Christopher O Connell and Alex Bolt will face off in the qualifications of the cinch Championships for the 7^th 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 7^th 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 1^st round in the Barcelona Challenger back in 2020.

Christopher O Connell

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

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

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