Christopher O Connell and Dusan Lajovic will play each other in the 1st round of the Tiriac Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 11:00 am 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 Dusan Lajovic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Dusan Lajovic is the pick to win this match.
Dusan Lajovic -> 1.615
Christopher O Connell -> 2.31

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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Dusan Lajovic

There is no head to head record between Christopher O Connell and Dusan Lajovic since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Christopher O Connell

Christopher O Connell

10 - 7win/loss

Hard
10-7
I Hard
0-0
Rank
82
High
53
LWWLWWLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 12-8 10-7 2-1 0-0 0-0 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. 87, O Connell will start his run in Bucharest after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 6-3 3-6 7-6(5) to Carballes Baena in the 1st round on the 19th of March.

Christopher has an aggregate 10-7 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the year on clay.

Talking about his overall career, The Australian has an overall 397-248 record. He has a positive 166-87 record on clay.

Previously in Bucharest

The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.

Bucharest
O Connell's Record

Dusan Lajovic

Dusan Lajovic

8 - 11win/loss

Hard
4-8
I Hard
0-0
Clay
4-3
Rank
109
High
23
WWLLWWWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 10-12 4-8 6-4 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 17-23 3-7 13-11 1-4 0-1 0-0
2023 30-28 9-9 18-13 3-5 0-1 0-0
2022 30-30 4-11 24-15 1-2 1-2 0-0
2021 18-28 8-10 5-9 4-7 1-2 0-0

Ranked no. 109, Dusan will start his run in Bucharest after he played his last match in the Girona Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-1 to Moller in the semifinal on the 29th of March.

Dusan has a compiled 8-11 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Dusan’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Girona Challenger.

In terms of his career, The Serbian has an overall 518-441 record. He has a positive 327-220 record on clay.

Bucharest
Lajovic's Record

Tennis Scores in Bucharest

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