Grigor Dimitrov and Christopher O Connell will face off in the 1st round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 9:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Grigor Dimitrov who should win in 2 sets.
Grigor Dimitrov -> 1.28
Christopher O Connell -> 3.68
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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Christopher O Connell
This will be the 4th time that Grigor Dimitrov and Christopher O Connell square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Dimitrov (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Dimitrov won 6-4 6-1 in the quarter in Chengdu back in 2023.
Highlights Grigor Dimitrov vs Christopher O Connell – Chengdu 24-September-2023
Grigor Dimitrov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-11 | 9-6 | 5-4 | 1-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 46-18 | 21-7 | 8-4 | 13-5 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-21 | 16-10 | 10-5 | 10-4 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-22 | 10-11 | 10-5 | 5-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-18 | 18-10 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 16, Dimitrov will start his run in Dubai after he played his last match in Doha where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Lehecka in the 1st round on the 17th of February.
Dimitrov has a composed 3-3 win-loss record in 2025, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Dimitrov’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Brisbane.
Talking about his overall career, Dimitrov has an overall 611-363 record. He has a positive 270-157 record on hard.
Previously in Dubai
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2011 and 2018. See his history.
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. 75, Christopher got to the 1st round after defeating Abdulrahman Al Janahi 6-2 6-0 and Botic Van De Zandschulp 7-6(5) 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Van De Zandschulp (7-65 6-4). During the match O scored 83 points vs Van De Zandschulp’s 72. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, O made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Christopher O Connell lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, O put 61% of his first serves in, winning 62% (33/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. O broke Van De Zandschulp 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
O started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 59% of the points he played.
O has an aggregate 6-4 win-loss record in 2025, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023 and 2024. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (3-6 6-3 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Hady HabibHabib (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Karen KhachanovKaren – Daniel EvansDaniel (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Marin CilicCilic – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (8-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Quentin HalysHalys – Andrey RublevRublev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Zizou BergsBergs (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Ugo HumbertHumbert (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (0-0) – H2H and prediction