Jannik Sinner and Alex Michelsen will play each other in the 2nd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jannik Sinner who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jannik Sinner is the pick to win this match.
Jannik Sinner -> 1.082
Alex Michelsen -> 7.8
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Prediction and head to head Jannik Sinner vs. Alex Michelsen
There is no head to head record between Jannik Sinner and Alex Michelsen since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Jannik Sinner
44 - 5win/loss
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1
LWWLWWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44-5 | 19-2 | 11-2 | 5-0 | 9-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 64-15 | 28-7 | 8-3 | 20-2 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-16 | 21-6 | 15-4 | 7-4 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-22 | 22-8 | 10-6 | 17-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-14 | 2-6 | 7-3 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently world no. 1 Sinner will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in Montreal where he lost 6-3 1-6 6-2 to Rublev in the quarter on the 10th of August.
The Italian has a compiled 44-5 win-loss record in 2024, 19-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title at the Australian Open where he beat Daniil Medvedev in the final 3-6 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-3 and in Rotterdam where he overcame Alex De Minaur in the final 7-5 6-4 and in Miami where he beat Grigor Dimitrov in the final 6-3 6-1 and in Halle where he defeated Hubert Hurkacz in the final 7-6(8) 7-6(2).
Talking about his overall career, Sinner has an overall 317-118 record. He has a positive 117-43 record on hard.
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2022. See his history.
Alex Michelsen
28 - 25win/loss
57
55
WWWLLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-25 | 16-9 | 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 |
Ranked no. 57, the American reached the 2nd round after beating Zizou Bergs 6-3 4-6 6-4, Mackenzie Mcdonald 6-3 6-2 and Tallon Griekspoor 6-1 5-7 6-2.
In the 1st round, Alex defeated Griekspoor (6-1 5-7 6-2). During the match Michelsen scored 90 points vs Griekspoor’s 61. Alex was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Michelsen blasted 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Alex Michelsen was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 88% (42/48) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Griekspoor 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Michelsen’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Newport.
Alex has an overall 28-25 win-loss record in 2024, 16-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Michelsen has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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WWWLLWWLWW Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Nicolas JarryJarry (4-6 7-65 7-64) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Ugo HumbertHumbert (3-6 6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Marcos GironGiron (6-4 5-7 7-66) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-3 7-66) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Mariano NavoneNavone (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Taylor FritzFritz (6-4 4-6 7-64) – See score progression
- Arthur FilsFils – Brandon HoltHolt (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (7-63 7-63) – See score progression
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-1 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Tommy PaulPaul (6-2 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Arthur Fils/Nicolas JarryFils/Nicolas Jarry – Sander Gille/Joran VliegenGille/Joran Vliegen (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Santiago Gonzalez/Edouard Roger-VasselinGonzalez/Edouard Roger-Vasselin – Lloyd Glasspool/Ugo HumbertGlasspool/Ugo Humbert (3-6 6-3 10-5) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Ugo HumbertHumbert (3-6 6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-4 4-6 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Arthur FilsFils – Brandon HoltHolt (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (7-6(3) 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Nicolas JarryJarry (4-6 7-6(5) 7-6(4)) – See score progression
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- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Sebastian KordaKorda (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (4-2) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Andrey RublevRublev (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Max PurcellPurcell – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Corentin MoutetMoutet (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Jordan ThompsonThompson (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (3-3) – H2H and prediction
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (1-1) – H2H and prediction
