Novak Djokovic and Alex Michelsen will face off in the 2nd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 6:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Novak Djokovic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.2
Alex Michelsen -> 4.55
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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Alex Michelsen
There is no head to head record between Novak Djokovic and Alex Michelsen since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Novak Djokovic
32 - 8win/loss
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LWWWWWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-9 | 15-5 | 16-3 | 1-0 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-7 | 27-1 | 12-3 | 11-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-7 | 2-1 | 14-4 | 19-2 | 7-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 55-7 | 19-3 | 18-3 | 11-1 | 7-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 41-5 | 26-1 | 11-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 4,he will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in 1 where he defeated 6-0 6-1 to Xilas in the Rubber 2 on the 14th of September.
Djokovic has an aggregate 32-8 win-loss record in 2024, 10-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in Paris where he overcame Carlos Alcaraz in the final 7-6(3) 7-6(2).
Talking about his overall career, The Serbian has an overall 1220-247 record. He has a positive 536-87 record on hard.
Previously in Shanghai
Previously, he won this tournament 4 times in 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2018. See his history.
Alex Michelsen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 45-34 | 26-14 | 4-9 | 8-5 | 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), Alex got to the 2nd round after beating Bu Yunchaokete 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Yunchaokete (6-3 6-4). During the match Michelsen scored 59 points vs Yunchaokete’s 44. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Michelsen blasted 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alex Michelsen was quite effective on serve to win 82% (28/34) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Yunchaokete twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
The American’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Newport and Salem.
The American has an aggregate 38-29 win-loss record in 2024, 26-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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- Ben SheltonShelton – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Arthur FilsFils (7-64 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Tommy PaulPaul – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Kei NishikoriNishikori (7-66 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
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