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.

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 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

Alex Michelsen

39 - 31win/loss

Hard
26-14
I Hard
2-2
Clay
4-9
Grass
7-6
Rank
44
High
43
WLLWLWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 39-31 26-14 4-9 2-2 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.

Paris
Michelsen's Record

Arthur Rinderknech

Arthur Rinderknech

37 - 32win/loss

Hard
16-13
I Hard
11-7
Clay
6-7
Grass
4-5
Rank
60
High
42
WLLWLWLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 37-32 16-13 6-7 11-7 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.
Paris
Rinderknech's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

A.Michelsen
A.Rinderknech
0h:51
0h:51
Time on court​
!
1h:36
1h:36
!
0h:51
0h:51
Last match​
1h:36
1h:36
1
1
Match played
1
1
16
16
Games Played​
21
21
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
60
60
Total points​
70
70
60
60
Avg point​
70
70
24
24
Winners
29
29
24
24
Avg Winners​
29
29
40%
40%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
11
11
5
5
Avg Aces
!
11
11
1
1
Double Faults
1
1
1
1
Avg Double Faults
1
1
24/28
24/28
1st won total​
29/37
29/37
!
86%
86%
1st won %
!
78%
78%
8/13
8/13
2nd won total​
14/21
14/21
!
62%
62%
2nd won %
!
67%
67%
-- Break Points --
4/13
4/13
BP won
2/7
2/7
4/13
4/13
Avg BP won
2/7
2/7
31%
31%
Won
!
29%
29%
0
0
Conceded
2
2
0
0
Avg Conceded
2
2
0
0
Broken
1
1
!
0
0
Avg Broken
1
1
0
0
Saved
1
1

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

Tennis Scores in Paris

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