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.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

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

Novak Djokovic

32 - 8win/loss

Hard
10-4
I Hard
1-0
Clay
16-3
Grass
5-1
Rank
7
High
1
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.

Shanghai
Djokovic's Record

Alex Michelsen

Alex Michelsen

38 - 29win/loss

Hard
26-13
I Hard
1-1
Clay
4-9
Grass
7-6
Rank
41
High
41
WLWWWLWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 43-33 26-14 4-9 6-4 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), 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).

Shanghai
Michelsen's Record

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