

What Time Will Matteo Berrettini Play Against Christopher O’Connell?
Berrettini and O’Connell are on the Day 3 Schedule at Bnp Paribas Open 2025 on Friday 7 March 2025. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
Player: Matteo Berrettini
– Age: 28
– World No. 29
– Career-High No. 6
– 2025 record: 5-5 (2 QFs)
– Indian Wells record: 3-5 (reached 4th round in 2022)
– Achieved career-high ranking of No. 6 after reaching 2022 Australian Open semifinals
– 3rd-highest-ranked Italian since 1973 ATP Rankings (No. 1 Sinner in 2024, No. 4 Panatta in 1976)
– Made history as the first Italian men’s singles finalist at Wimbledon in 2021 and first Italian Grand Slam men’s singles finalist since Panatta at 1976 Roland Garros
– First Italian man to reach quarterfinals in all 4 Grand Slam events and win at Nitto ATP Finals (defeated Thiem in 2019 RR)
– Impressive record of 42-11 on grass, with 4 of his 10 ATP Tour titles won on this surface
– Became the first player in the Open Era to win titles in each of his first two appearances at London/Queen’s Club in 2021 and 2022
– Achieved biggest wins of career by defeating No. 3 Thiem in 2021 ATP Cup team final and No. 3 Ruud in 2023 United Cup team final
– Recently reached back-to-back quarterfinals in Doha and Dubai, including a notable win over No. 7 Djokovic in Doha 1st round
– Looking for his first win in Indian Wells since reaching the 2022 4th round
– Had a 1-5 record in ATP Masters 1000 events last year, with his only win coming against O’Connell in Shanghai 1st round.
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Player: Christopher O’Connell
– Age: 30
– World No. 75
– Career-High No. 53
– 2025 record: 4-5 (reached 2nd round four times)
– Indian Wells record: 2-1 (reached 2nd round in 2024-25)
– Broke into the Top 200 in September 2019 (previously unranked)
– Ended the 2022 season at No. 78 and achieved a career-high ranking of No. 53 in September 2023 after winning the Shanghai Challenger title without dropping a set
– Reached his first ATP Tour semifinal at 2022 San Diego and first ATP Tour quarterfinal at 2021 Atlanta as a qualifier
– Achieved the biggest win of his career against No. 13 Schwartzman and reached the 3rd round of the 2022 Australian Open as a wildcard, as well as the 2nd ATP Tour semifinal at 2023 Munich by defeating No. 16 Zverev
– Played 108 main draw and qualifying singles matches across all tours in 2019, with a 50-11 record on the ITF World Tennis Tour, including 3 titles in 10 finals
– Took a break from tennis in 2018 due to multiple injuries and worked on cleaning boats with his brother before deciding to return to the sport in 2019
– Has a record of 8-26 against Top 30 players and a 1-3 record in 2025, including a win over No. 16 Dimitrov via retirement in Dubai 1st round
– Aiming to reach the ATP Masters 1000 3rd round for the second time in his career after achieving it in Miami last year, defeating No. 22 Tiafoe in the 2nd round and losing to No. 3 Sinner in the 4th round.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Berrettini will win.
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