Christopher O Connell and Alex Bolt will face off in the qualifications of the cinch Championships for the 7th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 2:30 pm on COURT 5. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Bolt who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex Bolt is the pick to win this match.
Alex Bolt -> 1.59
Christopher O Connell -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Alex Bolt
This will be the 7th time that Christopher O Connell and Alex Bolt square off. The head to head is 4-2 for Bolt (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.
The last time that they competed against each other, O Connell won 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in the Barcelona Challenger back in 2020.
Christopher O Connell
14 - 16win/loss
80
53
WLLLLLLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-16 | 10-7 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 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. 80, Christopher reached the qualifications after beating James Duckworth 7-6(4) 6-0.
In the qualifications, O Connell had a good straight sets win against Duckworth (7-64 6-0). During the match, O Connell scored 67 points vs Duckworth’s 47. O Connell was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, O Connell managed to score 10 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Christopher O Connell was extremely effective on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Duckworth 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
O Connell has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (340-212). 1-2 on grass in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, O Connell has a composed 20-16 win-loss record in the last years on grass.
Christopher has a compiled 14-16 win-loss record in 2025, 1-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in London
Christopher has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Bolt
14 - 12win/loss
186
125
WLLWWWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-12 | 9-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 48-78 | 26-21 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 21-56 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-22 | 22-17 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-10 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-18 | 7-6 | 0-7 | 2-2 | 10-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 186, the Australian got to the qualifications after defeating Jay Clarke 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Alex had a good straight sets win against Clarke (6-3 6-4). During the match Bolt scored 60 points vs Clarke’s 48. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Bolt made 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alex Bolt was very effective on serve to win 80% (33/41) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Clarke twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Bolt’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Wuxi Challenger.
Alex has an aggregate 14-12 win-loss record in 2025, 5-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in London
Bolt has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | O Connell | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 |
| Pts | 67-47 | 60-48 |
| Total Points | 114 | 108 |
| Winners | 25 | 33 |
| %Winners | 37% | 55% |
Both O Connell and Bolt played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, O Connell and Bolt have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (19). Christopher scored 25 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Alex managed to score 33 winners (55%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | O Connell | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 5 |
| 1st in | 31/55 | 41/56 |
| %1st in | 56% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 33/41 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 8/15 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 53% |
O Connell managed to score 10 aces . Bolt recorded 5 aces . O Connell won 81% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Bolt won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | O Connell | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 2/4 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Christopher broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Christopher conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Alex was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| O Connell | |||
| Q1 Duckworth |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 67-47 | 67-47 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 31/55 | 31/55 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 25/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 15/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Bolt | |||
| Q1 Clarke |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 60-48 | 60-48 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 55% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 41/56 | 41/56 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 33/41 | 33/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 8/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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