Alex Michelsen and Bu Yunchaokete will face off in the quarter of the Moselle Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 8:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. 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 Alex Michelsen who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex Michelsen is the pick to win this match.
Alex Michelsen -> 1.57
Bu Yunchaokete -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Alex Michelsen vs. Bu Yunchaokete
This will be the 2nd time that Alex Michelsen and Bu Yunchaokete clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Michelsen (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Michelsen won 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Shanghai back in October 2024.
Alex Michelsen
42 - 32win/loss
44
43
LWWWLWLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-33 | 26-14 | 4-9 | 5-4 | 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. 44, Alex reached the quarter after beating Harold Mayot 6-3 6-1 and Richard Gasquet 6-7(4) 7-6(3) 7-6(8).
In the 2nd round against Gasquet, Michelsen recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 7-63 7-68). During the match, Michelsen scored 127 points vs Gasquet’s 122. Michelsen was quite aggressive to blast 71 winners.
Regarding the service games, Michelsen fired 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Alex Michelsen was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 72% (71/98) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alex broke Gasquet once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has lost 1 set in this event to win 53% of the points he played.
Michelsen has a solid record in the last 3 years having won 64% of his matches (125-69). 4-3 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Michelsen has a composed32-11 match record in the last 3 years on indoor hard courts.
Alex’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Newport and Salem.
Michelsen has an aggregate 41-32 win-loss record in 2024, 4-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Metz
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Bu Yunchaokete
50 - 26win/loss
72
69
LWWLWLLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 50-26 | 40-14 | 3-2 | 6-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-23 | 27-15 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 87-28 | 84-24 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2021 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 72, Yunchaokete reached the quarter after beating Adrian Mannarino 7-6(4) 6-4 and Jesper De Jong 6-4 7-6(1).
In the 2nd round, Yunchaokete had a good straight sets win against De Jong (6-4 7-61). During the match Yunchaokete scored 74 points vs De Jong’s 61. The Chinese was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Yunchaokete made 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Bu Yunchaokete was pretty efficient on serve to win 78% (31/40) of his 1st serve and 81% (17/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Chinese broke De Jong once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bu hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Wuxi Challenger where he beat Egor Gerasimov in the final 6-4 6-1 and the Granby Challenger where he defeated Terence Atmane in the final 6-3 6-7(7) 6-4.
The Chinese has an overall 50-25 win-loss record in 2024, 6-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Michelsen | Yunchaokete |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 55 | 46 |
| Pts | 194-172 | 143-121 |
| Total Points | 366 | 264 |
| Winners | 106 | 63 |
| %Winners | 55% | 44% |
Both Michelsen and Yunchaokete played 2 matches. At the moment, Alex Michelsen conceded 1 set while Bu Yunchaokete hasn’t lost a set so far. Michelsen has played 1 set more than Yunchaokete (5 vs 4). Therefore, Michelsen played 9 games more than Yunchaokete. Michelsen scored 106 winners (55% of the total points). On the other side, Bu scored 63 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Michelsen | Yunchaokete |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 7.5 |
| 1st in | 145/192 | 83/127 |
| %1st in | 76% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 106/145 | 63/83 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 23/47 | 34/44 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 77% |
Michelsen blasted 20 aces (10 per match). Yunchaokete managed to score 15 aces (7.5 per match). Michelsen won 73% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Yunchaokete won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 77% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Michelsen | Yunchaokete |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 2 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 2/7 |
| % Converted | 45% | 29% |
| Conceded | 12 | 3 |
| Saved | 11 | 3 |
| % Saved | 92% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The American broke his opponents 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Michelsen dropped his serve once and he saved 92% of the break points that he conceded. The Chinese broke his opponents twice with a 29% conversion rate. Bu was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Michelsen | ||||
| R1 Mayot |
R2 Gasquet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-74 7-63 7-68 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 39 | 55 | |
| pts | 67-50 | 127-122 | 194-172 | |
| Total points | 117 | 249 | 366 | |
| Winners | 35 | 71 | 106 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 56% | 55% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 13 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 47/68 | 98/124 | 145/192 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 79% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 35/47 | 71/98 | 106/145 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 72% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/21 | 14/26 | 23/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 54% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 1/6 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 17% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 3 | 12 | |
| Saved | 9/9 | 2/3 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Yunchaokete | ||||
| R1 Mannarino |
R2 De |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-4 | 6-4 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | 46 | |
| pts | 69-60 | 74-61 | 143-121 | |
| Total points | 129 | 135 | 264 | |
| Winners | 32 | 31 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 42% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 7 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 43/66 | 40/61 | 83/127 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 66% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 32/43 | 31/40 | 63/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 78% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/23 | 17/21 | 34/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 81% | 77% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Converted | 1/1 | 1/6 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 17% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 0/0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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