Aleksandar Vukic and Alex Michelsen will face off in the quarter of the Waco Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aleksandar Vukic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aleksandar Vukic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandar Vukic -> 1.76
Alex Michelsen -> 2.01
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Vukic vs. Alex Michelsen
There is no head to head record between Aleksandar Vukic and Alex Michelsen since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Aleksandar Vukic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-22 | 5-9 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-33 | 34-20 | 9-4 | 1-3 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-25 | 14-15 | 4-5 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-26 | 8-5 | 10-11 | 11-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-12 | 10-4 | 9-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 194, Aleksandar got to the quarter after defeating Filip Misolic 6-3 6-1 and Mitchell Krueger 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Krueger (6-3 6-4). During the match, Vukic scored 65 points vs Krueger’s 52. Aleksandar was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Vukic made 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Aleksandar Vukic was very efficient on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Aleksandar broke Krueger 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 59% of the points he played.
Vukic has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (238-174). 7-4 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Vukic has a compiled110-86 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Aleksandar has an overall 8-6 win-loss record in 2023, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Waco Challenger
Aleksandar has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Michelsen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-20 | 11-7 | 4-9 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 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 quarter after defeating Maximilian Marterer 6-0 6-3 and Alex Bolt 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Michelsen had a good straight sets win against Bolt (6-2 6-3). During the match Michelsen scored 63 points vs Bolt’s 40. Alex was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Michelsen scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Alex Michelsen was pretty efficient on serve to win 79% (22/28) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alex broke Bolt 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 61% of the points he played.
Michelsen’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Malibu,M15 Edmond and the Rome Challenger.
Alex has a composed 16-3 win-loss record in 2023, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vukic | Michelsen |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 32 |
| Pts | 125-88 | 128-83 |
| Total Points | 213 | 211 |
| Winners | 43 | 42 |
| %Winners | 34% | 33% |
Both Vukic and Michelsen played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Vukic and Michelsen have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Vukic played 3 games more than Michelsen. Aleksandar scored 43 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The American struck 42 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vukic | Michelsen |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 54/104 | 56/85 |
| %1st in | 52% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 43/54 | 42/56 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 30/50 | 19/29 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 66% |
Vukic made 16 aces (8 per match). Michelsen managed to score 3 aces (1.5 per match). Vukic won 80% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Michelsen won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vukic | Michelsen |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 10 |
| Converted | 8/13 | 10/21 |
| % Converted | 62% | 48% |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 50% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Aleksandar broke his opponents 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. The Australian lost his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vukic | ||||
| R1 Misolic |
R2 Krueger |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 | 35 | |
| pts | 60-36 | 65-52 | 125-88 | |
| Total points | 96 | 117 | 213 | |
| Winners | 20 | 23 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 35% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 9 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 25/44 | 29/60 | 54/104 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 48% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 20/25 | 23/29 | 43/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 79% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 18/31 | 30/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 58% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 3/6 | 8/13 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 50% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 67% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Michelsen | ||||
| R1 Marterer |
R2 Bolt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 17 | 32 | |
| pts | 65-43 | 63-40 | 128-83 | |
| Total points | 108 | 103 | 211 | |
| Winners | 20 | 22 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 35% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 28/40 | 28/45 | 56/85 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 62% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 20/28 | 22/28 | 42/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 79% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/12 | 9/17 | 19/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 83% | 53% | 66% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/8 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 63% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 2/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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