Tommy Paul and Alex Michelsen will square off in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 6:00 pm on STADIUM 2. In the following lines 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tommy Paul is the pick to win this match.
Tommy Paul -> 1.52
Alex Michelsen -> 2.54

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Prediction and head to head Tommy Paul vs. Alex Michelsen

This will be the 2nd time that Tommy Paul and Alex Michelsen square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Paul (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Paul won 5-7 6-4 7-6(4) in the 2nd round in Delray beach back in February 2024.

Highlights Tommy Paul vs Alex Michelsen – Delray beach 15-February-2024

Tommy Paul

Tommy Paul

11 - 4win/loss

Hard
7-4
I Hard
4-0
Rank
13
High
12
WLWWWLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 39-15 15-9 10-4 4-0 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. 17, the American will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in Acapulco where he lost 6-0 6-4 to Draper in the 1st round on the 26th of February.

Paul has an aggregate 10-4 win-loss record in 2024, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the 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, Tommy has an overall 360-209 record. He has a positive 181-105 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2021 and 2023. See his history.

Indian Wells
Paul's Record

Alex Michelsen

Alex Michelsen

11 - 7win/loss

Hard
10-6
I Hard
1-1
Rank
49
High
47
WWWLWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 36-28 24-12 4-9 1-1 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. 80, the American got to the 2nd round after beating Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 6-2 6-3.

In the 1st round, Alex had a good straight sets win against Munar Clar (6-2 6-3). During the match Michelsen scored 72 points vs Munar Clar’s 54. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Michelsen managed to score 4 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alex Michelsen was quite efficient on serve to win 72% (34/47) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Michelsen broke Munar Clar 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Michelsen has a composed 11-6 win-loss record in 2024, 10-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

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

Indian Wells
Michelsen's Record

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

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