Christopher O Connell and Roman Safiullin will face off in the 1^st round of the Winston-Salem for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:00 pm on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roman Safiullin who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Roman Safiullin is the pick to win this match.
Roman Safiullin -> 1.32
Christopher O Connell -> 3.38

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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Roman Safiullin

This will be the 2^nd time that Christopher O Connell and Roman Safiullin play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Safiullin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Safiullin won 6-2 6-2 in the 1^st round in the Liberec Challenger back in 2017.

Christopher O Connell

Ranked no. 77, the Australian will start his run in Winston-Salem after he played his last match in Toronto where he lost w/o to De Minaur in the 3^rd round on the 31^st of July.

O Connell has a composed 16-21 win-loss record in 2025, 12-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Christopher has an overall 403-262 record. He has a positive 191-129 record on hard.

Previously in Winston-Salem

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2024. See his history.

Roman Safiullin

Ranked no. 80, Safiullin will start his run in Winston-Salem after he played his last match in Cincinnati where he lost 7-5 7-6(5) to Rune in the 2^nd round on the 9^th of August.

Safiullin has an aggregate 12-18 win-loss record in 2025, 8-10 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Roman’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Oeiras 4 Challenger.

In terms of his career, Safiullin has an overall 410-228 record. He has a positive 233-102 record on hard.

Previously in Winston-Salem

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2024. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Salem Open

• Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Nicolas JarryJarry (7-6⁶ 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Sebastian OfnerOfner (3-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Adam WaltonWalton (2-6 7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – David GoffinGoffin (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Brandon HoltHolt (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Borna CoricCoric – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Filip MisolicMisolic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Sebastian KordaKorda (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Hugo GastonGaston – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mariano NavoneNavone – Dhakshineswar SureshSuresh (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Stefan DostanicDostanic – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-0) – H2H and prediction