Marcos Giron and Alex Michelsen will play each other in the final of the Infosys Hall of Fame Open for the 1^st 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

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

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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