Christopher O Connell stuns Damir Dzumhur 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in Shanghai on Thursday. O Connell will fight against Denis Shapovalov in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 37 minutes. This will be his best result in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 1st round in 2023 and 2024. Here you can see his history at this event.

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O Connell's Record

O Connell added to his prize money $ 11,500 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 35,260 after this win. If he wins the next match, O Connell will add $ 25,140 to his earnings to get in total $ 60,400 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Connell
Dzumhur
6-2 6-4
1h:37
74
74
Total points
58
58
29
29
Winners
20
20
39%
39%
Ratio Winners
34%
34%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
1
1
0
0
Double Faults
2
2
56%
56%
1st in
63%
63%
74%
74%
1st won
51%
51%
29/39
29/39
1st won
20/39
20/39
58%
58%
2nd won
65%
65%
18/31
18/31
2nd won
15/23
15/23
-- Break Points --
3/7
3/7
Total
0/4
0/4
43%
43%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, O Connell scored 74 points vs. Damir’s 58.

O Connell

Christopher won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points after he converted only 43% (3/7) of the procured opportunities.

Dzumhur

On the other side, Dzumhur wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

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

for Christopher.

Draw and next match H2H: Christopher O Connell vs. Denis Shapovalov – stats

O Connell will face Shapovalov in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Christopher O Connell and Denis Shapovalov play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shapovalov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Connell 6-2
ConnellDzumhur
6
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
ConnellDzumhur
6
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
ConnellDzumhur
5
2
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
ConnellDzumhur
4
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
ConnellDzumhur
4
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
ConnellDzumhur
3
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
ConnellDzumhur
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
ConnellDzumhur
1
1
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
ConnellDzumhur
1
0
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40

The Australian in this set didn’t concede much to Damir and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking Dzumhur in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

O Connell failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 0.

Christopher wasted a good opportunity to break the Bosnian in the 6th game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

Christopher converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40), the 6th (4-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Australian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 62 points. Christopher won 12 more points than Damir (37-25). The Australian surrendered 9 points on serve (22-9). In addition, on the other side, Damir conceded 15 points on serve (16-15).

2nd Set -
Connell 6-4
ConnellDzumhur
6
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
ConnellDzumhur
5
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
ConnellDzumhur
4
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
ConnellDzumhur
4
3
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
ConnellDzumhur
3
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
ConnellDzumhur
3
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
ConnellDzumhur
2
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
ConnellDzumhur
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
ConnellDzumhur
1
1
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A

O Connell won the set after he broke Dzumhur .

The Australian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, the Bosnian was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th (3-3 30-40, 40-A and 40-A) and the 9th game (4-4 30-40).

They contested 70 points. Christopher was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than the Bosnian (37-33). O Connell surrendered 14 points on serve (25-14). On the losing side, Dzumhur conceded 12 points on serve (19-12).

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

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