Alex Michelsen and Justin Engel will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Boss Open for the 1^st 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.

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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

Ranked no. 35, the American got to the 2^nd round after defeating Gael Monfils 6-4 4-6 6-3.

In the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 281 (career-high), Justin reached the 2^nd round after defeating James Duckworth 4-6 6-4 7-6(5).

In the 1^st 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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