Alex Michelsen and Bernard Tomic will face off in the 1st round of the Champaign Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 8:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 -> 1.31
Bernard Tomic -> 3.22
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Prediction and head to head Alex Michelsen vs. Bernard Tomic
This will be the 2nd time that Alex Michelsen and Bernard Tomic play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Michelsen (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Michelsen won 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4 in the 1st round in the Knoxville Challenger back in November 2023.
Alex Michelsen
| 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 |
Ranked no. 99 (career-high), Michelsen will start his run in the Champaign Challenger after he won the title in the Knoxville Challenger after beating 7-5 4-6 6-2 Kudla in the final.
The American has a compiled 57-23 win-loss record in 2023, 15-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Chicago Challenger where he beat Yuta Shimizu in the final 7-5 6-2 and the Knoxville Challenger where he beat Denis Kudla in the final 7-5 4-6 6-2.
Michelsen won his last 5 matches.
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 80-33 record. He has a positive 24-4 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Bernard Tomic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43-34 | 30-24 | 6-7 | 2-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 50-29 | 34-19 | 12-5 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-27 | 35-19 | 4-4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-12 | 24-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-12 | 4-4 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 289, Bernard will start his run in the Champaign Challenger after he played his last match in the Knoxville Challenger where he lost 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4 to Michelsen in the 1st round on the 6th of November.
Bernard has a compiled 39-25 win-loss record in 2023, 2-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Tomic’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Doha and M15 Las Vegas.
In terms of his career, The Australian has an overall 404-311 record. He has a negative 29-41 record on indoor hard courts.
Head 2 Head
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- Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz – Gabriel DebruDebru (7-67 3-6 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy (7-5 5-4 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Karlis OzolinsOzolins – Stefan KozlovKozlov (2-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Aidan MayoMayo (6-3 1-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Bernard TomicTomic – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Denis KudlaKudla – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (7-1) – H2H and prediction
- Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Titouan DroguetDroguet (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aidan MchughMchugh – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emilio NavaNava – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
