Marcos Giron and Alex Michelsen will play each other in the final of the Infosys Hall of Fame Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 2:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marcos Giron who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marcos Giron is the pick to win this match.
Marcos Giron -> 1.66
Alex Michelsen -> 2.23
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Prediction and head to head Marcos Giron vs. Alex Michelsen
There is no head to head record between Marcos Giron and Alex Michelsen since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Marcos Giron
20 - 18win/loss
46
37
LWWWLWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-27 | 6-11 | 3-8 | 11-4 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-30 | 17-15 | 7-6 | 5-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-31 | 11-13 | 3-9 | 6-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-24 | 12-10 | 5-5 | 11-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-15 | 12-8 | 1-2 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 46, Giron got to the final after defeating Benoit Paire 4-6 7-5 6-4, Alex Bolt 6-4 6-1 and Christopher Eubanks 6-4 3-6 6-2.
In the semifinal, Giron defeated Eubanks (6-4 3-6 6-2). During the match, Giron scored 81 points vs Eubanks’s 76. Giron was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Giron struck 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Marcos Giron lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Giron put 54% of his first serves in, winning 82% (36/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (17/37) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Eubanks 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has dropped 2 set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Giron has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (304-228). 8-4 on grass in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Giron has an overall 24-18 match record in the last years on grass.
The American’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Dallas.
Marcos has an overall 19-18 win-loss record in 2024, 8-4 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Newport
Marcos has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Michelsen
23 - 23win/loss
41
41
LWWWLWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. 61, Michelsen got to the final after defeating Unknown Player bye, Maxime Cressy 6-4 6-4, Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4 6-4 and Reilly Opelka 6-2 6-0.
In the semifinal, The American had a good straight sets win against Opelka (6-2 6-0). During the match Michelsen scored 57 points vs Opelka’s 32. Alex was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Michelsen scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alex Michelsen conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Michelsen put 66% of his first serves in, winning 85% (23/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (7/14) on the 2nd serve. Michelsen broke Opelka 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Alex’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Newport.
Michelsen has an aggregate 23-22 win-loss record in 2024, 7-5 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Newport
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Giron | Michelsen |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 76 | 54 |
| Pts | 246-221 | 187-139 |
| Total Points | 467 | 326 |
| Winners | 97 | 78 |
| %Winners | 39% | 42% |
Both Giron and Michelsen played 3 matches. At the moment, Marcos Giron surrendered 2 sets while Alex Michelsen hasn’t dropped a set so far. Giron has played 2 sets more than Michelsen (8 vs 6). Therefore, Giron played 22 games more than Michelsen. Giron scored 97 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The American managed to score 78 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Giron | Michelsen |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 5.3 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 129/232 | 102/156 |
| %1st in | 56% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 97/129 | 78/102 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 52/103 | 37/54 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 69% |
Giron struck 16 aces (5.3 per match). Michelsen fired 7 aces (2.3 per match). Giron won 75% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Michelsen won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Giron | Michelsen |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 9 |
| Converted | 13/30 | 9/18 |
| % Converted | 43% | 50% |
| Conceded | 13 | 6 |
| Saved | 7 | 6 |
| % Saved | 54% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 0 |
Giron broke his opponents 13 times with a 43% conversion rate. Giron dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded. Alex broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. Alex was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points.
| Giron | |||||
| R2 Paire |
1/4 Bolt |
1/2 Eubanks |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-5 6-4 | 6-4 6-1 | 6-4 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 17 | 27 | 76 | |
| pts | 100-97 | 65-48 | 81-76 | 246-221 | |
| Total points | 197 | 113 | 157 | 467 | |
| Winners | 40 | 21 | 36 | 97 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 32% | 44% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 2 | 6 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 54/101 | 31/50 | 44/81 | 129/232 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 62% | 54% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 40/54 | 21/31 | 36/44 | 97/129 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 68% | 82% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/47 | 14/19 | 17/37 | 52/103 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 74% | 46% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/10 | 4/10 | 13/30 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 40% | 40% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3/3 | 1/3 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 100% | 33% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| Michelsen | |||||
| R2 Cressy |
1/4 Kovacevic |
1/2 Opelka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | 14 | 54 | |
| pts | 62-48 | 68-59 | 57-32 | 187-139 | |
| Total points | 110 | 127 | 89 | 326 | |
| Winners | 27 | 28 | 23 | 78 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 41% | 40% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 35/56 | 40/59 | 27/41 | 102/156 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 68% | 66% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 28/40 | 23/27 | 78/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 70% | 85% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/21 | 14/19 | 7/14 | 37/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | 74% | 50% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/6 | 5/9 | 9/18 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 33% | 56% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 1/1 | 3/3 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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