergs in the 1st round on the 27th of August.

The Russian has an aggregate 17-18 win-loss record in 2024, 6-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Pavel’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Marrakech.

Talking about his overall career, Pavel has an overall 269-178 record. He has a positive 55-42 record on hard.

Previously in Chengdu

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.

Chengdu
Kotov's Record

Christopher O Connell

Christopher O Connell

21 - 18win/loss

Hard
19-13
I Hard
0-0
Clay
2-4
Grass
0-1
Rank
64
High
53
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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. 75, will start his run in Chengdu after he won the title in the Guangzhou Challenger after beating 1-6 7-5 7-6(5)

Shimabukuro in the final.

The Australian has a composed 21-18 win-loss record in 2024, 19-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Guangzhou Challenger where he overcame Sho Shimabukuro in the final 1-6 7-5 7-6(5).

O won his last 5 matches.

In terms of his career, Christopher has an overall 380-233 record. He has a positive 175-118 record on hard.

Previously in Chengdu

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

Chengdu
O's Record

Tennis Scores in Chengdu

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