Alex Michelsen ousts De Jong in the 1st round to play vs Fritz at the Cincinnati Open – CINCINNATI RESULTS

CINCINNATI OPEN - CINCINNATI DRAW AND RESULTS. Michelsen victorious over De Jong to compete against Taylor Fritz in the 2nd round

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Alex Michelsen ousts Jesper De Jong 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Cincinnati on Friday. Michelsen will clash against Taylor Fritz in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 23 minutes. His best result in this tournament was reaching the 3rd round in 2025. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Michelsen's Record

Michelsen added to his prize money $ 11,775 after winning this match. He has already won $ 36,110 after this win. If he wins the next match, Michelsen will add $ 25,755 to his earnings to get in total $ 61,865 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Michelsen
Jong
Alex Michelsen
6-4 6-4
1h:23
Jesper De Jong
65
65
Total points
50
50
30
30
Winners
23
23
46%
46%
Ratio Winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
3
3
1
1
Double Faults
4
4
63%
63%
1st in
50%
50%
83%
83%
1st won
79%
79%
30/36
30/36
1st won
23/29
23/29
57%
57%
2nd won
41%
41%
12/21
12/21
2nd won
12/29
12/29
-- Break Points --
2/4
2/4
Total
0/2
0/2
50%
50%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Alex scored 65 points vs. De Jong’s 50.

Michelsen

Michelsen served exceptionally well to win 83% of the points (30/36) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (12/21) on his second serve. The American was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured (2/4).

De Jong

On the other side, De Jong wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Michelsen and De Jong is 1-0 for Alex.

Draw and next match H2H: Alex Michelsen vs. Taylor Fritz – stats

Michelsen will come up against Fritz in the 2nd round.

This will be the 4th time that Alex Michelsen and Taylor Fritz play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Michelsen (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Fritz won 6-1 3-6 7-66 in the quarter in Washington back in July 2026.

Alex Michelsen Draw info

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Michelsen 6-4
MichelsenJong
6
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
MichelsenJong
6
4
0
15
15
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40
15
40
30
MichelsenJong
5
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
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40
MichelsenJong
5
3
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0
30
0
40
0
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3
0
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15
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15
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4
2
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0
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0
40
0
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2
0
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0
30
0
40
MichelsenJong
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
MichelsenJong
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
MichelsenJong
1
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
MichelsenJong
0
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Michelsen grabbed in the 3rd game (2-1) just before finally winning the set (6-4).

Alex converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 0th (1-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 3rd game (1-1 0-40). On the other side, the American didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 60 points. The American won 6 points more than Jesper (33-27). Michelsen was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (20-4). On the losing side, Jesper conceded 13 points on serve (23-13).

2nd Set -
Michelsen 6-4
MichelsenJong
6
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
MichelsenJong
5
4
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
MichelsenJong
5
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
MichelsenJong
4
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
MichelsenJong
4
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
MichelsenJong
3
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
MichelsenJong
3
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
MichelsenJong
2
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
MichelsenJong
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
40
30

Similarly to the 1st set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Alex snatched in the 3rd game (2-1) before eventually conquering the set (6-4).

The American was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 0-40). On the other side, De Jong was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (3-4 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 55 points. Michelsen won 9 points more than the Dutch (32-23). The American lost 11 points on serve (22-11). on the other side of the net, Jesper conceded 10 points on serve (12-10).

1st
Michelsen
Jong
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
2nd
Michelsen
Jong
6-4
6
4
5
4
5
3
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
 

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