Lorenzo Musetti and Christopher O Connell will play each other in the 2nd round of the Chengdu Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:30 pm on COURT CENTER. 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 Lorenzo Musetti who should win in 2 sets.
Lorenzo Musetti -> 1.43
Christopher O Connell -> 2.84
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Prediction and head to head Lorenzo Musetti vs. Christopher O Connell
There is no head to head record between Lorenzo Musetti and Christopher O Connell since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Lorenzo Musetti
40 - 24win/loss
19
15
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-24 | 11-9 | 18-10 | 1-2 | 12-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-29 | 10-10 | 16-11 | 0-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-30 | 11-10 | 21-7 | 12-10 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-31 | 9-8 | 17-12 | 10-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 30-15 | 6-4 | 20-6 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 19, Musetti will start his run in Chengdu after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 6-2 3-6 6-3 7-6(4) to Nakashima in the 3rd round on the 30th of August.
The Italian has a composed 40-24 win-loss record in 2024, 9-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Musetti’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Cagliari Challenger,the Turin Challenger, London and Umag.
Talking about his overall career, The Italian has an overall 214-155 record. He has a positive 46-43 record on hard.
Previously in Chengdu
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See his history.
Christopher O Connell
22 - 18win/loss
79
53
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-19 | 21-14 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 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, Christopher got to the 2nd round after beating Pavel Kotov 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Kotov (6-4 7-5). During the match O scored 70 points vs Kotov’s 57. O was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, O struck 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Christopher O Connell was extremely efficient on serve to win 85% (29/34) of his 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. O broke Kotov twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Guangzhou Challenger where he beat Sho Shimabukuro in the final 1-6 7-5 7-6(5).
O has a compiled 22-18 win-loss record in 2024, 20-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Chengdu
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Chengdu
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-4 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Lukas KleinKlein (7-62 3-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Taro DanielDaniel (7-61 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas JarryJarry – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez – Alexander BublikBublik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction