Alex Michelsen and Seong Chan Hong will face off in the 3rd round of the Citi Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on JOHN HARRIS. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Michelsen who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alex Michelsen is the pick to win this match.
Alex Michelsen -> 1.31
Seong Chan Hong -> 3.46

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Prediction and head to head Alex Michelsen vs. Seong Chan Hong

This will be the 3rd time that Alex Michelsen and Seong Chan Hong face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Michelsen (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Michelsen won 4-6 6-2 6-0 in the 1st round in the Stanford Challenger back in 2023.

Alex Michelsen

Alex Michelsen

24 - 23win/loss

Hard
12-7
I Hard
1-1
Clay
4-9
Grass
7-6
Rank
60
High
55
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 24-23 12-7 4-9 1-1 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
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Ranked no. 60, Michelsen reached the 3rd round after beating Unknown Player bye and Mattia Bellucci 6-3 7-6(1).

In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Bellucci (6-3 7-61). During the match, Michelsen scored 78 points vs Bellucci’s 62. Michelsen was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about the service games, Michelsen fired 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alex Michelsen lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Michelsen put 72% of his first serves in, winning 69% (36/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 75% (15/20) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Bellucci twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Michelsen has a solid match record in the last 3 years having won 64% of his matches (108-60). 12-7 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Michelsen has a compiled56-28 win-loss record in the last 3 years on hard.

Alex’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Newport.

The American has an overall 24-23 win-loss record in 2024, 12-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Washington

Alex has never competed in this tournament before.

Washington
Michelsen's Record

Seong Chan Hong

Seong Chan Hong

33 - 21win/loss

Hard
33-16
I Hard
0-2
Clay
0-1
Grass
0-2
Rank
175
High
172
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 33-21 33-16 0-1 0-2 0-2 0-0
2023 27-34 17-18 5-6 5-6 0-4 0-0
2022 40-18 36-12 4-3 0-3 0-0 0-0
2021 17-8 7-3 10-4 0-1 0-0 0-0
2020 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 175, Seong reached the 3rd round after beating Alex Bolt 6-4 6-4, Paul Jubb 6-4 7-5, Adam Walton 7-6(6) 7-6(4) and Karen Khachanov 6-2 6-4.

In the 2nd round, Seong had a good straight sets win against Khachanov (6-2 6-4). During the match Chan Hong scored 59 points vs Khachanov’s 41. Chan Hong was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about serving, Chan Hong recorded 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Seong Chan Hong was quite effective on serve to win 78% (25/32) of his 1st serve and 76% (13/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Chan Hong broke Khachanov 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Korean started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Chan Hong’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger,the Bengaluru Challenger and the Busan Challenger.

Seong has an overall 33-21 win-loss record in 2024, 33-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Washington
Chan Hong's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.Michelsen
S.Chan Hong
1h:37
1h:37
Time on court​
!
6h:18
6h:18
1h:37
1h:37
Last match​
1h:10
1h:10
1
1
Match played
!
4
4
22
22
Games Played​
86
86
2
2
Set played​​
8
8
78
78
Total points​
284
284
78
78
Avg point​
71
71
36
36
Winners
121
121
36
36
Avg Winners​
30.3
30.3
46%
46%
Ratio winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
23
23
6
6
Avg Aces
5.8
5.8
2
2
Double Faults
5
5
2
2
Avg Double Faults
1.3
1.3
36/52
36/52
1st won total​
121/167
121/167
69%
69%
1st won %
!
72%
72%
15/20
15/20
2nd won total​
65/100
65/100
!
75%
75%
2nd won %
!
65%
65%
-- Break Points --
2/6
2/6
BP won
10/25
10/25
2/6
2/6
Avg BP won
2.5/6.3
2.5/6.3
33%
33%
Won
40%
40%
6
6
Conceded
21
21
6
6
Avg Conceded
5.3
5.3
1
1
Broken
3
3
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0.8
0.8
5
5
Saved
18
18
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Michelsen Chan Hong
Match played 1 4
Tot Set 2 8
Tot Games 22 86
Pts 78-62 284-252
Total Points 140 536
Winners 36 121
%Winners 46% 43%

Michelsen played 1 match while Chan Hong competed in 4 matches. Chan Hong started his run from the qualifications while Michelsen had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Michelsen has played 6 set(s) less than Chan Hong (2 vs 8). Therefore, Michelsen played 64 games less than Chan Hong. Alex scored 36 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Korean recorded 121 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve Michelsen Chan Hong
Aces 6 23
Avg per match 6 5.8
1st in 52/72 167/267
%1st in 72% 63%
1st pts 36/52 121/167
%1st pts 69% 72%
2nd pts 15/20 65/100
%2nd pts 75% 65%

Michelsen struck 6 aces . Chan Hong scored 23 aces (5.8 per match). Michelsen won 69% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 75% of the points. On the other side, Chan Hong won 72% of the points behind 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 Chan Hong
Won 2 10
Converted 2/6 10/25
% Converted 33% 40%
Conceded 6 21
Saved 5 18
% Saved 83% 86%
Times Broken 1 3

Michelsen broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Alex dropped his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Chan Hong broke his opponents 10 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Korean conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.

Michelsen
R2
Bellucci		 Total
Score 6-3 7-61
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 22
pts 78-62 78-62
Total points 140 140
Winners 36 36
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 52/72 52/72
% 1st in 72% 72%
1st pts 36/52 36/52
% 1st pts 69% 69%
2nd pts 15/20 15/20
% 2nd pts 75% 75%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/6 2/6
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 5/6 5
Saved % 83% 83%
Times Broken 1 1
Chan Hong
Q1
Bolt		 Q3
Jubb 		R1
Walton 		R2
Khachanov		 Total
Score 6-4 6-4 6-4 7-5 7-66 7-64 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 2 2 8
Tot Games 20 22 26 18 86
pts 71-62 71-65 83-84 59-41 284-252
Total points 133 136 167 100 536
Winners 26 30 40 25 121
%Winners 37% 42% 48% 42% 43%
SERVE
Aces 5 6 6 6 23
Double Faults 2 1 1 1 5
1st in 38/64 42/65 55/89 32/49 167/267
% 1st in 59% 65% 62% 65% 63%
1st pts 26/38 30/42 40/55 25/32 121/167
% 1st pts 68% 71% 73% 78% 72%
2nd pts 17/26 13/23 22/34 13/17 65/100
% 2nd pts 65% 57% 65% 76% 65%
Breaks
Won 3 3 1 3 10
Converted 3/8 3/9 1/4 3/4 10/25
Converted % 38% 33% 25% 75% 40%
Conceded 9 2 9 1 21
Saved 8/9 1/2 8/9 1/1 18
Saved % 89% 50% 89% 100% 328%
Times Broken 1 1 1 0 3

Tennis Scores in Washington

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