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.

See updated oddsAs 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

Taylor Fritz

14 - 6win/loss

Hard
13-5
I Hard
1-1
Rank
4
High
4
LWWWWLLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 21-11 13-5 3-4 1-1 4-1 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.

Madrid
Fritz's Record

Christopher O Connell

Christopher O Connell

13 - 10win/loss

Hard
10-7
I Hard
0-0
Clay
3-3
Rank
79
High
53
LLWLLLLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 14-18 10-7 3-7 0-0 1-4 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.

Madrid
O's Record

Tennis Scores in Madrid

  • Luciano DarderiDarderiQuentin HalysHalys (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
  • Kei NishikoriNishikoriAleksandar VukicVukic (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
  • Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin EtcheverryHamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (6-4 6-74 6-4) – See score progression
  • Lorenzo SonegoSonegoMiomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
  • Damir DzumhurDzumhurMattia BellucciBellucci (4-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
  • Alexandre MullerMullerDavid GoffinGoffin (6-3 3-6 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
  • Nicolas JarryJarryDaniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
  • Francisco ComesanaComesanaPedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
  • Nuno BorgesBorgesPablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-77 7-63 6-3) – See score progression
  • Alexander BublikBublikAlex MichelsenMichelsen (7-62 7-64) – See score progression
  • Benjamin BonziBonziMarin CilicCilic (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
  • Sebastian OfnerOfnerHugo GastonGaston (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
  • Harold MayotMayotCorentin MoutetMoutet (6-3 4-2 ret.) – See score progression
  • Mariano NavoneNavoneGiovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
  • Federico CinaCinaChak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (7-65 6-1) – See score progression
  • Laslo DjereDjereFabio FogniniFognini (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
  • Flavio CobolliCobolliFabian MarozsanMarozsan (7-64 7-5) – See score progression
  • Arthur RinderknechRinderknechRoman SafiullinSafiullin (7-64 6-1) – See score progression
  • Ethan QuinnQuinnDusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
  • Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel CerundoloAleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (3-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
  • Gael MonfilsMonfilsBorna GojoGojo (1-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
  • Roberto Bautista AgutBautista AgutJaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-4 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
  • Christopher O ConnellO ConnellCamilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
  • Luciano DarderiDarderiQuentin HalysHalys (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
  • Alexandre MullerMullerDavid GoffinGoffin (6-3 3-6 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
  • Damir DzumhurDzumhurMattia BellucciBellucci (4-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
  • Lorenzo SonegoSonegoMiomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
  • Kei NishikoriNishikoriAleksandar VukicVukic (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
  • Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De ZandschulpJan-Lennard StruffStruff (5-7 6-2 1-4 ret. (Zandschulp ret.)) – See score progression
  • Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin EtcheverryHamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (6-4 6-7(4) 6-4) – See score progression
  • Nicolas JarryJarryDaniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-3 6-2) – See score progression

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