Christopher O Connell and Daniel Altmaier will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Belgrade Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on GRANDSTAND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniel Altmaier who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Daniel Altmaier is the pick to win this match.
Daniel Altmaier -> 1.62
Christopher O Connell -> 2.3
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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Daniel Altmaier
This will be the 3rd time that Christopher O Connell and Daniel Altmaier square off. The head to head is 1-1 for O Connell and Altmaier (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Altmaier won 3-6 7-6(5) 6-4 in the qualifications in Cincinnati back in 2023.
Christopher O Connell
27 - 25win/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. 71, Christopher got to the 2nd round after defeating Miomir Kecmanovic 6-1 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Kecmanovic (6-1 6-1). During the match, O Connell scored 61 points vs Kecmanovic’s 36. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, O Connell bagged 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Christopher O Connell conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, O Connell put 64% of his first serves in, winning 83% (25/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Kecmanovic 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
O Connell has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (350-214). 2-4 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, O Connell has a compiled 21-16 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Guangzhou Challenger where he defeated Sho Shimabukuro in the final 1-6 7-5 7-6(5).
The Australian has a compiled 27-25 win-loss record in 2024, 2-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Belgrade
Daniel Altmaier
29 - 32win/loss
89
47
LWLWLWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-34 | 5-9 | 19-20 | 5-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-31 | 8-13 | 21-10 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-31 | 10-14 | 22-12 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-27 | 7-3 | 36-20 | 5-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-16 | 12-7 | 13-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 93, Altmaier got to the 2nd round after beating Luciano Darderi 7-6(1) 6-3.
In the 1st round, Altmaier had a good straight sets win against Darderi (7-61 6-3). During the match Altmaier scored 63 points vs Darderi’s 49. Altmaier was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Altmaier struck 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Daniel Altmaier was pretty effective on serve to win 81% (35/43) of his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The German was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Darderi once.
The German’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Sassuolo Challenger and the Seville Challenger.
Daniel has a compiled 29-32 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | O Connell | Altmaier |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 22 |
| Pts | 61-36 | 63-49 |
| Total Points | 97 | 112 |
| Winners | 25 | 35 |
| %Winners | 41% | 56% |
Both O Connell and Altmaier played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, O Connell and Altmaier have played the same amount of sets 2. However, O Connell played 8 games less than Altmaier. Christopher scored 25 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Altmaier recorded 35 winners (56%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | O Connell | Altmaier |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 10 |
| 1st in | 30/47 | 43/60 |
| %1st in | 64% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 35/43 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 12/17 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 71% |
O Connell blasted 8 aces . Altmaier scored 10 aces . O Connell won 83% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Altmaier won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | O Connell | Altmaier |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 1 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 1/1 |
| % Converted | 50% | 100% |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 |
| Saved | 5 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The Australian broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. O Connell pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 5 break points. Altmaier broke his opponent once with a 100% conversion rate. Altmaier was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| O Connell | |||
| R1 Kecmanovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 61-36 | 61-36 | |
| Total points | 97 | 97 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/47 | 30/47 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 25/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 8/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Altmaier | |||
| R1 Darderi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 63-49 | 63-49 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 56% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 43/60 | 43/60 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 35/43 | 35/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 12/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/1 | 1/1 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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