Damir Dzumhur and Christopher O Connell will clash against each other in the 1^st round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:30 pm on COURT 4. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Christopher O Connell who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Christopher O Connell is the pick to win this match.
Christopher O Connell -> 1.88
Damir Dzumhur -> 1.92

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Prediction and head to head Damir Dzumhur vs. Christopher O Connell

There is no head to head record between Damir Dzumhur and Christopher O Connell since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Damir Dzumhur

Ranked no. 66, Dzumhur will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Tokyo where he lost 6-4 3-6 6-3 to Vukic in the 1^st round on the 25^th of September.

Dzumhur has a composed 32-29 win-loss record in 2025, 9-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Dzumhur’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Cap Cana Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, The Bosnian has an overall 598-424 record. He has a positive 136-121 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2017, 2018 and 2024. See his history.

Christopher O Connell

Ranked no. 103, Christopher will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Beijing where he lost 6-2 6-2 to Van De Zandschulp in the qualifications on the 23^rd of September.

Christopher has a compiled 22-26 win-loss record in 2025, 18-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

O’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Guangzhou Challenger.

In terms of his career, The Australian has an overall 409-267 record. He has a positive 197-134 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023 and 2024. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• David GoffinGoffin – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-7⁶ 6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (2-6 6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-5 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Luca Nardi
  Nardi – Sebastian OfnerOfner (3-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Zizou BergsBergs – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Laslo DjereDjere (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (2-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marin CilicCilic – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-3 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mattia BellucciBellucci – Adam WaltonWalton (7-6⁶ 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (4-6 7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – August Holmgren
  Holmgren (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-1 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Marin CilicCilic – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (2-19) – H2H and prediction
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Quentin HalysHalys (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Marcos GironGiron – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander BublikBublik – Valentin VacherotVacherot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Benjamin BonziBonzi (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andrey RublevRublev – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (3-2) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Jannik SinnerSinner (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Zizou BergsBergs – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Jordan ThompsonThompson (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Yibing WuWu – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Terence AtmaneAtmane (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (3-3) – H2H and prediction
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Mariano NavoneNavone (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (2-1) – H2H and prediction