Christopher O Connell

and Botic Van De Zandschulp will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Botic Van De Zandschulp who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Botic Van De Zandschulp is the pick to win this match.
Botic Van De Zandschulp -> 1.64
Christopher O Connell -> 2.15

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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp

This will be the 4th time that Christopher O Connell and Botic Van De Zandschulp play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for O Connell (see full H2H stats), but Van De Zandschulp leads 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Van De Zandschulp won 6-2 6-7(2) 6-4 in the 1st round in Shanghai back in 2023.

Christopher O Connell

Christopher O Connell

5 - 4win/loss

Hard
5-4
I Hard
0-0
Rank
114
High
53
LLWLLWWLWW
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. 82, the Australian got to the qualifications after beating Abdulrahman Al Janahi 6-2 6-0.

In the qualifications, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Al Janahi (6-2 6-0). During the match, O Connell scored 61 points vs Al Janahi’s 29. O Connell was very aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Regarding the service games, O Connell managed to score 3 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Christopher O Connell was very effective on serve to win 82% (18/22) of his 1st serve and 73% (11/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. O Connell broke Al Janahi 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

O Connell has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (331-200). 5-4 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, O Connell has an aggregate 141-94 match record in the last years on hard.

O Connell has a composed 5-4 win-loss record in 2025, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

Dubai
O Connell's Record

Botic Van De Zandschulp

Botic Van De Zandschulp

4 - 6win/loss

Hard
4-3
I Hard
0-3
Rank
77
High
22
LLWLWLWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 29-32 13-11 11-10 4-9 1-2 0-0
2024 33-33 9-11 16-12 7-8 1-2 0-0
2023 27-25 10-9 4-6 12-7 1-3 0-0
2022 38-29 14-11 11-7 7-7 6-4 0-0
2021 53-23 17-5 24-10 9-5 3-3 0-0

Ranked no. 87, Van De Zandschulp got to the qualifications after defeating Andrea Vavassori 6-1 6-3.

In the qualifications, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Vavassori (6-1 6-3). During the match Van De Zandschulp scored 59 points vs Vavassori’s 38. Botic was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Van De Zandschulp recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Botic Van De Zandschulp was quite efficient on serve to win 75% (27/36) of his 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Dutch broke Vavassori 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Van De Zandschulp has a compiled 4-6 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

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

Dubai
Van De Zandschulp's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

C.O Connell
B.Van Zandschulp
1h:03
1h:03
Time on court​
1h:05
1h:05
1h:03
1h:03
Last match​
1h:05
1h:05
1
1
Match played
1
1
14
14
Games Played​
16
16
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
61
61
Total points​
59
59
61
61
Avg point​
59
59
18
18
Winners
27
27
18
18
Avg Winners​
27
27
30%
30%
Ratio winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
2
2
3
3
Avg Aces
2
2
0
0
Double Faults
1
1
0
0
Avg Double Faults
1
1
18/22
18/22
1st won total​
27/36
27/36
!
82%
82%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
11/15
11/15
2nd won total​
8/13
8/13
!
73%
73%
2nd won %
!
62%
62%
-- Break Points --
5/8
5/8
BP won
4/8
4/8
5/8
5/8
Avg BP won
4/8
4/8
!
63%
63%
Won
50%
50%
2
2
Conceded
1
1
2
2
Avg Conceded
1
1
0
0
Broken
0
0
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
0
0
2
2
Saved
1
1

Matches, sets, games and points

Points O Connell Van De Zandschulp
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 14 16
Pts 61-29 59-38
Total Points 90 97
Winners 18 27
%Winners 30% 46%

Both O Connell and Van De Zandschulp played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, O Connell and Van De Zandschulp have played the same amount of sets 2. However, O Connell played 2 games less than Van De Zandschulp. Christopher scored 18 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch fired 27 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve O Connell Van De Zandschulp
Aces 3 2
Avg per match 3 2
1st in 22/37 36/49
%1st in 59% 73%
1st pts 18/22 27/36
%1st pts 82% 75%
2nd pts 11/15 8/13
%2nd pts 73% 62%

O Connell blasted 3 aces . Van De Zandschulp fired 2 aces . O Connell won 82% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Van De Zandschulp won 75% 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 O Connell Van De Zandschulp
Won 5 4
Converted 5/8 4/8
% Converted 63% 50%
Conceded 2 1
Saved 2 1
% Saved 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Christopher broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Christopher quite strong on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Dutch broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Van De Zandschulp was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.

O Connell
Q1
Al Janahi
Total
Score 6-2 6-0
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 14 14
pts 61-29 61-29
Total points 90 90
Winners 18 18
%Winners 30% 30%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 22/37 22/37
% 1st in 59% 59%
1st pts 18/22 18/22
% 1st pts 82% 82%
2nd pts 11/15 11/15
% 2nd pts 73% 73%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/8 5/8
Converted % 63% 63%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 2/2 2
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Van De Zandschulp
Q1
Vavassori
Total
Score 6-1 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 16 16
pts 59-38 59-38
Total points 97 97
Winners 27 27
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 36/49 36/49
% 1st in 73% 73%
1st pts 27/36 27/36
% 1st pts 75% 75%
2nd pts 8/13 8/13
% 2nd pts 62% 62%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/8 4/8
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 1/1 1
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

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