Alex Michelsen and Martin Damm will fight against each other in the quarter of the Champaign Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. 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.
Alex Michelsen -> 1.48
Martin Damm -> 2.56
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Prediction and head to head Alex Michelsen vs. Martin Damm
There is no head to head record between Alex Michelsen and Martin Damm 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 | 20-21 | 11-7 | 4-9 | 1-1 | 4-4 | 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), Alex reached the quarter after beating Bernard Tomic 6-4 6-0 and Sebastian Fanselow 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Alex had a good straight sets win against Fanselow (6-3 6-2). During the match, Michelsen scored 59 points vs Fanselow’s 42. Alex was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Michelsen bagged 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alex Michelsen conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 75% of his first serves in, win 83% (30/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (6/12) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Fanselow 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alex hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 61% of the points he played.
Michelsen has a fantastic record in the last 2 years having won 71% of his matches (82-33). 17-3 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Michelsen has a compiled26-4 record in the last 2 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Chicago Challenger where he defeated Yuta Shimizu in the final 7-5 6-2 and the Knoxville Challenger where he defeated Denis Kudla in the final 7-5 4-6 6-2.
Michelsen has a composed 59-23 win-loss record in 2023, 17-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Martin Damm
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-13 | 6-4 | 1-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-29 | 30-14 | 9-8 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-23 | 17-12 | 10-6 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-22 | 7-4 | 16-12 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-11 | 3-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 266, the American got to the quarter after beating Alfredo Perez 7-63 6-4 and Mats Rosenkranz 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Damm had a good straight sets win against Rosenkranz (6-3 6-4). During the match Damm scored 63 points vs Rosenkranz’s 43. The American was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Damm fired 19 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Martin Damm was pretty effective on serve to win 93% (28/30) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Damm broke Rosenkranz twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Martin’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Santo Domingo,M25 Southaven and M25 Setubal.
The American has an overall 52-28 win-loss record in 2023, 13-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Michelsen | Damm |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 42 |
| Pts | 121-77 | 131-107 |
| Total Points | 198 | 238 |
| Winners | 51 | 61 |
| %Winners | 42% | 47% |
Both Michelsen and Damm played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Michelsen and Damm have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Michelsen played 9 games less than Damm. Alex scored 51 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Martin struck 61 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Michelsen | Damm |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 36 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 18 |
| 1st in | 60/90 | 68/119 |
| %1st in | 67% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 51/60 | 61/68 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 90% |
| 2nd pts | 18/30 | 31/51 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 61% |
Michelsen struck 10 aces (5 per match). Damm blasted 36 aces (18 per match). Michelsen won 85% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Damm won 90% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Michelsen | Damm |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 3 |
| Converted | 7/11 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 64% | 38% |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Michelsen broke his opponents 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Michelsen was rock solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. The American broke his opponents 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Damm was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Michelsen | ||||
| R1 Tomic | R2 Fanselow | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 | 33 | |
| pts | 62-35 | 59-42 | 121-77 | |
| Total points | 97 | 101 | 198 | |
| Winners | 21 | 30 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 51% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 24/42 | 36/48 | 60/90 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 75% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 30/36 | 51/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 83% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 6/12 | 18/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 50% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/4 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 75% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Damm | ||||
| R1 Perez | R2 Rosenkranz | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 19 | 42 | |
| pts | 68-64 | 63-43 | 131-107 | |
| Total points | 132 | 106 | 238 | |
| Winners | 33 | 28 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 44% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 17 | 19 | 36 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 38/68 | 30/51 | 68/119 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 59% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 33/38 | 28/30 | 61/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 93% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/30 | 13/21 | 31/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 62% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 2/5 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 40% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 0/0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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