Alex Michelsen and Nishesh Basavareddy will clash against each other in the quarter of the Knoxville Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:30 pm on COURT 2. In the following lines 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 -> 1.53
Nishesh Basavareddy -> 2.42
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Prediction and head to head Alex Michelsen vs. Nishesh Basavareddy
This will be the 2nd time that Alex Michelsen and Nishesh Basavareddy face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Basavareddy (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Basavareddy won 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in the Fairfield Challenger back in October 2023.
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. 114, Alex got to the quarter after defeating Bernard Tomic 4-6 7-65 6-4 and Gabriel Debru 6-3 3-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Michelsen defeated Debru (6-3 3-6 6-4). During the match, Michelsen scored 85 points vs Debru’s 77. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Michelsen made 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Alex Michelsen was extremely effective on serve to win 75% (42/56) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Debru twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alex has lost 2 set in this tournament to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Michelsen has a fantastic match record in the last 2 years having won 70% of his matches (77-33). 12-3 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Michelsen has an overall21-4 match record in the last 2 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Chicago Challenger where he beat Yuta Shimizu in the final 7-5 6-2.
The American has an aggregate 54-23 win-loss record in 2023, 12-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Alex has never competed in this tournament before.
Nishesh Basavareddy
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-3 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 12-6 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 497 (career-high), Basavareddy got to the quarter after beating Mats Rosenkranz 4-6 6-2 7-5 and Beibit Zhukayev 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Basavareddy had a good straight sets win against Zhukayev (6-4 6-2). During the match Basavareddy scored 58 points vs Zhukayev’s 39. Basavareddy was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Basavareddy scored 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nishesh Basavareddy was exceptionally effective on serve to win 89% (24/27) of his 1st serve and 75% (12/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nishesh broke Zhukayev 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Basavareddy has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The American’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Fairfield Challenger.
Nishesh has a composed 12-5 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Michelsen | Basavareddy |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 61 | 48 |
| Pts | 186-173 | 146-123 |
| Total Points | 359 | 269 |
| Winners | 89 | 65 |
| %Winners | 48% | 45% |
Both Michelsen and Basavareddy played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alex Michelsen conceded 2 sets, while Nishesh Basavareddy surrendered 1 set. Michelsen has played 1 set more than Basavareddy (6 vs 5). Therefore, Michelsen played 13 games more than Basavareddy. Alex scored 89 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The American struck 65 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Michelsen | Basavareddy |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 8.5 | 6 |
| 1st in | 121/178 | 80/135 |
| %1st in | 68% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 89/121 | 65/80 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 32/57 | 34/55 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 62% |
Michelsen fired 17 aces (8.5 per match). Basavareddy managed to score 12 aces (6 per match). Michelsen won 74% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Basavareddy won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Michelsen | Basavareddy |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 7 | 6 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 29% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 |
Michelsen broke his opponents 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Alex lost his serve 5 times and he saved 29% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Michelsen | ||||
| R1 Tomic |
R2 Debru |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-65 6-4 | 6-3 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 28 | 61 | |
| pts | 101-96 | 85-77 | 186-173 | |
| Total points | 197 | 162 | 359 | |
| Winners | 47 | 42 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 49% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 6 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 65/101 | 56/77 | 121/178 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 73% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 47/65 | 42/56 | 89/121 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 75% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/36 | 14/21 | 32/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 67% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 2/6 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 33% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 1/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 50% | 35% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Basavareddy | ||||
| R1 Rosenkranz |
R2 Zhukayev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 7-5 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 18 | 48 | |
| pts | 88-84 | 58-39 | 146-123 | |
| Total points | 172 | 97 | 269 | |
| Winners | 41 | 24 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 41% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 53/92 | 27/43 | 80/135 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 63% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 41/53 | 24/27 | 65/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 89% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/39 | 12/16 | 34/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 75% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/7 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 43% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 0/0 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | – | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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