Alex Michelsen and Christopher O Connell will play each other in the 1st round of the Brisbane International for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on SHOW COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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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 -> 1.46
Christopher O Connell -> 2.71
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Prediction and head to head Alex Michelsen vs. Christopher O Connell
This will be the 2nd time that Alex Michelsen and Christopher O Connell play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Michelsen (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Michelsen won 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round in Tokyo back in September 2024.
Highlights Alex Michelsen vs Christopher O Connell – Tokyo 28-September-2024
Alex Michelsen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 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. 41 (career-high), Michelsen will start his run in Brisbane after he played his last match in the Next Gen ATP Finals where he lost 2-4 4-2 1-4 4-0 4-1 to Tien in the semifinal on the 21st of December.
Michelsen has an overall 45-34 win-loss record in 2024, 26-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Alex’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Newport and Salem.
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 129-71 record. He has a positive 70-35 record on hard.
Previously in Brisbane
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
Christopher O Connell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-26 | 23-16 | 2-4 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-34 | 19-18 | 11-9 | 4-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-25 | 30-16 | 12-5 | 3-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-16 | 14-9 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 64, Christopher will start his run in Brisbane after he played his last match in Belgrade where he lost 6-2 6-2 to Shapovalov in the quarter on the 7th of November.
O has an overall 28-26 win-loss record in 2024, 23-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Guangzhou Challenger where he beat Sho Shimabukuro in the final 1-6 7-5 7-6(5).
In terms of his career, The Australian has an overall 387-241 record. He has a positive 179-121 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
WLW
WL Tennis Scores in Brisbane
- Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-1 7-64) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Li TuTu (6-3 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Richard GasquetGasquet (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Lucas PouillePouille (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Adrian AndreevAndreev (3-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Li TuTu (6-3 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Adrian AndreevAndreev (3-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-1 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Richard GasquetGasquet (7-6(4) 6-3) – See score progression
- Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Lucas PouillePouille (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
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