Alex De Minaur defeats Christopher O Connell 6-3 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in New York on Tuesday in what was an all-Australian clash. De Minaur is going to play against Shintaro Mochizuki in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 53 minutes. His best achievement in this event was reaching the quarter in 2020 and 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.

New York
De Minaur's Record

Alex added to his prize money $ 44,000 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 154,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, De Minaur will add $ 83,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 237,000 in total.

Highlights Alex De Minaur vs. Christopher O Connell U.S. Open – New York

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Minaur
Connell
6-3 6-4 6-4
1h:53
95
95
Total points
76
76
36
36
Winners
44
44
38%
38%
Ratio Winners
58%
58%
23
23
Unforced
27
27
46%
46%
Ratio Unforced
54%
54%
13/18
13/18
Net Approaches
15/20
15/20
72%
72%
Perc
75%
75%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
7
7
1
1
Double Faults
1
1
50%
50%
1st in
65%
65%
92%
92%
1st won
73%
73%
36/39
36/39
1st won
44/60
44/60
64%
64%
2nd won
45%
45%
25/39
25/39
2nd won
15/33
15/33
196
196
Fastest serve
194
194
178
178
AVG 1st Serve
176
176
151
151
AVG 2nd Serve
142
142
-- Break Points --
3/11
3/11
Total
0/0
0/0
27%
27%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Alex scored 95 points vs. Christopher’s 76.

De Minaur

De Minaur served very well to win 92% of the points (36/39) behind his first serve, and he won 64% points (25/39) on his second serve. Alex struck 10 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Alex won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.

O Connell

On the other side, O Connell wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

After this match, the head to head between De Minaur and O Connell is 1-0 for Alex.

Draw and next match H2H: Alex De Minaur vs. Shintaro Mochizuki – stats

De Minaur will face Mochizuki in the 2nd round.

There is no head to head record between Alex De Minaur and Shintaro Mochizuki since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Minaur 6-3
MinaurConnell
6
3
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
MinaurConnell
5
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
MinaurConnell
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
MinaurConnell
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
MinaurConnell
3
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
MinaurConnell
2
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
MinaurConnell
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
MinaurConnell
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
MinaurConnell
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
0

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that De Minaur conquered in the 6th game (4-2) before eventually winning the set (6-3).

Alex converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 0-40). On the other side, De Minaur didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 49 points. Alex was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than Christopher (29-20). De Minaur conceded 7 points on serve (21-7). on the other side of the net, O Connell conceded 8 points on serve (13-8).

2nd Set -
Minaur 6-4
MinaurConnell
6
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
MinaurConnell
5
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
MinaurConnell
5
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
MinaurConnell
4
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
MinaurConnell
4
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
MinaurConnell
3
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
MinaurConnell
3
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
MinaurConnell
2
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
MinaurConnell
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
MinaurConnell
0
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A

Similarly to the 1st set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Alex grabbed in the 3rd game (2-1) before finally conquering the set (6-4).

De Minaur converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Alex didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 61 points. De Minaur won 7 points more than O Connell (34-27). De Minaur was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). on the other side of the net, Christopher conceded 14 points on serve (23-14).

3rd Set -
Minaur 6-4
MinaurConnell
6
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
MinaurConnell
5
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
MinaurConnell
5
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
MinaurConnell
4
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
MinaurConnell
4
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
MinaurConnell
3
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
MinaurConnell
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
MinaurConnell
2
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
MinaurConnell
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
MinaurConnell
1
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40

De Minaur took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Christopher O Connell in the 1st game (1-0). That break defined the set and it was sufficient for De Minaur to win the set (6-4) as no one dropped a serve anymore.

De Minaur converted 14% of his break points (1/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 3rd game (2-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Alex didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 61 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Alex won just 3 points more than Christopher (32-29). De Minaur lost 6 points on serve (20-6). In addition, on the other side, O Connell conceded 12 points on serve (23-12).

1st
Minaur
Connell
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Minaur
Connell
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
3rd
Minaur
Connell
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0

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