Laurent Lokoli and Alex Michelsen will face off in the qualifications of the Nottingham Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT 3. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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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
Laurent Lokoli -> 2.29
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Prediction and head to head Laurent Lokoli vs. Alex Michelsen
There is no head to head record between Laurent Lokoli and Alex Michelsen since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Laurent Lokoli
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-12 | 8-6 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-26 | 12-10 | 5-6 | 6-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 59-22 | 26-10 | 27-7 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-18 | 14-12 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 198, Laurent got to the qualifications after defeating Mark Whitehouse 4-6 7-5 6-1.
In the qualifications against Whitehouse, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-1). During the match, Lokoli scored 90 points vs Whitehouse’s 74. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lokoli fired 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Laurent Lokoli was very efficient on serve to win 78% (40/51) of his 1st serve and 61% (19/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Whitehouse 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Lokoli has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (312-182). 1-0 on grass in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Lokoli has an overall 1-0 record in the last years on grass.
The French player best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Noumea Challenger.
Lokoli has a compiled 17-13 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nottingham Challenger
Lokoli 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. 262, Alex got to the qualifications after beating Harry Wendelken 4-6 6-3 7-5.
In the qualifications against Wendelken, Alex recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-5). During the match Michelsen scored 103 points vs Wendelken’s 89. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Michelsen made 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Alex Michelsen lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Michelsen put 59% of his first serves in, winning 69% (43/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (23/43) on the 2nd serve. Michelsen broke Wendelken 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
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 a composed 28-10 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lokoli | Michelsen |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 31 |
| Pts | 90-74 | 103-89 |
| Total Points | 164 | 192 |
| Winners | 40 | 43 |
| %Winners | 44% | 42% |
Both Lokoli and Michelsen played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Laurent Lokoli lost 1 set, while Alex Michelsen conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Lokoli and Michelsen have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Lokoli played 2 games less than Michelsen. Laurent scored 40 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Alex recorded 43 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lokoli | Michelsen |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 4 |
| 1st in | 51/82 | 62/105 |
| %1st in | 62% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 40/51 | 43/62 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 19/31 | 23/43 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 53% |
Lokoli blasted 9 aces . Michelsen scored 4 aces . Lokoli won 78% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Michelsen won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lokoli | Michelsen |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 60% | 56% |
| Conceded | 1 | 9 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Laurent broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The French player surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Michelsen broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lokoli | |||
| Q1 Whitehouse |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 90-74 | 90-74 | |
| Total points | 164 | 164 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 51/82 | 51/82 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 40/51 | 40/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/31 | 19/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Michelsen | |||
| Q1 Wendelken |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 103-89 | 103-89 | |
| Total points | 192 | 192 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 62/105 | 62/105 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 43/62 | 43/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/43 | 23/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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