Tommy Paul and Alex Michelsen will face off in the 2nd round of the Delray Beach Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:30 pm on STADIUM. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tommy Paul who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tommy Paul is the pick to win this match.
Tommy Paul -> 1.363
Alex Michelsen -> 3.14
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Prediction and head to head Tommy Paul vs. Alex Michelsen
There is no head to head record between Tommy Paul and Alex Michelsen since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Tommy Paul
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 45-19 | 17-11 | 10-4 | 8-2 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
2023 | 46-29 | 29-13 | 5-6 | 3-5 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
2022 | 39-27 | 21-12 | 2-6 | 9-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
2021 | 33-23 | 12-12 | 9-7 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 21-14 | 12-6 | 5-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 14, the American will start his run in Delray Beach after he won the title in Dallas after beating 7-6(3) 5-7 6-3 Giron in the final.
Tommy has an aggregate 7-2 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title in Dallas where he beat Marcos Giron in the final 7-6(3) 5-7 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, Paul has an overall 357-207 record. He has a positive 178-103 record on hard.
Previously in Delray Beach
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2022. See his history.
Alex Michelsen
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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. 75, Alex got to the 2nd round after defeating Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Kokkinakis (6-1 6-2). During the match Michelsen scored 64 points vs Kokkinakis’s 39. The American was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Michelsen scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Alex Michelsen was quite efficient on serve to win 73% (22/30) of his 1st serve and 76% (13/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Michelsen broke Kokkinakis 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Alex has an aggregate 8-4 win-loss record in 2024, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Delray Beach
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Delray Beach
- Taylor FritzFritz – Nuno BorgesBorges (7-65 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-2 3-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marcos GironGiron – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-0 6-75 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Patrick KypsonKypson – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Patrick KypsonKypson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-0) – H2H and prediction