Alex Michelsen and Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco will face off in the 1st round of the Blois Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.53
Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco -> 2.38
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Prediction and head to head Alex Michelsen vs. Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco
There is no head to head record between Alex Michelsen and Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
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. 246 (career-high), Alex got to the 1st round after beating Axel Garcian 6-3 6-3 and Juan Bautista Otegui 5-7 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications against Bautista Otegui, Michelsen recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-3). During the match, Michelsen scored 103 points vs Bautista Otegui’s 86. Michelsen was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Michelsen struck 4 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Alex Michelsen lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Michelsen put 67% of his first serves in, winning 63% (38/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the 2nd serve. Alex broke Bautista Otegui 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.
Michelsen has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 2 years having won 72% of his matches (55-21). 4-2 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Michelsen has an overall4-3 match record in the last 2 years on clay.
Michelsen’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Malibu,M15 Edmond,the Rome Challenger and M25 Calabasas.
Alex has a compiled 32-11 win-loss record in 2023, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Blois Challenger
Alex has never competed in this tournament before.
Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-17 | 0-0 | 32-16 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-32 | 0-0 | 49-32 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 55-28 | 1-4 | 54-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-13 | 3-2 | 15-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 340, the Bolivian will start his run in the Blois Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Grasse where he lost 6-4 6-0 to Droguet in the semifinal on the 17th of June.
Murkel has a composed 25-15 win-loss record in 2023, 25-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Bolivian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Tigre 1 Challenger and M25 Rio Cuarto.
In terms of his career, Murkel has an overall 106-62 record. He has a positive 96-53 record on clay.
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