Alex Michelsen and Max Purcell will fight against each other in the 1st round of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 2:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. 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 Alex Michelsen who should win in 2 sets.
Alex Michelsen -> 1.34
Max Purcell -> 3.28
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Prediction and head to head Alex Michelsen vs. Max Purcell
There is no head to head record between Alex Michelsen and Max Purcell since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Alex Michelsen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-27 | 14-13 | 6-5 | 4-5 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 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. 70 (career-high), Michelsen will start his run in Houston after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 7-6(5) 6-7(7) 6-4 to Griekspoor in the 2nd round on the 23rd of March.
The American has a compiled 12-8 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on clay.
Talking about his overall career, Alex has an overall 96-45 record. He has a flat 4-4 record on clay.
Previously in Houston
Alex has never competed in this tournament before.
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-24 | 10-16 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-28 | 45-17 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 21-15 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 79, Max will start his run in Houston after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 6-2 6-1
to Fucsovics in the 1st round on the 20th of March.The Australian has a composed 4-9 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on clay.
In terms of his career, Purcell has an overall 266-196 record. He has a positive 27-22 record on clay.
Previously in Houston
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Houston
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jeff WolfWolf – Alexander RitschardRitschard (6-3 2-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Zizou BergsBergs – Patrick KypsonKypson (7-65 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-64 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Yibing WuWu (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Benoit PairePaire (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael MmohMmoh – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-0) – H2H and prediction