Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alex Michelsen will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Japan Open Tennis Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on KINOSHITA GROUP ARENA. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.41
Alex Michelsen -> 2.91
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Alex Michelsen
There is no head to head record between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alex Michelsen since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Stefanos Tsitsipas
37 - 17win/loss
12
3
WLLWLLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-17 | 11-9 | 22-6 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-24 | 19-9 | 17-5 | 11-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 61-24 | 18-8 | 17-4 | 18-9 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 55-19 | 26-8 | 23-5 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 29-14 | 11-6 | 11-3 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 12,he will start his run in Tokyo after he played his last match in the Laver Cup where he beat 6-1 6-4 to Kokkinakis in the round robin on the 20th of September.
Tsitsipas has an overall 37-17 win-loss record in 2024, 11-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title in Carlo where he beat Casper Ruud in the final 6-1 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, The Greek has an overall 481-220 record. He has a positive 179-94 record on hard.
Previously in Tokyo
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2018. See his history.
Alex Michelsen
35 - 28win/loss
49
47
WWLWLWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-28 | 23-12 | 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. 49, the American reached the 1st round after defeating Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-3 6-4 and Borna Coric 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, Alex had a good straight sets win against Coric (6-3 6-3). During the match Michelsen scored 64 points vs Coric’s 44. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Michelsen scored 3 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alex Michelsen was extremely effective on serve to win 78% (28/36) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alex broke Coric 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alex started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
The American’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Newport and Salem.
Alex has a composed 35-28 win-loss record in 2024, 23-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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