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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Botic Van De Zandschulp who should win in 3 sets.
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
| 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
Botic Van De Zandschulp
| 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.
H2H Performance in the tournament
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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