Alex Michelsen and Arthur Rinderknech will face off in the 2nd round of the Rolex Paris Masters for the 2nd 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.
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 2nd 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 1st round in Stuttgart back in June 2024.
Alex Michelsen
39 - 32win/loss
42
41
| 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. 44, Michelsen got to the 2nd round after defeating Hubert Hurkacz 6-1 6-3.
In the 1st 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.
Arthur Rinderknech
38 - 32win/loss
59
42
| 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 |
Ranked no. 60, Rinderknech got to the 2nd round after defeating Tomas Machac 6-7(3) 5-3 ret..
In the 1st 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 1st
round in 2021 and 2022. See his history.H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Michelsen | Rinderknech |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 21 |
| Pts | 60-34 | 70-61 |
| Total Points | 94 | 131 |
| Winners | 24 | 29 |
| %Winners | 40% | 41% |
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
| Serve | Michelsen | Rinderknech |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 11 |
| 1st in | 28/41 | 37/58 |
| %1st in | 68% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 29/37 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 14/21 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 67% |
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
| Breaks | Michelsen | Rinderknech |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/13 | 2/7 |
| % Converted | 31% | 29% |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
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.
| Michelsen | |||
| R1 Hurkacz | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 60-34 | 60-34 | |
| Total points | 94 | 94 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 28/41 | 28/41 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 24/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 8/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Rinderknech | |||
| R1 Machac | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 5-3 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 70-61 | 70-61 | |
| Total points | 131 | 131 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 37/58 | 37/58 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 29/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 14/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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