Jack Loutit and Alex Michelsen will square off in the qualifications of the ASB Classic for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.044
Jack Loutit -> 8.8
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Prediction and head to head Jack Loutit vs. Alex Michelsen
There is no head to head record between Jack Loutit and Alex Michelsen since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Jack Loutit
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-5 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-11 | 11-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 6-7 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, the Kiwi got to the qualifications after beating Blake Mott 7-5 6-2.
In the qualifications, Loutit had a good straight sets win against Mott (7-5 6-2). During the match, Loutit scored 69 points vs Mott’s 55. Jack was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Loutit fired 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Jack Loutit lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Loutit put 64% of his first serves in, winning 68% (30/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. Loutit was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Mott 5 times.
Loutit has won exactly 50% of his matches (18-18) in the last 3 years. 1-0 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Loutit has an aggregate18-18 match record in the last 3 years on hard.
The Kiwi has an overall 1-0 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Auckland
Jack has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 97, Alex reached the qualifications after beating Gregoire Barrere 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Barrere (6-2 6-2). During the match Michelsen scored 65 points vs Barrere’s 42. Michelsen was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Michelsen struck 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alex Michelsen was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (25/33) 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. Alex broke Barrere 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Michelsen has an aggregate 3-1 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Loutit | Michelsen |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 16 |
| Pts | 69-55 | 65-42 |
| Total Points | 124 | 107 |
| Winners | 30 | 25 |
| %Winners | 43% | 38% |
Both Loutit and Michelsen played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Loutit and Michelsen have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Loutit played 4 games more than Michelsen. Loutit scored 30 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Alex struck 25 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Loutit | Michelsen |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 6 |
| 1st in | 44/69 | 33/54 |
| %1st in | 64% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 30/44 | 25/33 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 13/21 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 62% |
Loutit struck 4 aces . Michelsen recorded 6 aces . Loutit won 68% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Michelsen won 76% of the points on 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 | Loutit | Michelsen |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/5 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 100% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 |
| Saved | 4 | 5 |
| % Saved | 67% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
The Kiwi broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Loutit lost his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Michelsen broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Michelsen was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.
| Loutit | |||
| Q1 Mott |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 69-55 | 69-55 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 44/69 | 44/69 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 30/44 | 30/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 12/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Michelsen | |||
| Q1 Barrere |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 65-42 | 65-42 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 33/54 | 33/54 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 25/33 | 25/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 13/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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