Christopher O Connell downs Roberto Carballes Baena 6-3 0-6 6-1 in the 1st round in Indian Wells on Wednesday. O Connell is going to play against Matteo Berrettini in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 56 minutes. This run will match his best achievement in this tournament. Here you can see his history at this event.

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O Connell's Record

O Connell added to his prize money $ 12,275 after winning this match. He has already won $ 37,650 after this win. If he wins the next match, O Connell will add $ 26,850 to his earnings to get in total $ 64,500 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Connell
Baena
6-3 0-6 6-1
1h:56
74
74
Total points
73
73
25
25
Winners
33
33
34%
34%
Ratio Winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
2
2
3
3
Double Faults
3
3
65%
65%
1st in
67%
67%
63%
63%
1st won
58%
58%
25/40
25/40
1st won
33/57
33/57
55%
55%
2nd won
54%
54%
12/22
12/22
2nd won
15/28
15/28
-- Break Points --
4/13
4/13
Total
3/8
3/8
31%
31%
Won
38%
38%
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At the end of the match, the Australian scored 74 points vs. the Spaniard’s 73.

O Connell

The Australian won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points since he converted only 31% (4/13) of the procured opportunities.

Carballes Baena

On the other side, Roberto had a tough time converting his break points (only 38% – 3/8). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between O Connell and Carballes Baena is 1-1.

Draw and next match H2H: Christopher O Connell vs. Matteo Berrettini – stats

O Connell will fight against Berrettini in the 2nd round.

This will be the 3rd time that Christopher O Connell and Matteo Berrettini play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Berrettini (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Berrettini won 7-62 6-2 in the 2nd round in Dubai back in February 2025.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
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Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that O Connell conquered in the 8th game (5-3) before finally winning the set (6-3).

Roberto was eclipsed in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-3 to 6-3.

Christopher converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (4-3 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Roberto was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 76 points. O Connell was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than the Spaniard (40-36). O Connell conceded 10 points on serve (24-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Carballes Baena conceded 16 points on serve (26-16).

2nd Set -
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This set was completely uneven because Roberto conceded no games to O Connell before winning the set 6-0.

Roberto failed to serve out the set when leading 6-0 to be broken at 40.

Carballes Baena was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 0-40), the 4th (3-0 0-40) and the 6th game (5-0 15-40). Furthermore, on the other side, O Connell was perfect in converting all his break points in the 3rd (0-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (1–6 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 35 points. Carballes Baena won 15 more points than the Australian (25-10). Roberto conceded 9 points on serve (13-9). On the losing side, Christopher conceded 12 points on serve (1-12).

3rd Set -
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O Connell had a strong start of this set after breaking Roberto Carballes Baena in the 2nd

game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Christopher reinforced his lead after breaking the Spaniard in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.

Carballes Baena capitulated the 7th game (6-1) when he had a good chance to win the game when leading 40-0.

The Australian was spot on in converting all his break points in the 3rd (2-0 15-40) and the 7th game (5-1 40-A). On the other side, the Australian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 36 points. The Australian was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than Carballes Baena (24-12). Christopher was extremely solid on serve to drop just 3 points (12-3). On the other side, the Spaniard conceded 12 points on serve (9-12

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1st
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Baena
6-3
6
3
5
3
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Connell
Baena
0-6
0
6
0
5
0
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
3rd
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6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
4
0
3
0
2
0
1
0

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  • Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Alexandre MullerMuller (4-6 7-5 7-66)
  • Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-3 6-2)
  • Zizou BergsBergs – Ethan QuinnQuinn (7-62 6-3)
  • Marcos GironGiron – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (7-5 7-63)
  • Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (7-5 6-4)
  • Kei NishikoriNishikori – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-2 5-7 7-63)
  • Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-75 6-4 6-3)
  • Cameron NorrieNorrie – Luca NardiNardi (6-0 6-3)
  • Tristan BoyerBoyer – Aleksandar VukicVukic (4-6 6-2 7-64)
  • Corentin MoutetMoutet – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-4 4-6 6-3)
  • Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-3 0-6 6-1)
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  • Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Alexander BublikBublik (6-3 3-6 6-3)

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