Jack Draper and Christopher O Connell will square off in the 2nd round of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on GRANDSTAND 2. 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 Jack Draper who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jack Draper is the pick to win this match.
Jack Draper -> 1.171
Christopher O Connell -> 5.05

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Prediction and head to head Jack Draper vs. Christopher O Connell

This will be the 3rd time that Jack Draper and Christopher O Connell face off. The head to head is 2-0 for O (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, O won 1-6 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in Indian wells back in 2024.

Jack Draper

Jack Draper

4 - 1win/loss

Hard
4-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
10
High
4
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 30-9 14-3 12-4 0-0 4-2 0-0
2024 39-22 19-10 5-7 7-3 8-2 0-0
2023 34-15 15-8 3-3 16-4 0-0 0-0
2022 46-19 12-6 2-2 26-7 6-4 0-0
2021 18-16 6-6 7-5 3-2 2-2 0-1
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Ranked no. 16, Jack got to the 2nd round after beating Alexei Popyrin 6-2 7-6(4).

In the 1st round, Jack had a good straight sets win against Popyrin (6-2 7-64). During the match, Draper scored 66 points vs Popyrin’s 57. Jack was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Regarding the service games, Draper bagged 8 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Jack Draper was quite effective on serve to win 76% (34/45) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Brit broke Popyrin twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Draper has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 69% of his matches (230-105). 4-1 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Draper has an aggregate109-44 record in the last 8 years on hard.

The Brit has an aggregate 4-1 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Doha

The Brit has never competed in this tournament before.

Doha
Draper's Record

Christopher O Connell

Christopher O Connell

4 - 3win/loss

Hard
4-3
I Hard
0-0
Rank
114
High
53
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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
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Ranked no. 82, O reached the 2nd round after defeating Yosuke Watanuki 6-7(3) 7-6(4) 6-3, Pavel Kotov 6-4 6-2 and Hady Habib 7-6(7) 7-6(3).

In the 1st round, Christopher had a good straight sets win against Habib (7-67 7-63). During the match O scored 91 points vs Habib’s 85. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.

About the serving games, O scored 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Christopher O Connell was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (41/53) of his 1st serve and 61% (20/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Christopher broke Habib once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).

The Australian has a compiled 4-3 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Doha

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

Doha
O's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

J.Draper
C.O Connell
1h:24
1h:24
Time on court​
!
6h:27
6h:27
1h:24
1h:24
Last match​
1h:56
1h:56
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
21
21
Games Played​
79
79
2
2
Set played​​
7
7
66
66
Total points​
274
274
66
66
Avg point​
91.3
91.3
34
34
Winners
126
126
34
34
Avg Winners​
42
42
52%
52%
Ratio winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
31
31
8
8
Avg Aces
!
10.3
10.3
0
0
Double Faults
6
6
0
0
Avg Double Faults
2
2
34/45
34/45
1st won total​
126/163
126/163
!
76%
76%
1st won %
!
77%
77%
12/18
12/18
2nd won total​
64/104
64/104
!
67%
67%
2nd won %
!
62%
62%
-- Break Points --
2/4
2/4
BP won
6/16
6/16
2/4
2/4
Avg BP won
2/5.3
2/5.3
50%
50%
Won
38%
38%
1
1
Conceded
12
12
1
1
Avg Conceded
4
4
0
0
Broken
2
2
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
0.7
0.7
1
1
Saved
10
10
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Draper O
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 2 7
Tot Games 21 79
Pts 66-57 274-237
Total Points 123 511
Winners 34 126
%Winners 52% 46%

Draper played 1 match while O competed in 3 matches. O started his run from the qualifications while Draper had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Christopher O Connell surrendered 1 set while Jack Draper hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Draper has played 5 set(s) less than O (2 vs 7). Therefore, Draper played 58 games less than O. Jack scored 34 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian made 126 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve Draper O
Aces 8 31
Avg per match 8 10.3
1st in 45/63 163/267
%1st in 71% 61%
1st pts 34/45 126/163
%1st pts 76% 77%
2nd pts 12/18 64/104
%2nd pts 67% 62%

Draper struck 8 aces . O made 31 aces (10.3 per match). Draper won 76% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, O won 77% of the points on 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 Draper O
Won 2 6
Converted 2/4 6/16
% Converted 50% 38%
Conceded 1 12
Saved 1 10
% Saved 100% 83%
Times Broken 0 2

Draper broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Jack pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. Christopher broke his opponents 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Draper
R1
Popyrin		 Total
Score 6-2 7-64
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 21
pts 66-57 66-57
Total points 123 123
Winners 34 34
%Winners 52% 52%
SERVE
Aces 8 8
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 45/63 45/63
% 1st in 71% 71%
1st pts 34/45 34/45
% 1st pts 76% 76%
2nd pts 12/18 12/18
% 2nd pts 67% 67%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/4 2/4
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 1/1 1
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
O
Q1
Watanuki		 Q3
Kotov 		R1
Habib		 Total
Score 6-73 7-64 6-3 6-4 6-2 7-67 7-63
Tot Set 3 2 2 7
Tot Games 35 18 26 79
pts 117-110 66-42 91-85 274-237
Total points 227 108 176 511
Winners 62 23 41 126
%Winners 53% 35% 45% 46%
SERVE
Aces 13 6 12 31
Double Faults 3 1 2 6
1st in 80/129 30/52 53/86 163/267
% 1st in 62% 58% 62% 61%
1st pts 62/80 23/30 41/53 126/163
% 1st pts 78% 77% 77% 77%
2nd pts 29/49 15/22 20/33 64/104
% 2nd pts 59% 68% 61% 62%
Breaks
Won 1 4 1 6
Converted 1/4 4/7 1/5 6/16
Converted % 25% 57% 20% 38%
Conceded 6 4 2 12
Saved 6/6 3/4 1/2 10
Saved % 100% 75% 50% 225%
Times Broken 0 1 1 2

Tennis Scores in Doha

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Draper
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O Connell

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