Christopher O Connell and Liam Draxl will square off in the 1st round of the Jinan Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, 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 2 sets.
Christopher O Connell -> 1.39
Liam Draxl -> 2.83
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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Liam Draxl
This will be the 2nd time that Christopher O Connell and Liam Draxl square off. The head to head is 1-0 for O Connell (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, O Connell won 7-5 6-0 in the qualifications in Miami back in March 2025.
Christopher O Connell
23 - 27win/loss
114
53
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23-28 | 19-15 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-26 | 23-16 | 2-4 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-34 | 19-18 | 11-9 | 4-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-25 | 30-16 | 12-5 | 3-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-16 | 14-9 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 109, Christopher will start his run in the Jinan Challenger after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 6-3 6-2 to Shapovalov in the 2nd round on the 4th of October.
Christopher has an aggregate 23-27 win-loss record in 2025, 19-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
O Connell’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Guangzhou Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Christopher has an overall 410-268 record. He has a positive 198-135 record on hard.
Previously in the Jinan Challenger
Christopher has never competed in this tournament before.
Liam Draxl
45 - 24win/loss
123
113
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49-29 | 20-13 | 10-5 | 19-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-24 | 21-10 | 17-12 | 13-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-9 | 23-5 | 0-0 | 13-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-16 | 16-10 | 3-1 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-14 | 16-9 | 12-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 119, Liam will start his run in the Jinan Challenger after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4
to Vacherot in the qualifications on the 30th of September.The Canadian has a compiled 45-24 win-loss record in 2025, 19-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title the Winnipeg Challenger where he defeated Alexander Blockx in the final 1-6 6-3 6-4.
In terms of his career, The Canadian has an overall 206-105 record. He has a positive 107-56 record on hard.
Tennis Scores in Jinan Challenger
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Harold MayotMayot (6-3 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Adam WaltonWalton – Fajing SunSun (3-6 7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Billy HarrisHarris – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (1-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Titouan DroguetDroguet – Jie CuiCui (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Billy HarrisHarris – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (1-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Liam DraxlDraxl (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fajing SunSun – Adam WaltonWalton (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Pavel KotovKotov – August HolmgrenHolmgren (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon HoltHolt – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Titouan DroguetDroguet – Jie CuiCui (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Bernard TomicTomic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (1-0) – H2H and prediction