Taylor Fritz and Christopher O Connell will play each other in the 2nd round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 pm on STADIUM 3. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taylor Fritz who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taylor Fritz is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Fritz -> 1.25
Christopher O Connell -> 3.94
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Prediction and head to head Taylor Fritz vs. Christopher O Connell
This will be the 3rd time that Taylor Fritz and Christopher O Connell play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Fritz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Fritz won 6-1 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in at the Wimbledon back in 2024.
Highlights Taylor Fritz vs Christopher O Connell – Wimbledon 02-July-2024
Taylor Fritz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-10 | 13-5 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 54-23 | 23-10 | 15-7 | 6-4 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-24 | 35-11 | 11-6 | 5-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-21 | 24-8 | 5-3 | 9-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-22 | 20-13 | 4-5 | 8-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 4 (career-high), Taylor will start his run in Madrid after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(4) to Mensik in the semifinal on the 28th of March.
Taylor has an aggregate 14-6 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Australia where he overcame Hubert Hurkacz in the final 6-4 5-7 7-6(4).
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 420-246 record. He has a positive 68-47 record on clay.
Previously in Madrid
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2024. See his history.
Christopher O Connell
13 - 10win/loss
80
53
LLLLLWLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13-15 | 10-7 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 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 reached the 2nd round after defeating Camilo Ugo Carabelli 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Christopher had a good straight sets win against Ugo Carabelli (6-3 6-4). During the match O scored 62 points vs Ugo Carabelli’s 46. Christopher was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, O recorded 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Christopher O Connell was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (30/38) of his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Ugo Carabelli 3 times.
O has a compiled 13-10 win-loss record in 2025, 3-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Madrid
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Quentin HalysHalys (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (6-4 6-74 6-4) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Mattia BellucciBellucci (4-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – David GoffinGoffin (6-3 3-6 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-77 7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (7-62 7-64) – See score progression
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Marin CilicCilic (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Hugo GastonGaston (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Harold MayotMayot – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-3 4-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Federico CinaCina – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (7-65 6-1) – See score progression
- Laslo DjereDjere – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (7-64 6-1) – See score progression
- Ethan QuinnQuinn – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (3-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Borna GojoGojo (1-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-4 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Quentin HalysHalys (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – David GoffinGoffin (6-3 3-6 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Mattia BellucciBellucci (4-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (5-7 6-2 1-4 ret. (Zandschulp ret.)) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (6-4 6-7(4) 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Andrey RublevRublev (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Nicolas JarryJarry (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Laslo DjereDjere (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (5-2) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Ugo HumbertHumbert (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Casper RuudRuud (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Vit KoprivaKopriva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Alexander BublikBublik (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian KordaKorda – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Harold MayotMayot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-1) – H2H and prediction
