Alex Michelsen and Zizou Bergs will face off in the 3rd round of the Winston-Salem for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 3 sets.
Alex Michelsen -> 1.46
Zizou Bergs -> 2.73
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Prediction and head to head Alex Michelsen vs. Zizou Bergs
This will be the 2nd time that Alex Michelsen and Zizou Bergs face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Michelsen (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Michelsen won 6-3 4-6 6-4 in the qualifications in Cincinnati back in August 2024.
Alex Michelsen
29 - 26win/loss
52
52
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-26 | 17-10 | 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. 52 (career-high), Michelsen reached the 3rd round after defeating Marton Fucsovics 7-6(3) 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Alex had a good straight sets win against Fucsovics (7-63 6-4). During the match, Michelsen scored 80 points vs Fucsovics’s 75. Michelsen was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Michelsen scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Alex Michelsen lost the serve once. Furthermore, Michelsen put 72% of his first serves in, winning 63% (33/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the 2nd serve. Michelsen broke Fucsovics twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Michelsen has a solid record in the last 3 years having won 64% of his matches (113-63). 17-10 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Michelsen has an overall61-31 win-loss record in the last 3 years on hard.
Michelsen’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Newport.
Michelsen has an aggregate 29-26 win-loss record in 2024, 17-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Winston-Salem
Zizou Bergs
35 - 20win/loss
85
73
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-20 | 5-5 | 17-7 | 7-4 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-27 | 8-7 | 16-7 | 9-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-30 | 7-5 | 7-7 | 17-16 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-21 | 2-5 | 15-10 | 21-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-9 | 14-6 | 1-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 85, Zizou got to the 3rd round after defeating Reilly Opelka 6-4 3-6 7-6(1) and Tomas Martin Etcheverry 4-6 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Etcheverry, Bergs recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-3). During the match Bergs scored 99 points vs Etcheverry’s 89. Bergs was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Bergs managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Zizou Bergs lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Bergs put 62% of his first serves in, winning 69% (40/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (24/36) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Etcheverry 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bergs has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Tallahassee Challenger where he beat Mitchell Krueger in the final 6-4 7-6(9).
Bergs has an aggregate 35-20 win-loss record in 2024, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Winston-Salem
Zizou has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Michelsen | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 63 |
| Pts | 80-75 | 195-182 |
| Total Points | 155 | 377 |
| Winners | 33 | 85 |
| %Winners | 41% | 44% |
Michelsen played 1 match while Bergs competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Zizou Bergs conceded 2 sets while Alex Michelsen hasn’t dropped a set so far. Michelsen has played 4 set(s) less than Bergs (2 vs 6). Therefore, Michelsen played 40 games less than Bergs. The American scored 33 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian scored 85 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Michelsen | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 5 |
| 1st in | 52/72 | 119/186 |
| %1st in | 72% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 33/52 | 85/119 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 46/67 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 69% |
Michelsen bagged 1 ace . Bergs also struck 10 aces (5 per match). Michelsen won 63% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Bergs won 71% of the points on 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 | Michelsen | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 40% | 36% |
| Conceded | 1 | 10 |
| Saved | 0 | 7 |
| % Saved | 0% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Alex broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Michelsen conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Bergs broke his opponents 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Bergs conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Michelsen | |||
| R2 Fucsovics | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 80-75 | 80-75 | |
| Total points | 155 | 155 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 52/72 | 52/72 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 33/52 | 33/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 13/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Bergs | ||||
| R1 Opelka | R2 Etcheverry | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 7-61 | 4-6 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 31 | 63 | |
| pts | 96-93 | 99-89 | 195-182 | |
| Total points | 189 | 188 | 377 | |
| Winners | 45 | 40 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 40% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 61/92 | 58/94 | 119/186 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 62% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 45/61 | 40/58 | 85/119 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 69% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/31 | 24/36 | 46/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 67% | 69% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 3/9 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 33% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 4/6 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 67% | 142% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
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