Pavel Kotov and Alex Michelsen will play each other in the 1st round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 12. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pavel Kotov who should win in 2 sets.
Pavel Kotov -> 1.4
Alex Michelsen -> 2.96
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Prediction and head to head Pavel Kotov vs. Alex Michelsen
There is no head to head record between Pavel Kotov and Alex Michelsen since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Pavel Kotov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-11 | 4-6 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-32 | 13-14 | 20-12 | 9-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-20 | 5-3 | 20-9 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-25 | 5-5 | 7-11 | 17-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 63, Kotov will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in Madrid where he lost 6-2 7-5 to Sinner in the 3rd round on the 29th of April.
Pavel has a compiled 9-9 win-loss record in 2024, 5-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Pavel has an overall 261-169 record. He has a positive 115-74 record on clay.
Previously in Rome
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Michelsen
13 - 13win/loss
60
60
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-16 | 11-7 | 4-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 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. 69 (career-high), Michelsen will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in the Cagliari Challenger where he lost 6-3 2-6 6-3 to Sonego in the 1st round on the 1st of May.
The American has an aggregate 13-13 win-loss record in 2024, 1-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, The American has an overall 97-50 record. He has a negative 5-9 record on clay.
Previously in Rome
Alex has never competed in this tournament before.
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Harold MayotMayot (6-3 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Radu AlbotAlbot (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (7-65 6-76 7-63) – See score progression
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Diego SchwartzmanSchwartzman – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves (6-3 7-67) – See score progression
- Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Jeff WolfWolf (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Juncheng ShangShang (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Radu AlbotAlbot (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Jeff WolfWolf (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Juncheng ShangShang (6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Daniel EvansEvans – Fabio FogniniFognini (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Pedro CachinCachin (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Marcos GironGiron (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Pavel KotovKotov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas MachacMachac – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – Borna CoricCoric (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-0) – H2H and prediction