Christopher O Connell gets the better of Yi Zhou 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in Chengdu on Friday. O Connell will engage against Alejandro Tabilo in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 33 minutes. This run will match his best result in this event. Here you can see his history at this event.

Chengdu
O Connell's Record

The Australian added to his prize money $ 15,085 after winning this match. He has already won $ 35,970 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Australian will add $ 26,115 to his earnings to get in total $ 62,085 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Connell
Zhou
6-2 6-4
1h:33
73
73
Total points
59
59
29
29
Winners
25
25
40%
40%
Ratio Winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
14
14
Aces
4
4
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
56%
56%
1st in
57%
57%
81%
81%
1st won
64%
64%
29/36
29/36
1st won
25/39
25/39
50%
50%
2nd won
45%
45%
14/28
14/28
2nd won
13/29
13/29
-- Break Points --
3/7
3/7
Total
0/2
0/2
43%
43%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, the Australian scored 73 points vs. Yi’s 59.

O Connell

The Australian served pretty well to win 81% of the points (29/36) behind his first serve, and he won 50% points (14/28) on his second serve. Christopher fired 14 aces and he committed 1 double fault. O Connell won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points after he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.

Zhou

On the other side, Zhou wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between O Connell and Zhou is 1-0

for Christopher.

Draw and next match H2H: Christopher O Connell vs. Alejandro Tabilo – stats

O Connell will come up against Tabilo in the quarter.

This will be the 4th time that Christopher O Connell and Alejandro Tabilo play each other. The head to head is 3-0

for Tabilo (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Tabilo won 2-1 ret. in the semifinal in Guangzhou Challenger back in September 2025.

1st
Connell
Zhou
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
2nd
Connell
Zhou
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1

Tennis Scores in Chengdu

  • Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-72 7-65 6-4)
  • Taro DanielDaniel – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (3-6 6-4 6-3)
  • Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-2 7-64)
  • Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Dino PrizmicPrizmic (7-5 3-6 6-2)
  • Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Yi ZhouZhou (6-2 6-4)
  • Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Juncheng ShangShang (7-5 6-3)
  • Marcos GironGiron – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-4 6-4)
  • Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-4 6-3)

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