Alex Michelsen and Justin Engel will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Boss Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTER 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex Michelsen is the pick to win this match.
Alex Michelsen -> 1.22
Justin Engel -> 4.3
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Prediction and head to head Alex Michelsen vs. Justin Engel
There is no head to head record between Alex Michelsen and Justin Engel since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Alex Michelsen
18 - 13win/loss
35
32
WLLLWWWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-13 | 10-7 | 6-5 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 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. 35, the American got to the 2nd round after defeating Gael Monfils 6-4 4-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Alex defeated Monfils (6-4 4-6 6-3). During the match, Michelsen scored 93 points vs Monfils’s 82. Michelsen was pretty aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Regarding the service games, Michelsen scored 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Alex Michelsen was extremely efficient on serve to win 79% (45/57) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The American broke Monfils 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
Michelsen has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 64% of his matches (147-84). 1-0 on grass in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Michelsen has an aggregate16-10 record in the last 4 years on grass.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Estoril Challenger where he overcame Andrea Pellegrino in the final 6-4 6-4.
Michelsen has a compiled 18-13 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Stuttgart
Justin Engel
19 - 16win/loss
281
281
WLLWLWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19-16 | 1-3 | 9-10 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 8-1 |
| 2024 | 37-17 | 4-3 | 32-12 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-12 | 0-0 | 11-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 281 (career-high), Justin reached the 2nd round after defeating James Duckworth 4-6 6-4 7-6(5).
In the 1st round against Duckworth, Engel recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 7-65). During the match Engel scored 106 points vs Duckworth’s 103. The German was very aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Engel struck 16 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Justin Engel was extremely effective on serve to win 75% (48/64) of his 1st serve and 54% (22/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Justin broke Duckworth twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Engel’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Cadolzburg.
Engel has a compiled 19-16 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Stuttgart
Engel has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Michelsen | Engel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 33 |
| Pts | 93-82 | 106-103 |
| Total Points | 175 | 209 |
| Winners | 45 | 48 |
| %Winners | 48% | 45% |
Both Michelsen and Engel played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Alex Michelsen lost 1 set, while Justin Engel conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Michelsen and Engel have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Michelsen played 4 games less than Engel. Alex scored 45 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The German managed to score 48 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Michelsen | Engel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 16 |
| 1st in | 57/82 | 64/105 |
| %1st in | 70% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 45/57 | 48/64 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 22/41 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 54% |
Michelsen recorded 6 aces . Engel recorded 16 aces . Michelsen won 79% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Engel won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Michelsen | Engel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/12 | 2/6 |
| % Converted | 25% | 33% |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 33% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. Alex conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Justin broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Engel conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Michelsen | |||
| R1 Monfils |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 93-82 | 93-82 | |
| Total points | 175 | 175 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 57/82 | 57/82 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 45/57 | 45/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 13/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 3/12 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Engel | |||
| R1 Duckworth |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 106-103 | 106-103 | |
| Total points | 209 | 209 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 16 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 64/105 | 64/105 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 48/64 | 48/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/41 | 22/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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