Alex Michelsen and Reilly Opelka will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Infosys Hall of Fame Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Michelsen who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex Michelsen is the pick to win this match.
Alex Michelsen -> 1.68
Reilly Opelka -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Alex Michelsen vs. Reilly Opelka
There is no head to head record between Alex Michelsen and Reilly Opelka since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Alex Michelsen
23 - 22win/loss
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LWWWLWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 45-34 | 26-14 | 4-9 | 8-5 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 61-27 | 30-13 | 4-3 | 19-7 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-10 | 14-8 | 0-1 | 9-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 61, Michelsen reached the semifinal after defeating Unknown Player bye, Maxime Cressy 6-4 6-4 and Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter, Michelsen had a good straight sets win against Kovacevic (6-4 6-4). During the match, Michelsen scored 68 points vs Kovacevic’s 59. Alex was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Michelsen fired 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alex Michelsen conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Michelsen put 68% of his first serves in, winning 70% (28/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 74% (14/19) on the 2nd serve. Michelsen broke Kovacevic twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Michelsen hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Michelsen has a solid win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 64% of his matches (106-59). 6-5 on grass in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Michelsen has an aggregate14-9 record in the last 3 years on grass.
Alex has a compiled 22-22 win-loss record in 2024, 6-5 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Newport
Reilly Opelka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-10 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-15 | 10-7 | 6-5 | 4-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-23 | 14-11 | 6-4 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-8 | 8-4 | 0-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 653, the American reached the semifinal after defeating Constant Lestienne 6-1 2-6 7-6(2), Adrian Mannarino 6-4 3-6 6-4, Mackenzie Mcdonald 4-6 6-3 6-4 and Alex Michelsen .
In the quarter against Mcdonald, Opelka recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Opelka scored 84 points vs Mcdonald’s 72. The American was quite aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Opelka buried his opponent with 27 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Overall, Reilly Opelka was very effective on serve to win 88% (44/50) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Opelka broke Mcdonald twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Reilly has an aggregate 3-0 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Newport
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2017. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Michelsen | Opelka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 86 |
| Pts | 130-107 | 255-226 |
| Total Points | 237 | 481 |
| Winners | 55 | 128 |
| %Winners | 42% | 50% |
Michelsen played 2 matches while Opelka competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Reilly Opelka surrendered 3 sets while Alex Michelsen hasn’t conceded a set so far. Michelsen has played 5 set(s) less than Opelka (4 vs 9). Therefore, Michelsen played 46 games less than Opelka. Alex scored 55 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The American fired 128 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Michelsen | Opelka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 62 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 20.7 |
| 1st in | 75/115 | 145/238 |
| %1st in | 65% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 55/75 | 128/145 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 30/40 | 46/93 |
| %2nd pts | 75% | 49% |
Michelsen fired 6 aces (3 per match). Opelka blasted 62 aces (20.7 per match). Michelsen won 73% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 75% of the points. On the other side, Opelka won 88% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Michelsen | Opelka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 6/17 |
| % Converted | 44% | 35% |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 44% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Alex broke his opponents 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The American had a solid display on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. Reilly broke his opponents 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. Opelka conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded.
| Michelsen | ||||
| R2 Cressy |
1/4 Kovacevic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | 40 | |
| pts | 62-48 | 68-59 | 130-107 | |
| Total points | 110 | 127 | 237 | |
| Winners | 27 | 28 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 41% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 35/56 | 40/59 | 75/115 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 68% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 28/40 | 55/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 70% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/21 | 14/19 | 30/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | 74% | 75% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/6 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 33% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 1/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Opelka | |||||
| R1 Lestienne |
R2 Mannarino |
1/4 Mcdonald |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 2-6 7-62 | 6-4 3-6 6-4 | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 29 | 29 | 86 | |
| pts | 91-79 | 80-75 | 84-72 | 255-226 | |
| Total points | 170 | 155 | 156 | 481 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | 44 | 128 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 53% | 52% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 16 | 19 | 27 | 62 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 1 | 8 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 47/81 | 48/78 | 50/79 | 145/238 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 62% | 63% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 42/47 | 42/48 | 44/50 | 128/145 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 88% | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/34 | 14/30 | 16/29 | 46/93 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | 55% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/10 | 2/4 | 2/3 | 6/17 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 50% | 67% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 33% | 50% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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