Alex Michelsen and Nishesh Basavareddy will play each other in the quarter of the ASB Classic for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:30 am on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.615
Nishesh Basavareddy -> 2.31
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Prediction and head to head Alex Michelsen vs. Nishesh Basavareddy
This will be the 4th time that Alex Michelsen and Nishesh Basavareddy face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Michelsen (see full H2H stats), but Basavareddy leads 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Michelsen won 2-4 4-3(5) 4-3(4) 4-2 in the R in Next gen atp finals back in 2024.
Highlights Alex Michelsen vs Nishesh Basavareddy – Next gen atp finals 18-December-2024
Alex Michelsen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 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), the American got to the quarter after beating Sumit Nagal 6-7(8) 6-4 6-2 and Lorenzo Sonego 7-6(3) 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Alex had a good straight sets win against Sonego (7-63 6-2). During the match, Michelsen scored 86 points vs Sonego’s 73. Michelsen was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Michelsen scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Alex Michelsen was pretty efficient on serve to win 78% (39/50) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alex broke Sonego twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alex has lost 1 set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Michelsen has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 65% of his matches (132-72). 3-1 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Michelsen has an overall73-36 record in the last 4 years on hard.
The American has a composed 3-1 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Auckland
Nishesh Basavareddy
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6-1 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 49-18 | 34-11 | 0-0 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 12-6 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 133 (career-high), the American reached the quarter after beating Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-7(3) 7-5 6-3, Daniel Altmaier 6-2 6-1, Francisco Comesana 6-2 6-2 and Alejandro Tabilo 6-4 5-7 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Nishesh defeated Tabilo (6-4 5-7 6-4). During the match Basavareddy scored 104 points vs Tabilo’s 103. Nishesh was very aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Basavareddy fired 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Nishesh Basavareddy was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 73% (48/66) of his 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Nishesh broke Tabilo twice after converting 15% of his break points (2/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Basavareddy started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Nishesh has an aggregate 6-1 win-loss record in 2025, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Auckland
Nishesh has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Michelsen | Basavareddy |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 97 |
| Pts | 204-170 | 340-285 |
| Total Points | 374 | 625 |
| Winners | 92 | 142 |
| %Winners | 45% | 42% |
Michelsen played 2 matches while Basavareddy competed in 4 matches. Basavareddy started his run from the qualifications while Michelsen had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Alex Michelsen dropped 1 set, while Nishesh Basavareddy conceded 2 sets. Michelsen has played 5 set(s) less than Basavareddy (5 vs 10). Therefore, Michelsen played 45 games less than Basavareddy. The American scored 92 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Nishesh made 142 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Michelsen | Basavareddy |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 123/174 | 188/305 |
| %1st in | 71% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 92/123 | 142/188 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 24/51 | 68/117 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 58% |
Michelsen blasted 7 aces (3.5 per match). Basavareddy made 22 aces (5.5 per match). Michelsen won 75% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Basavareddy won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Michelsen | Basavareddy |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 14 |
| Converted | 8/23 | 14/36 |
| % Converted | 35% | 39% |
| Conceded | 13 | 16 |
| Saved | 10 | 13 |
| % Saved | 77% | 81% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
The American broke his opponents 8 times with a 35% conversion rate. Michelsen lost his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. Nishesh broke his opponents 14 times with a 39% conversion rate. Basavareddy conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded.
| Michelsen | ||||
| R1 Nagal |
R2 Sonego |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-78 6-4 6-2 | 7-63 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 21 | 52 | |
| pts | 118-97 | 86-73 | 204-170 | |
| Total points | 215 | 159 | 374 | |
| Winners | 53 | 39 | 92 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 73/104 | 50/70 | 123/174 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 53/73 | 39/50 | 92/123 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 78% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/31 | 11/20 | 24/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 55% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 2/10 | 8/23 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 20% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 3 | 13 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 3/3 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 100% | 85% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Basavareddy | ||||||
| Q1 Van De Zandschulp |
Q3 Altmaier |
R1 Comesana |
R2 Tabilo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 7-5 6-3 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 5-7 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 15 | 16 | 32 | 97 | |
| pts | 118-110 | 56-31 | 62-41 | 104-103 | 340-285 | |
| Total points | 228 | 87 | 103 | 207 | 625 | |
| Winners | 50 | 19 | 25 | 48 | 142 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 34% | 40% | 46% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 66/116 | 20/39 | 36/51 | 66/99 | 188/305 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 51% | 71% | 67% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 50/66 | 19/20 | 25/36 | 48/66 | 142/188 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 95% | 69% | 73% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/50 | 13/19 | 11/15 | 19/33 | 68/117 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 68% | 73% | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/6 | 4/9 | 2/13 | 14/36 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 67% | 44% | 15% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 16 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 6/7 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 71% | – | 100% | 86% | 129% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
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