Alex Michelsen and Arthur Rinderknech will face off in the 2^nd round of the Rolex Paris Masters for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. 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 -> 1.727
Arthur Rinderknech -> 2.11

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Prediction and head to head Alex Michelsen vs. Arthur Rinderknech

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

The last time that they squared off, Rinderknech won 6-4 7-5 in the 1^st round in Stuttgart back in June 2024.

Alex Michelsen

Alex Michelsen

39 - 32win/loss

Hard

26-14

I Hard

2-3

Clay

4-9

Grass

7-6

Rank
42

High
41

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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

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Ranked no. 44, Michelsen got to the 2^nd round after defeating Hubert Hurkacz 6-1 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Hurkacz (6-1 6-3). During the match, Michelsen scored 60 points vs Hurkacz’s 34. Michelsen was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Michelsen made 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alex Michelsen was quite efficient on serve to win 86% (24/28) of his 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Hurkacz 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

Michelsen has a solid win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 64% of his matches (123-68). 2-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Michelsen has a composed30-10 win-loss record in the last 3 years on indoor hard courts.

Alex’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Newport and Salem.

The American has a composed 39-31 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Paris

Alex has never competed in this tournament before.

Paris

Michelsen's Record

Arthur Rinderknech

Arthur Rinderknech

38 - 32win/loss

Hard

16-13

I Hard

12-7

Clay

6-7

Grass

4-5

Rank
59

High
42

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	38-33	16-13	6-7	12-8	4-5	0-0
2023	27-30	5-9	10-6	8-9	4-6	0-0
2022	37-23	18-11	6-4	12-5	1-3	0-0
2021	53-30	3-3	18-10	26-15	6-2	0-0
2020	22-14	0-0	5-6	17-8	0-0	0-0

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Ranked no. 60, Rinderknech got to the 2^nd round after defeating Tomas Machac 6-7(3) 5-3 ret..

In the 1^st round against Machac, Rinderknech had a free pass after Machac retired on a 6-7³ 5-3 . scoreline.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Lille Challenger where he beat Joris De Loore in the final 6-4 3-6 7-6(8).

Rinderknech has a composed 37-32 win-loss record in 2024, 11-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Paris

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2021 and 2022. See his history.

Paris

Rinderknech's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Michelsen and Rinderknech played 1 match. At the moment, Arthur Rinderknech lost 1 set while Alex Michelsen hasn’t lost a set so far. Michelsen has played 1 set(s) less than Rinderknech (2 vs 3). Therefore, Michelsen played 5 games less than Rinderknech. Michelsen scored 24 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Rinderknech bagged 29 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Michelsen recorded 5 aces . Rinderknech managed to score 11 aces . Michelsen won 86% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Rinderknech won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.

How they played the important points

Alex broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. The American pretty effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Rinderknech broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

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• 2Chall
• 2Minor

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• 6Chall
• 5Minor

Alex
Michelsen

0:2

Arthur
Rinderknech

Rank

42

High

41

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0Grass1

Rank

59

High

42

Win Loss

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Rinderknech

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2024 2023 2022

42 - 33

38 - 32

26-14

Hard

16-13

5-4

I Hard

12-7

4-9

Clay

6-7

7-6

Grass

4-5

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• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Andrey RublevRublev (7-6⁶ 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Rohan Bopanna/Matthew EbdenBopanna/Matthew Ebden – Marcelo Melo/Alexander ZverevMelo/Alexander Zverev (6-4 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings

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