Alex Michelsen and Lucas Pouille will play each other in the 2nd round of the Tallahassee Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. 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 -> 1.66
Lucas Pouille -> 2.13
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Prediction and head to head Alex Michelsen vs. Lucas Pouille
There is no head to head record between Alex Michelsen and Lucas Pouille since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Alex Michelsen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-14 | 11-7 | 1-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 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. 274 (career-high), the American reached the 2nd round after defeating Camilo Ugo Carabelli 5-7 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round against Ugo Carabelli, Alex recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-2). During the match, Michelsen scored 103 points vs Ugo Carabelli’s 89. Michelsen was very aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Regarding the service games, Michelsen scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 4 double faults. Alex Michelsen lost the serve 3 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Michelsen put 63% of his first serves in, winning 75% (49/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (15/39) on the 2nd serve. Alex broke Ugo Carabelli 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Michelsen has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 2 years having won 74% of his matches (48-17). 1-0 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Michelsen has a compiled1-1 record in the last 2 years on clay.
The American’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Malibu,M15 Edmond,the Rome Challenger and M25 Calabasas.
The American has an overall 25-7 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tallahassee Challenger
Michelsen has never competed in this tournament before.
Lucas Pouille
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-11 | 9-2 | 8-4 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-10 | 3-2 | 7-5 | 4-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 7-15 | 0-3 | 3-6 | 4-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-24 | 7-3 | 2-7 | 7-10 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 486, Pouille reached the 2nd round after defeating Matteo Martineau 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Martineau (6-3 6-2). During the match Pouille scored 74 points vs Martineau’s 60. Lucas was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Pouille made 6 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Lucas Pouille lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Pouille put 61% of his first serves in, winning 60% (32/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. Lucas broke Martineau 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
The French player has an overall 7-5 win-loss record in 2023, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Michelsen | Pouille |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 17 |
| Pts | 103-89 | 74-60 |
| Total Points | 192 | 134 |
| Winners | 49 | 32 |
| %Winners | 48% | 43% |
Both Michelsen and Pouille played 1 match. At the moment, Alex Michelsen lost 1 set while Lucas Pouille hasn’t dropped a set so far. Michelsen has played 1 set more than Pouille (3 vs 2). Therefore, Michelsen played 12 games more than Pouille. Michelsen scored 49 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Pouille made 32 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Michelsen | Pouille |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 6 |
| 1st in | 65/104 | 53/87 |
| %1st in | 63% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 49/65 | 32/53 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 60% |
| 2nd pts | 15/39 | 17/34 |
| %2nd pts | 38% | 50% |
Michelsen fired 1 ace . Pouille also struck 6 aces . Michelsen won 75% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Pouille won 60% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Michelsen | Pouille |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 56% | 56% |
| Conceded | 13 | 9 |
| Saved | 10 | 7 |
| % Saved | 77% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Michelsen broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Michelsen dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. Lucas broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Pouille conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Michelsen | |||
| R1 Ugo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 103-89 | 103-89 | |
| Total points | 192 | 192 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 65/104 | 65/104 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 49/65 | 49/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/39 | 15/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 10/13 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 77% | 77% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Pouille | |||
| R1 Martineau |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 74-60 | 74-60 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 53/87 | 53/87 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 32/53 | 32/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 17/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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