Christopher O Connell is 4 wins away to conquer the title in Chengdu. The Australian has defeated Quentin Halys 6-73 6-3 6-4 to reach the 2nd round where he will face Yi Zhou.

Draw prediction with head to head records

This is Christopher O Connell’s projected draw together withhispresumable opponents in Chengdu Open. Christopher has a unfavourable record (0-4) with the projected opponents.

R1 – Quentin Halys (75) – 6-73 6-3 6-4
R2 – Yi Zhou (304) – H2H 0-0
1/4 – Luciano Darderi (30) – H2H 0-1
or Alejandro Tabilo (112) – H2H 0-3
1/2 – Brandon Nakashima (33) – H2H 0-2
or Lorenzo Sonego (44) – H2H 1-0
Fin – Lorenzo Musetti (9) – H2H 0-1
or Tallon Griekspoor (31) – H2H 1-0
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Draw

R2 – Yi Zhou’s rankings and performance.

Head to head record 0-0

25 - 27win/loss in 2025

Rank
252
High
251
LWWWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 25-27 25-27 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 29-25 29-23 0-0 0-2 0-0 0-0
2023 10-17 9-12 1-5 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Yi Zhou has a 17-20 record in 2025, he played all matches on hard. Regarding the previous 4 years, the Chinese has a 56-56 record on hard. Yi won 6 of his last 10 matches.

The Chinese’s most significant achievement of the current season was getting to the final the Tyler Challenger.

Last year in Chengdu Open Yi was defeated by Adrian Mannarino in the 2nd round 7-6(3) 2-6 6-4.

H2H Christopher O Connell vs. Yi Zhou

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

1/4 – Luciano Darderi’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 1-0 for Luciano Darderi

38 - 30win/loss in 2025

Rank
26
High
26
LLLLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 38-30 6-11 30-11 0-4 2-4 0-0
2024 38-31 1-9 34-15 1-4 2-3 0-0
2023 48-31 3-3 45-27 0-0 0-1 0-0
2022 37-25 0-1 37-24 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 48-19 20-6 27-12 0-0 1-1 0-0
2020 4-7 0-0 4-6 0-1 0-0 0-0
2019 5-3 0-0 5-3 0-0 0-0 0-0

Luciano Darderi has a 36-23 record in 2025, 4-8 on hard. In connection to the previous 7 years, Darderi has a 28-27 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). Darderi will try to keep a positive momentum since he is on a 5 matches winning streak.

His most significant achievement of the year was winning the competition in Marrakech where he overcame Tallon Griekspoor in the final 7-6(3) 7-6(4), in Bastad where he overcame Jesper De Jong in the final 6-4 3-6 6-3, in Umag where he overcame Carlos Taberner in the final 6-3 6-3, and the Genova Challenger where he defeated Andrea Pellegrino in the final 6-1 6-3.

Last year in Chengdu Open Darderi didn’t compete in this event.

H2H Christopher O Connell vs. Luciano Darderi

This would be the 2nd time that Christopher O Connell and Luciano Darderi face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Darderi (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard in major tournaments.

Possibly, Christopher O Connell could fight against Alejandro Tabilo. Their head to head is 3-0 for Alejandro Tabilo.

1/2 – Brandon Nakashima’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 2-0 for Brandon Nakashima

33 - 30win/loss in 2025

Rank
33
High
29
LLLWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 33-30 19-14 6-8 2-5 6-3 0-0
2024 61-32 24-12 13-7 15-8 9-5 0-0
2023 21-26 9-15 3-4 8-3 1-4 0-0
2022 41-26 17-13 5-5 9-4 10-4 0-0
2021 45-25 17-10 4-7 20-5 4-3 0-0
2020 28-14 19-6 4-4 5-3 0-0 0-1
2019 18-9 11-6 0-0 7-3 0-0 0-0
2018 9-5 9-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Brandon Nakashima has a 27-23 win-loss record in 2025, 15-11 on hard. Regarding the last 10 years, the American has a 123-80 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). Brandon won 5 of his last 10 matches.

Nakashima’s best achievement of the season was getting to the semifinal Acapulco and Houston.

Last year in Chengdu Open Brandon didn’t take part in the competition.

H2H Christopher O Connell vs. Brandon Nakashima

This would be the 3rd time that Christopher O Connell and Brandon Nakashima clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Nakashima (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard in major tournaments.

On the other hand, Christopher O Connell could fight against Lorenzo Sonego. Their H2H is 1-0 for Christopher O Connell.

Final – Lorenzo Musetti’s rankings and performance.

Head to head 1-0 for Lorenzo Musetti

45 - 22win/loss in 2025

Rank
8
High
6
LWLLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 45-22 18-11 19-4 8-6 0-1 0-0
2024 46-30 13-12 18-10 3-5 12-3 0-0
2023 32-29 10-10 16-11 0-5 6-3 0-0
2022 44-30 11-10 21-7 12-10 0-3 0-0
2021 36-31 9-8 17-12 10-10 0-1 0-0
2020 30-15 6-4 20-6 4-5 0-0 0-0
2019 32-25 1-2 27-19 4-4 0-0 0-0
2018 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

Lorenzo Musetti has a 30-13 record in 2025, 11-8 on hard. In the course of the last 8 years, Lorenzo has a 61-54 record on hard (Click here to see full career record). Musetti won 5 of his last 10 matches.

The Italian’s best result of the season was getting to the final Carlo.

Last year in Chengdu Open the Italian surrendered to Juncheng Shang in the final 7-6(4) 6-1.

H2H Christopher O Connell vs. Lorenzo Musetti

This contest would be 2nd time that Christopher O Connell and Lorenzo Musetti play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Musetti (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard in major tournaments.

Nonetheless, Christopher O Connell could come up against Tallon Griekspoor. Their H2H record is 1-0 for Christopher O Connell.