Alex Michelsen and Christopher Eubanks will square off in the quarter of the Winston-Salem for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:30 am on STADIUM. 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.

As per the initial odds, Alex Michelsen is the pick to win this match.
Alex Michelsen -> 1.46
Christopher Eubanks -> 2.72

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Prediction and head to head Alex Michelsen vs. Christopher Eubanks

This will be the 2^nd time that Alex Michelsen and Christopher Eubanks play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Eubanks (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Eubanks won 6-3 6-7(6) 7-5 in the 1^st round in Mallorca back in 2023.

Highlights Christopher Eubanks vs Alex Michelsen – Mallorca 26-June-2023

Alex Michelsen

Ranked no. 52 (career-high), the American got to the quarter after beating Marton Fucsovics 7-6(3) 6-4 and Zizou Bergs 6-1 6-2.

In the 3^rd round, Michelsen had a good straight sets win against Bergs (6-1 6-2). During the match, Michelsen scored 62 points vs Bergs’s 43. Alex was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about the service games, Michelsen scored 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alex Michelsen conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Michelsen put 70% of his first serves in, winning 76% (28/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Bergs 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Michelsen has a solid win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 64% of his matches (114-63). 18-10 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Michelsen has a composed62-31 match record in the last 3 years on hard.

Michelsen’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Newport.

The American has a composed 30-26 win-loss record in 2024, 18-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Winston-Salem

Christopher Eubanks

Ranked no. 120, Eubanks reached the quarter after defeating Adam Walton 2-6 7-5 6-4, Hugo Gaston 6-1 6-4 and Roman Safiullin 6-3 1-6 7-6(8).

In the 3^rd round, Eubanks defeated Safiullin (6-3 1-6 7-6⁸).During the match Eubanks scored less points (5) than Safiullin. In fact, the world no. 52 won 96 points vs Safiullin’s. That means that Eubanks was more focused during the important points. Christopher was exceptionally aggressive to blast 53 winners.

About the serving games, Eubanks bagged 16 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Christopher Eubanks was quite effective on serve to win 72% (53/74) of his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Christopher broke Safiullin once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Christopher’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Newport.

The American has an overall 14-21 win-loss record in 2024, 8-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Winston-Salem

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2019. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Michelsen	Eubanks
Match played	2	3
Tot Set	4	8
Tot Games	38	76
Pts	142-118	250-225
Total Points	260	475
Winners	61	120
%Winners	43%	48%

Michelsen played 2 matches while Eubanks competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Christopher Eubanks conceded 2 sets while Alex Michelsen hasn’t conceded a set so far. Michelsen has played 4 set(s) less than Eubanks (4 vs 8). Therefore, Michelsen played 38 games less than Eubanks. Michelsen scored 61 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Christopher managed to score 120 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Michelsen	Eubanks
Aces	3	36
Avg per match	1.5	12
1st in	89/125	154/241
%1st in	71%	64%
1st pts	61/89	120/154
%1st pts	69%	78%
2nd pts	21/36	48/87
%2nd pts	58%	55%

Michelsen bagged 3 aces (1.5 per match). Eubanks recorded 36 aces (12 per match). Michelsen won 69% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Eubanks won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Michelsen	Eubanks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/14	6/17
% Converted	43%	35%
Conceded	4	16
Saved	3	12
% Saved	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	4

The American broke his opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Alex conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Christopher broke his opponents 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. Christopher conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Michelsen
	R2 Fucsovics	R3 Bergs	Total
Score	7-63 6-4	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	23	15	38
pts	80-75	62-43	142-118
Total points	155	105	260
Winners	33	28	61
%Winners	41%	45%	43%
SERVE
Aces	1	2	3
Double Faults	2	2	4
1st in	52/72	37/53	89/125
% 1st in	72%	70%	71%
1st pts	33/52	28/37	61/89
% 1st pts	63%	76%	69%
2nd pts	13/20	8/16	21/36
% 2nd pts	65%	50%	58%
Breaks
Won	2	4	6
Converted	2/5	4/9	6/14
Converted %	40%	44%	43%
Conceded	1	3	4
Saved	0/1	3/3	3
Saved %	0%	100%	50%
Times Broken	1	0	1

Eubanks
	R1 Walton	R2 Gaston	R3 Safiullin	Total
Score	2-6 7-5 6-4	6-1 6-4	6-3 1-6 7-68
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	30	17	29	76
pts	93-87	61-37	96-101	250-225
Total points	180	98	197	475
Winners	38	29	53	120
%Winners	41%	48%	55%	48%
SERVE
Aces	14	6	16	36
Double Faults	6	2	5	13
1st in	47/89	33/49	74/103	154/241
% 1st in	53%	67%	72%	64%
1st pts	38/47	29/33	53/74	120/154
% 1st pts	81%	88%	72%	78%
2nd pts	23/42	10/16	15/29	48/87
% 2nd pts	55%	63%	52%	55%
Breaks
Won	2	3	1	6
Converted	2/6	3/7	1/4	6/17
Converted %	33%	43%	25%	35%
Conceded	4	1	11	16
Saved	2/4	1/1	9/11	12
Saved %	50%	100%	82%	116%
Times Broken	2	0	2	4

Tennis Scores in Salem Open

• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-3 1-6 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Pavel KotovKotov – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Learner TienTien – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Zizou BergsBergs (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Borna CoricCoric (3-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Juncheng ShangShang (w/o) – See score progression
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Borna CoricCoric (3-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Learner TienTien – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Zizou BergsBergs (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-3 1-6 7-6(8)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Pavel KotovKotov – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – David GoffinGoffin (0-0) – H2H and prediction