Alex Michelsen and James McCabe will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 11:00 am on Court 3. 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 4 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alex Michelsen is the pick to win this match.
Alex Michelsen -> 1.29
James McCabe -> 3.62

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Prediction and head to head Alex Michelsen vs. James McCabe

There is no head to head record between Alex Michelsen and James McCabe since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Alex Michelsen

Alex Michelsen

4 - 2win/loss

Hard
4-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
61
High
60
LLLWWLWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 16-18 11-7 4-9 1-1 0-1 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. 92 (career-high), the American will start his run at the Australian Open after he played his last match in Auckland where he lost 0-6 7-6(6) 6-3 to Borges in the 1st round on the 8th of January.

The American has an overall 4-2 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 88-39 record. He has a positive 48-23 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Alex has never competed in this tournament before.

Australian Open
Michelsen's Record

James McCabe

James McCabe

1 - 3win/loss

Hard
1-3
I Hard
0-0
Rank
348
High
258
LLWWLWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 20-15 16-13 0-0 0-0 4-2 0-0
2023 29-27 24-14 2-6 1-3 2-4 0-0
2022 39-27 30-19 9-8 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 17-5 17-5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 278, the Australian will start his run at the Melbourne after he played his last match in Adelaide where he lost 6-2 6-3 to Bublik in the 1st round on the 9th of January.

James has an overall 1-3 win-loss record in 2024, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, McCabe has an overall 86-62 record. He has a positive 72-41 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022 and 2023. See his history.

Australian Open
McCabe's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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