Alex Michelsen and Strong Kirchheimer will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Cary 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 7:15 pm 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 Alex Michelsen who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alex Michelsen is the pick to win this match.
Alex Michelsen -> 1.095
Strong Kirchheimer -> 6.25

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Prediction and head to head Alex Michelsen vs. Strong Kirchheimer

There is no head to head record between Alex Michelsen and Strong Kirchheimer since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Alex Michelsen

Alex Michelsen

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Rank
38
High
30
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 29-27 14-13 6-5 4-5 5-4 0-0
2024 45-34 26-14 4-9 8-5 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
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Ranked no. 117 (career-high), the American reached the 2nd round after beating Maxime Janvier 5-7 7-67 6-3.

In the 1st round against Janvier, Alex recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-67 6-3). During the match, Michelsen scored 105 points vs Janvier’s 102. Alex was very aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Talking about the service games, Michelsen managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Alex Michelsen was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (51/72) of his 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Michelsen broke Janvier 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Michelsen has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 2 years having won 71% of his matches (70-29). 25-10 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Michelsen has a compiled39-18 match record in the last 2 years on hard.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Chicago Challenger where he beat Yuta Shimizu in the final 7-5 6-2.

Michelsen has an aggregate 47-19 win-loss record in 2023, 25-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cary 2 Challenger

Alex has never competed in this tournament before.

Cary 2 Challenger
Michelsen's Record

Strong Kirchheimer

Strong Kirchheimer

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Rank
721
High
375
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 22-36 15-22 1-4 6-10 0-0 0-0
2024 25-32 15-19 2-4 8-9 0-0 0-0
2023 38-29 19-16 2-4 17-9 0-0 0-0
2022 33-30 17-12 7-11 9-7 0-0 0-0
2021 19-21 12-15 6-5 1-1 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 426, Strong reached the 2nd round after beating Connor Thomson 7-63 6-3, Alex Rybakov 6-72 7-5 7-63 and Tristan Schoolkate 6-75 6-3 7-63.

In the 1st round against Schoolkate, Kirchheimer recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-3 7-63). During the match Kirchheimer scored 122 points vs Schoolkate’s 116. Kirchheimer was exceptionally aggressive to blast 65 winners.

Talking about serving, Kirchheimer fired 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Strong Kirchheimer was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (65/88) of his 1st serve and 51% (22/43) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Strong broke Schoolkate twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).

The American’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Montreal and M15 South Bend.

The American has a composed 27-21 win-loss record in 2023, 14-12 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Cary 2 Challenger
Kirchheimer's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

A.Michelsen
S.Kirchheimer
2h:18
2h:18
Time on court​
!
8h:15
8h:15
!
2h:18
2h:18
Last match​
!
3h:01
3h:01
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
34
34
Games Played​
95
95
3
3
Set played​​
8
8
105
105
Total points​
327
327
105
105
Avg point​
109
109
51
51
Winners
146
146
51
51
Avg Winners​
48.7
48.7
49%
49%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
18
18
2
2
Avg Aces
6
6
2
2
Double Faults
10
10
2
2
Avg Double Faults
3.3
3.3
51/72
51/72
1st won total​
146/196
146/196
!
71%
71%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
17/26
17/26
2nd won total​
62/106
62/106
!
65%
65%
2nd won %
58%
58%
-- Break Points --
3/9
3/9
BP won
9/37
9/37
3/9
3/9
Avg BP won
3/12.3
3/12.3
33%
33%
Won
!
24%
24%
6
6
Conceded
26
26
6
6
Avg Conceded
8.7
8.7
3
3
Broken
5
5
3
3
Avg Broken
1.7
1.7
3
3
Saved
21
21
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Michelsen Kirchheimer
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 3 8
Tot Games 34 95
Pts 105-102 327-293
Total Points 207 620
Winners 51 146
%Winners 49% 45%

Michelsen played 1 match while Kirchheimer competed in 3 matches. Kirchheimer started his run from the qualifications while Michelsen had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Alex Michelsen dropped 1 set, while Strong Kirchheimer dropped 2 sets. Michelsen has played 5 set(s) less than Kirchheimer (3 vs 8). Therefore, Michelsen played 61 games less than Kirchheimer. Alex scored 51 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Strong made 146 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Michelsen Kirchheimer
Aces 2 18
Avg per match 2 6
1st in 72/98 196/302
%1st in 73% 65%
1st pts 51/72 146/196
%1st pts 71% 74%
2nd pts 17/26 62/106
%2nd pts 65% 58%

Michelsen fired 2 aces . Kirchheimer scored 18 aces (6 per match). Michelsen won 71% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Kirchheimer won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Michelsen Kirchheimer
Won 3 9
Converted 3/9 9/37
% Converted 33% 24%
Conceded 6 26
Saved 3 21
% Saved 50% 81%
Times Broken 3 5

The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Alex conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 9 times with a 24% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded.

Michelsen
R1
Janvier		 Total
Score 5-7 7-67 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 34 34
pts 105-102 105-102
Total points 207 207
Winners 51 51
%Winners 49% 49%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 72/98 72/98
% 1st in 73% 73%
1st pts 51/72 51/72
% 1st pts 71% 71%
2nd pts 17/26 17/26
% 2nd pts 65% 65%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/9 3/9
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 3/6 3
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 3 3
Kirchheimer
Q1
Thomson		 Q3
Rybakov		 R1
Schoolkate		 Total
Score 7-63 6-3 6-72 7-5 7-63 6-75 6-3 7-63
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 22 38 35 95
pts 88-68 117-109 122-116 327-293
Total points 156 226 238 620
Winners 31 50 65 146
%Winners 35% 43% 53% 45%
SERVE
Aces 4 6 8 18
Double Faults 1 5 4 10
1st in 40/61 68/110 88/131 196/302
% 1st in 66% 62% 67% 65%
1st pts 31/40 50/68 65/88 146/196
% 1st pts 78% 74% 74% 74%
2nd pts 15/21 25/42 22/43 62/106
% 2nd pts 71% 60% 51% 58%
Breaks
Won 3 4 2 9
Converted 3/16 4/11 2/10 9/37
Converted % 19% 36% 20% 24%
Conceded 4 10 12 26
Saved 3/4 7/10 11/12 21
Saved % 75% 70% 92% 237%
Times Broken 1 3 1 5

Tennis Scores in Cary 2 Challenger

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