Seong Chan Hong and Alex Michelsen will play each other in the semifinal of the Rome Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:00 pm on COURT 3. In the following lines 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 -> 1.51
Seong Chan Hong -> 2.47
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Prediction and head to head Seong Chan Hong vs. Alex Michelsen
There is no head to head record between Seong Chan Hong and Alex Michelsen since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Seong Chan Hong
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-18 | 27-14 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-34 | 17-18 | 5-6 | 5-6 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-18 | 36-12 | 4-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-8 | 7-3 | 10-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 235 (career-high), Chan Hong got to the semifinal after beating Gabriele Thomas Brancatelli 6-1 6-3, Gabriel Decamps 6-1 6-0 and Toby Alex Kodat 4-6 6-3 6-4.
In the quarter against Alex Kodat, Chan Hong recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Chan Hong scored 88 points vs Alex Kodat’s 78. Seong was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Regarding the service games, Chan Hong managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Seong Chan Hong was extremely effective on serve to win 75% (44/59) of his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Seong broke Alex Kodat 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Chan Hong has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 60% of the points he played.
Chan Hong has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 67% of his matches (195-96). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Chan Hong has a compiled 4-7 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Seong’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger.
Seong has a compiled 8-4 win-loss record in 2023, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome Challenger
Chan Hong has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Michelsen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-22 | 11-7 | 4-9 | 1-1 | 4-5 | 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. 466 (career-high), Alex reached the semifinal after defeating Dominik Koepfer 6-3 6-1, Mats Moraing 6-74 3-1 ret. and Edan Leshem 7-5 6-3.
In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Leshem (7-5 6-3). During the match Michelsen scored 73 points vs Leshem’s 62. Michelsen was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Michelsen managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alex Michelsen lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Michelsen put 72% of his first serves in, winning 67% (28/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the 2nd serve. Alex broke Leshem 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Michelsen hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Michelsen’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Malibu and M15 Edmond.
Alex has a compiled 13-2 win-loss record in 2023, 9-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Chan Hong | Michelsen |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 58 | 54 |
| Pts | 193-128 | 199-161 |
| Total Points | 321 | 360 |
| Winners | 83 | 75 |
| %Winners | 43% | 38% |
Both Chan Hong and Michelsen played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Seong Chan Hong dropped 1 set, while Alex Michelsen lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Chan Hong and Michelsen have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Chan Hong played 4 games more than Michelsen. Chan Hong scored 83 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Alex made 75 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Chan Hong | Michelsen |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 4.3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 107/170 | 113/169 |
| %1st in | 63% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 83/107 | 75/113 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 40/63 | 36/56 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 64% |
Chan Hong struck 13 aces (4.3 per match). Michelsen blasted 12 aces (4 per match). Chan Hong won 78% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Michelsen won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Chan Hong | Michelsen |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 11 |
| Converted | 13/19 | 11/20 |
| % Converted | 68% | 55% |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 |
| Saved | 6 | 5 |
| % Saved | 67% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Seong broke his opponents 13 times with a 68% conversion rate. Chan Hong dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Alex broke his opponents 11 times with a 55% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Chan Hong | |||||
| R1 Thomas Brancatelli |
R2 Decamps |
1/4 Alex Kodat |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-1 6-0 | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 13 | 29 | 58 | |
| pts | 56-38 | 49-12 | 88-78 | 193-128 | |
| Total points | 94 | 61 | 166 | 321 | |
| Winners | 25 | 14 | 44 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 29% | 50% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 34/51 | 14/30 | 59/89 | 107/170 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 47% | 66% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 25/34 | 14/14 | 44/59 | 83/107 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 100% | 75% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 14/16 | 17/30 | 40/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 88% | 57% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/8 | 3/5 | 13/19 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 63% | 60% | 68% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 80% | – | 50% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Michelsen | |||||
| R1 Koepfer |
R2 Moraing |
1/4 Leshem |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-74 3-1 ret. | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 | 21 | 54 | |
| pts | 72-48 | 54-51 | 73-62 | 199-161 | |
| Total points | 120 | 105 | 135 | 360 | |
| Winners | 28 | 19 | 28 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 35% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 44/62 | 27/49 | 42/58 | 113/169 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 55% | 72% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 28/44 | 19/27 | 28/42 | 75/113 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 70% | 67% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 13/22 | 10/16 | 36/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 59% | 63% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/6 | 4/8 | 11/20 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 50% | 50% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 1/3 | 0/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 33% | 0% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
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