Christopher O Connell and Hady Habib will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 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 -> 1.23
Hady Habib -> 4.2
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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Hady Habib
There is no head to head record between Christopher O Connell and Hady Habib since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Christopher O Connell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23-28 | 19-15 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 79, O Connell got to the 1st round after defeating Yosuke Watanuki 6-7(3) 7-6(4) 6-3 and Pavel Kotov 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, Christopher had a good straight sets win against Kotov (6-4 6-2). During the match, O Connell scored 66 points vs Kotov’s 42. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, O Connell made 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Christopher O Connell was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (23/30) of his 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Christopher broke Kotov 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
O Connell started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
O Connell has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (329-199). 3-3 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, O Connell has a compiled 139-93 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Australian has a compiled 3-3 win-loss record in 2025, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
Hady Habib
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-28 | 9-13 | 15-13 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-35 | 21-11 | 25-21 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 58-27 | 38-11 | 17-10 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-25 | 21-14 | 9-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-13 | 31-10 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 168, the Lebanese will start his run in Doha after he played his last match in 4 where he lost 6-3 2-6 6-4 to Bueno in the Rubber 2 on the 31st of January.
Hady has an overall 6-3 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, The Lebanese has an overall 308-170 record. He has a positive 190-87 record on hard.
Previously in Doha
Hady has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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- Luca NardiNardi – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Pavel KotovKotov (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (7-66 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (7-6(6) 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell – Pavel KotovKotov (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
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- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Hady HabibHabib (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
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