Alex Michelsen and Bu Yunchaokete will play each other in the 1st round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:00 pm on GRANDSTAND 2. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.59
Bu Yunchaokete -> 2.36

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Prediction and head to head Alex Michelsen vs. Bu Yunchaokete

There is no head to head record between Alex Michelsen and Bu Yunchaokete since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Alex Michelsen

Alex Michelsen

37 - 29win/loss

Hard
25-13
I Hard
1-1
Clay
4-9
Grass
7-6
Rank
41
High
41
LWWWLWLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 42-33 26-14 4-9 5-4 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. 43 (career-high), Michelsen will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Tokyo where he lost 7-6(2) 6-3 to Machac in the quarter on the 29th of September.

Alex has a composed 37-29 win-loss record in 2024, 25-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The American’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Newport and Salem.

Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 121-66 record. He has a positive 69-34 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Alex has never competed in this tournament before.

Shanghai
Michelsen's Record

Bu Yunchaokete

Bu Yunchaokete

46 - 21win/loss

Hard
40-13
I Hard
2-3
Clay
3-2
Grass
1-3
Rank
67
High
67
WLWWLWLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 51-26 40-14 3-2 7-7 1-3 0-0
2023 37-23 27-15 0-0 6-4 4-4 0-0
2022 87-28 84-24 0-2 0-1 0-0 3-1
2021 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 69 (career-high), the Chinese will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Beijing where he lost 6-3 7-6(3) to Sinner in the semifinal on the 1st of October.

The Chinese has an aggregate 46-21 win-loss record in 2024, 40-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the season was winning the title the Wuxi Challenger where he beat Egor Gerasimov in the final 6-4 6-1 and the Granby Challenger where he defeated Terence Atmane in the final 6-3 6-7(7) 6-4.

In terms of his career, Bu has an overall 171-76 record. He has a positive 152-54 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.

Shanghai
Yunchaokete's Record

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