Alex Michelsen

and Cristian Garin will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the BMW Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:30 pm on CENTER 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 Cristian Garin who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Cristian Garin is the pick to win this match.
Cristian Garin -> 1.54
Alex Michelsen -> 2.49

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Prediction and head to head Alex Michelsen vs. Cristian Garin

There is no head to head record between Alex Michelsen and Cristian Garin since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Alex Michelsen

Ranked no. 70 (career-high), Michelsen got to the 2^nd round after defeating Max Hans Rehberg 7-6² 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Hans Rehberg (7-6² 6-3). During the match, Michelsen scored 74 points vs Hans Rehberg’s 57. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Regarding the service games, Michelsen fired 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alex Michelsen lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Michelsen put 74% of his first serves in, winning 61% (34/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the 2nd serve. Michelsen was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Hans Rehberg 4 times.

Michelsen has a solid record in the last 3 years having won 67% of his matches (97-47). 1-2 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Michelsen has an overall5-6 win-loss record in the last 3 years on clay.

Alex has a compiled 13-10 win-loss record in 2024, 1-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Munich

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Cristian Garin

Ranked no. 106, the Chilean got to the 2^nd round after defeating Dominik Koepfer 7-6³ 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Christian had a good straight sets win against Koepfer (7-6³ 6-3). During the match Garin scored 75 points vs Koepfer’s 58. Christian was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about serving, Garin blasted 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Cristian Garin was exceptionally effective on serve to win 80% (35/44) of his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Chilean broke Koepfer twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).

Garin’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Estoril.

Garin has an aggregate 9-9 win-loss record in 2024, 7-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Munich

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2019. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Michelsen	Garin
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
Pts	74-57	75-58
Total Points	131	133
Winners	34	35
%Winners	46%	47%

Both Michelsen and Garin played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Michelsen and Garin have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (22). Alex scored 34 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Chilean bagged 35 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Michelsen	Garin
Aces	2	5
Avg per match	2	5
1st in	56/76	44/64
%1st in	74%	69%
1st pts	34/56	35/44
%1st pts	61%	80%
2nd pts	14/20	13/20
%2nd pts	70%	65%

Michelsen fired 2 aces . Garin fired 5 aces . Michelsen won 61% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Garin won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Michelsen	Garin
Won	4	2
Converted	4/4	2/9
% Converted	100%	22%
Conceded	7	5
Saved	4	4
% Saved	57%	80%
Times Broken	3	1

The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Michelsen lost his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Christian broke his opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. Christian conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Michelsen
	R1 Hans	Total
Score	7-62 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	74-57	74-57
Total points	131	131
Winners	34	34
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	56/76	56/76
% 1st in	74%	74%
1st pts	34/56	34/56
% 1st pts	61%	61%
2nd pts	14/20	14/20
% 2nd pts	70%	70%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/4	4/4
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	4/7	4
Saved %	57%	57%
Times Broken	3	3

Garin
	R1 Koepfer	Total
Score	7-63 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	75-58	75-58
Total points	133	133
Winners	35	35
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	44/64	44/64
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	35/44	35/44
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	13/20	13/20
% 2nd pts	65%	65%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/9	2/9
Converted %	22%	22%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	4/5	4
Saved %	80%	80%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Munich

• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (7-6² 6-4) – See score progression
• Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-7⁵ 7-6⁶ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Taro DanielDaniel – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander Erler/Lucas MiedlerErler/Lucas Miedler – Guido Andreozzi/Miguel-Angel Reyes-VarelaAndreozzi/Miguel-Angel Reyes-Varela (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-4 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Cristian GarinGarin – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (7-6³ 6-3) – See score progression
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Francesco PassaroPassaro (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Jack DraperDraper – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-1 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg (7-6² 6-3) – See score progression
• Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Dominic ThiemThiem (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Ariel Behar/Adam PavlasekBehar/Adam Pavlasek – Henri Haupt/Marko TopoHaupt/Marko Topo (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-7(5) 7-6(6) 7-6(3)) – See score progression
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-4 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-7(6) 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Marko TopoTopo (3-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (7-6(2) 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Taro DanielDaniel (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Jack DraperDraper (0-0) – H2H and prediction