Christopher O Connell and Yi Zhou will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Chengdu Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Christopher O Connell who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Christopher O Connell is the pick to win this match.
Christopher O Connell -> 1.43
Yi Zhou -> 2.83

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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Yi Zhou

There is no head to head record between Christopher O Connell and Yi Zhou since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Christopher O Connell

Ranked no. 103, O Connell reached the 2^nd round after defeating Quentin Halys 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Halys, Christopher recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7³ 6-3 6-4). During the match, O Connell scored 95 points vs Halys’s 86. Christopher was pretty aggressive to blast 45 winners.

Talking about the service games, O Connell managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Christopher O Connell was pretty efficient on serve to win 80% (45/56) of his 1st serve and 63% (20/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. O Connell broke Halys 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

O Connell has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (347-220). 17-11 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, O Connell has a composed 153-101 record in the last years on hard.

Christopher’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Guangzhou Challenger.

Christopher has a composed 21-24 win-loss record in 2025, 17-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Chengdu

Yi Zhou

Ranked no. 304, the Chinese reached the 2^nd round after beating Cameron Norrie 6-7(3) 6-4 7-6(2).

In the 1^st round against Norrie, The Chinese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7³ 6-4 7-6²). During the match Zhou scored 118 points vs Norrie’s 117. Yi was pretty aggressive to blast 63 winners.

Talking about serving, Zhou submerged his opponent with 22 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Yi Zhou was pretty efficient on serve to win 72% (63/87) of his 1st serve and 55% (18/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Zhou broke Norrie twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).

Zhou’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Tyler Challenger.

The Chinese has an overall 17-20 win-loss record in 2025, 17-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Chengdu

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

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	O Connell	Zhou
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	32	36
Pts	95-86	118-117
Total Points	181	235
Winners	45	63
%Winners	47%	53%

Both O Connell and Zhou played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Christopher O Connell surrendered 1 set, while Yi Zhou conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, O Connell and Zhou have played the same amount of sets 3. However, O Connell played 4 games less than Zhou. O Connell scored 45 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Zhou struck 63 winners (53%).

Serve Performance

Serve	O Connell	Zhou
Aces	7	22
Avg per match	7	22
1st in	56/88	87/120
%1st in	64%	73%
1st pts	45/56	63/87
%1st pts	80%	72%
2nd pts	20/32	18/33
%2nd pts	63%	55%

O Connell made 7 aces . Zhou bagged 22 aces . O Connell won 80% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Zhou won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	O Connell	Zhou
Won	3	2
Converted	3/7	2/10
% Converted	43%	20%
Conceded	1	7
Saved	0	6
% Saved	0%	86%
Times Broken	1	1

O Connell broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Yi broke his opponent twice with a 20% conversion rate. Zhou conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.

O Connell
	R1 Halys	Total
Score	6-73 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	32	32
pts	95-86	95-86
Total points	181	181
Winners	45	45
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	56/88	56/88
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	45/56	45/56
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	20/32	20/32
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/7	3/7
Converted %	43%	43%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Zhou
	R1 Norrie	Total
Score	6-73 6-4 7-62
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	36	36
pts	118-117	118-117
Total points	235	235
Winners	63	63
%Winners	53%	53%
SERVE
Aces	22	22
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	87/120	87/120
% 1st in	73%	73%
1st pts	63/87	63/87
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	18/33	18/33
% 2nd pts	55%	55%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/10	2/10
Converted %	20%	20%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	6/7	6
Saved %	86%	86%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Chengdu

• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (4-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Taro DanielDaniel – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Filip MisolicMisolic (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Terence AtmaneAtmane (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Marcos GironGiron – Ethan QuinnQuinn (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Yi ZhouZhou – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-7³ 6-4 7-6²) – See score progression
• Juncheng ShangShang – Zizou BergsBergs (6-1 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Quentin HalysHalys (6-7³ 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Terence AtmaneAtmane (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Taro DanielDaniel – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Filip MisolicMisolic (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (4-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-4 6-3) – See score progression

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