Alex Michelsen and Gabriel Debru will play each other in the 2nd round of the Knoxville Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. In the following lines 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 -> 1.41
Gabriel Debru -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Alex Michelsen vs. Gabriel Debru
There is no head to head record between Alex Michelsen and Gabriel Debru since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Alex Michelsen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-33 | 26-14 | 4-9 | 5-4 | 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 |
Ranked no. 114, the American got to the 2nd round after defeating Bernard Tomic 4-6 7-65 6-4.
In the 1st round against Tomic, Alex recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-65 6-4). During the match, Michelsen scored 101 points vs Tomic’s 96. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about the service games, Michelsen bagged 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alex Michelsen lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Michelsen put 64% of his first serves in, winning 72% (47/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (18/36) on the 2nd serve. Michelsen broke Tomic 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Michelsen has a fantastic record in the last 2 years having won 70% of his matches (76-33). 11-3 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Michelsen has a composed20-4 record in the last 2 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Chicago Challenger where he defeated Yuta Shimizu in the final 7-5 6-2.
Michelsen has an aggregate 53-23 win-loss record in 2023, 11-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Michelsen has never competed in this tournament before.
Gabriel Debru
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-23 | 6-4 | 25-15 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-26 | 4-2 | 31-13 | 9-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 19-18 | 5-3 | 11-9 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 322, Gabriel got to the 2nd round after beating Johannus Monday 4-6 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round against Monday, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-3). During the match Debru scored 95 points vs Monday’s 86. Gabriel was pretty aggressive to blast 49 winners.
About the serving games, Debru blasted 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Gabriel Debru was very efficient on serve to win 83% (49/59) of his 1st serve and 51% (18/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gabriel broke Monday twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Gabriel’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Gubbio and the Prague 3 Challenger.
Gabriel has an overall 44-24 win-loss record in 2023, 9-9 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Michelsen | Debru |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 31 |
| Pts | 101-96 | 95-86 |
| Total Points | 197 | 181 |
| Winners | 47 | 49 |
| %Winners | 47% | 52% |
Both Michelsen and Debru played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Alex Michelsen lost 1 set, while Gabriel Debru lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Michelsen and Debru have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Michelsen played 2 games more than Debru. Michelsen scored 47 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Gabriel made 49 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Michelsen | Debru |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 10 |
| 1st in | 65/101 | 59/94 |
| %1st in | 64% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 47/65 | 49/59 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 18/36 | 18/35 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 51% |
Michelsen blasted 11 aces . Debru bagged 10 aces . Michelsen won 72% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Debru won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Michelsen | Debru |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 2/5 |
| % Converted | 67% | 40% |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 20% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The American lost his serve 4 times and he saved 20% of the break points that he conceded. Gabriel broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Gabriel conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Michelsen | |||
| R1 Tomic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 101-96 | 101-96 | |
| Total points | 197 | 197 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 65/101 | 65/101 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 47/65 | 47/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/36 | 18/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Debru | |||
| R1 Monday |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 95-86 | 95-86 | |
| Total points | 181 | 181 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 59/94 | 59/94 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 49/59 | 49/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/35 | 18/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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