Christopher O Connell and Marat Sharipov will fight against each other in the quarter of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Christopher O Connell who should win in 2 sets.
Christopher O Connell -> 1.363
Marat Sharipov -> 2.93
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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Marat Sharipov
There is no head to head record between Christopher O Connell and Marat Sharipov since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Christopher O Connell
19 - 23win/loss
114
53
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23-28 | 19-15 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 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. 89, Christopher got to the quarter after beating Rigele Te 6-4 6-4 and Christopher Eubanks 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Eubanks, Christopher recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, O Connell scored 86 points vs Eubanks’s 78. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about the service games, O Connell overpowered his opponent with 22 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Christopher O Connell was pretty effective on serve to win 83% (43/52) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. O Connell broke Eubanks twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
O Connell has conceded 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
O Connell has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (345-219). 15-10 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, O Connell has a composed 151-100 record in the last years on hard.
Christopher has an overall 19-23 win-loss record in 2025, 15-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
Marat Sharipov
40 - 20win/loss
276
243
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48-26 | 24-11 | 14-9 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 46-17 | 16-7 | 27-7 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 65-18 | 43-4 | 22-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-19 | 8-6 | 7-10 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 8-17 | 2-5 | 3-7 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 265, Marat reached the quarter after beating Taro Daniel 7-6(5) 1-6 6-4 and Luca Castelnuovo 3-6 7-6(5) 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Castelnuovo, Sharipov recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-65 6-2). During the match Sharipov scored 110 points vs Castelnuovo’s 107. Marat was pretty aggressive to blast 51 winners.
About the serving games, Sharipov submerged his opponent with 20 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Marat Sharipov lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Sharipov put 63% of his first serves in, winning 80% (51/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (17/37) on the 2nd serve. Marat broke Castelnuovo twice after converting 18% of his break points (2/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sharipov has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 50% of the points he played.
Sharipov’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Uriage.
The Russian has a composed 40-20 win-loss record in 2025, 20-8 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
Sharipov has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | O Connell | Sharipov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 48 | 60 |
| Pts | 152-125 | 200-202 |
| Total Points | 277 | 402 |
| Winners | 65 | 92 |
| %Winners | 43% | 46% |
Both O Connell and Sharipov played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Christopher O Connell dropped 1 set, while Marat Sharipov conceded 2 sets. O Connell has played 1 set(s) less than Sharipov (5 vs 6). Therefore, O Connell played 12 games less than Sharipov. Christopher scored 65 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian managed to score 92 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | O Connell | Sharipov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 28 | 34 |
| Avg per match | 14 | 17 |
| 1st in | 80/124 | 114/192 |
| %1st in | 65% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 65/80 | 92/114 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 27/44 | 38/78 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 49% |
O Connell recorded 28 aces (14 per match). Sharipov struck 34 aces (17 per match). O Connell won 81% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Sharipov won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | O Connell | Sharipov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/15 | 3/15 |
| % Converted | 40% | 20% |
| Conceded | 7 | 9 |
| Saved | 4 | 5 |
| % Saved | 57% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Christopher broke his opponents 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. Christopher lost his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. The Russian broke his opponents 3 times with a 20% conversion rate. Sharipov conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| O Connell | ||||
| R1 Te | R2 Eubanks | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 28 | 48 | |
| pts | 66-47 | 86-78 | 152-125 | |
| Total points | 113 | 164 | 277 | |
| Winners | 22 | 43 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 50% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 22 | 28 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 28/48 | 52/76 | 80/124 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 68% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 43/52 | 65/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 83% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 14/24 | 27/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 58% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 2/5 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 80% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Sharipov | ||||
| R1 Daniel | R2 Castelnuovo | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 1-6 6-4 | 3-6 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | 60 | |
| pts | 90-95 | 110-107 | 200-202 | |
| Total points | 185 | 217 | 402 | |
| Winners | 41 | 51 | 92 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 14 | 20 | 34 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 50/91 | 64/101 | 114/192 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 63% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 41/50 | 51/64 | 92/114 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 80% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/41 | 17/37 | 38/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 46% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 2/11 | 3/15 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 18% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 1/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 33% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
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