Alex Michelsen and Alex Bolt will face off in the 2nd round of the Waco Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am on STADIUM. 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
Alex Bolt -> 2.29
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Prediction and head to head Alex Michelsen vs. Alex Bolt
There is no head to head record between Alex Michelsen and Alex Bolt since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Alex Michelsen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-28 | 25-12 | 4-9 | 1-1 | 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. 356 (career-high), the American reached the 2nd round after beating Maximilian Marterer 6-0 6-3.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Marterer (6-0 6-3). During the match, Michelsen scored 65 points vs Marterer’s 43. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Michelsen made 2 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Alex Michelsen was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (20/28) of his 1st serve and 83% (10/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Michelsen broke Marterer 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Michelsen has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 2 years having won 75% of his matches (38-13). 5-1 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Michelsen has a composed19-9 match record in the last 2 years on hard.
The American’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Malibu,M15 Edmond and the Rome Challenger.
Michelsen has an overall 15-3 win-loss record in 2023, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Waco Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Bolt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-20 | 21-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 21-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-22 | 22-17 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-10 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-18 | 7-6 | 0-7 | 2-2 | 10-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-12 | 12-8 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 524, Alex got to the 2nd round after defeating Keegan Smith 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Smith (6-3 6-4). During the match Bolt scored 64 points vs Smith’s 52. Bolt was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Bolt managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alex Bolt was quite efficient on serve to win 78% (29/37) of his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Smith twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Bolt’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Burnie and M25 Santo Domingo.
Alex has an overall 11-4 win-loss record in 2023, 11-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Michelsen | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 19 |
| Pts | 65-43 | 64-52 |
| Total Points | 108 | 116 |
| Winners | 20 | 29 |
| %Winners | 31% | 45% |
Both Michelsen and Bolt played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Michelsen and Bolt have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Michelsen played 4 games less than Bolt. Alex scored 20 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Bolt blasted 29 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Michelsen | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 5 |
| 1st in | 28/40 | 37/64 |
| %1st in | 70% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 20/28 | 29/37 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 10/12 | 16/27 |
| %2nd pts | 83% | 59% |
Michelsen scored 2 aces . Bolt managed to score 5 aces . Michelsen won 71% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 83% of the points. On the other side, Bolt won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Michelsen | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 2 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 2/4 |
| % Converted | 38% | 50% |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Alex broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Australian broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Alex was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.
| Michelsen | |||
| R1 Marterer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 65-43 | 65-43 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 28/40 | 28/40 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 20/28 | 20/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/12 | 10/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 83% | 83% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Bolt | |||
| R1 Smith |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 64-52 | 64-52 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 37/64 | 37/64 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 29/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 16/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Alexandre MullerMuller – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-2 3-6 7-68) – See score progression
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Benoit PairePaire (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Ryan HarrisonHarrison (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Filip MisolicMisolic (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Tung-Lin WuWu (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Nick HardtHardt – Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Gastao EliasElias – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Ulises BlanchBlanch (7-5 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Elmar EjupovicEjupovic (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Rinky HijikataHijikata (3-6 7-62 7-5) – See score progression
- Alex BoltBolt – Keegan SmithSmith (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Tung-Lin WuWu (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Gastao EliasElias – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (7-6(4) 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alex BoltBolt – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Nicolas MejiaMejia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Gastao EliasElias (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nick HardtHardt – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
